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Healthy Lifestyle Habits Now May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk Later

As part of National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) urges Delawareans to make lifestyle adjustments to help reduce their risk factors for Alzheimer’s and dementia.




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Six Delaware Community-Based Organizations Receive Mini-Grants to Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality

To reduce disparate birth outcomes and save the lives of both infants and their mothers, the Division of Public Health (DPH) and the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium (DHMIC) awarded mini-grants to six community organizations. The local grant recipients were announced Dec. 10, during the DHMIC’s quarterly meeting in Dover.




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DPH to Hold Public Workshop On Solicitation of Water Infrastructure Improvement Projects

DOVER – The Division of Public Health’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) will host a public workshop Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, to present and discuss the Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Drinking Water Grant, authorized under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. The workshop begins at 9:00 a.m., and will be […]




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Todays Google Doodle lets you play Loteria, a Mexican version of Bingo




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Amazons online third person shooter game Crucible finally has a release date




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Tom Cruise partners with SpaceX and NASA to shoot a film in outer space




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OnePlus 7T Pro and OnePlus 7 Pro receive deep discounts after OnePlus 8 series launch




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Biden Welcome Center to Reopen Limited Services

Newark --

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) continues to review operational needs while keeping the health and safety of our employees and customers in mind.

Effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. , the Biden Welcome Center on I-95 in Newark will reopen to the public in a limited capacity. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Closure of Alms House Road for Intersection Improvements

Georgetown --

Location: Alms House Road between Shortly Road and US 113, Georgetown.

Times and Dates: 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 29, 2020 until 7:00 a.m. on Monday, April 20, 2020, pending weather.

Traffic Information: DelDOT announces to motorists that Alms House Road will be closed for the removal of the existing island. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Railroad Crossing Maintenance Work Will Require Daytime Intermittent Lane Closures on US 113 SB -- Milford

Milford --

Location: US 113 Southbound (Railroad Crossing) between Route 14/Milford-Harrington Highway and East Lane, Milford.

Times and Date: 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

Traffic Information: DelDOT announces to motorists that Delmarva Central Railroad will be performing general maintenance on their railroad crossing on US 113 in Milford. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - UPDATED: Paving Will Require the Closure of Hillyard and Brenford Roads Intersection

Smyrna --

Location: Hillyard Road and Brenford Road intersection, Smyrna.

Dates and Times: 7:00 a.m. on April 27, 2020 until 3:30 p.m. on May 1, 2020, pending weather.

Traffic Information: DelDOT announces to motorists that the intersection at Hillyard and Brenford Roads will be closed for paving. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - I-95 and Route 141 Interchange Project Will Close Ramps at Night for Reconstruction of Guardrails

Newport --

Traffic Information: The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces to motorists that the following ramps will be closed for reconstruction of the guardrails and the installation of detection system.



Sunday, March 15, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020

Location: Exit 5B/I-95 northbound to Route 141 northbound


Monday, March 16, 2020 starting at 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Location: Exit 3A/Route 141 northbound to I-95 northbound

Location: Exit 3A/Route 141 southbound to I-95 northbound

Detour Routes for Exits:

Exit 5B/I-95 northbound to Route 141 northbound

For traffic on I-95 northbound, south of Route 141 interchange, motorists will take the decel/accel lane to the ramp to I-295 northbound, take the ramp to US 13 southbound and take the ramp to Route 141 northbound.

Exit 3A/Route 141 northbound to I-95 northbound

Motorist traveling northeast on Airport Road will follow detour signs, taking Route 141 southbound to US 13 to I-295 to I-95 northbound. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Construction of a Roundabout Will Require the Closure of Cedar Lane Road and Marl Pit Road Intersection

Middletown --

Location: Cedar Lane Road and Marl Pit Road intersection, Middletown.

Times and Dates: 6:00 a.m. on Monday, April 27, 2020 until 6:00 a.m. on Monday, May 18, 2020, pending weather.

Traffic Information: As part of the on-going Cedar Lane Road and Marl Pit Road intersection improvements project, DelDOT announces to motorists that the intersection will be closed for the construction of a roundabout. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Cedar Lane Road and Marl Pit Road Intersection Improvements

Middletown --

Dates: Thursday, April 9, 2020 until early-June 2020

Regular Work Hours: 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, pending weather.

Location: Cedar Lane Road and Marl Pit Road Intersection, Middletown. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Reconstruction of Island and Traffic Pattern Change at Route 1 NB/SB-Sussex County

Milton --

Locations: Route 1 Northbound/Southbound between Primehook Road and Deep Branch Road, Milton.

Times and Dates: 6:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., Monday through Sunday, pending weather.

April 6, 2020 through May 27, 2020

Traffic Information: The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces to motorists that work is scheduled to begin at the intersection at Route 5 and Route 1 for the reconstruction of the intersection. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Daytime Intermittent Lane Closures Route 1 NB at Exit 114-Smyrna for Bridge Repairs

Smyrna --

Traffic Information: DelDOT announces to motorists that intermittent lane closures will occur on Route 1 northbound near Exit 114 (US 13/SR 6/SR 300) for bridge repairs.

Location: Route 1 Northbound at Exit 114, south of Smyrna.

Times and Dates: 6:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Closure of Route 141 NB and Exits for the Installation of Waterline and Repairs to the Ramps

Newport --

DelDOT announces to motorists that their contractor will be closing Route 141 Northbound at Exit 3A and Ramps on Friday, May 15, 2020 and Saturday, May 16, 2020 for the installation of the waterline and repairs to the ramps. In the event of inclement weather on Friday, the closures will start on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2020.

The following closures will occur at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2020 until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2020

Route 141 Northbound at Exit 3A/I-95 Northbound

Exit 5B/I-95 Northbound to Route 141 Northbound

Exit 3B/Route 141 Northbound to I-95 Southbound

Exit 5B/I-95 Southbound to Route 141 Northbound

Exit 5/I-295 Southbound to Route 141 Northbound

Detour Routes:

Detour Route for Route 141 Northbound to Exit 3A/I-95 Northbound

Motorists will take the ramp from Route 141 northbound to I-95 northbound and take the ramp to Route 4 and continue straight onto Adams Street. [More]




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TRAFFIC ALERT - Route 48/Lancaster Pike, Route 141 to Union Street Pedestrian Accessible Route and Pavement Project to Begin

Wilmington --

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces to motorists that this project will begin on Monday, May 18, 2020. Motorists can anticipate daytime lane and shoulder closure on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Route 48/Lancaster Pike and Lancaster Avenue.

This project will improve the Pedestrian Accessible Route (PAR) and sidewalk connections along Lancaster Pike from West Court Drive to DuPont Road. [More]




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Queensland Issues Nomination Criteria and Skilled Occupation List

The State of Queensland has released a new QSOL and nomination criteria for migration program in the present year. The highlights are:Onshore ApplicantsIn order to obtain the 489 visas applicants must be living in the regional areas of Queensland for…




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State, City Leaders Announce Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Project in Wilmington

Social service agencies will partner with law enforcement to prevent gun violence WILMINGTON, Del. – State of Delaware social service agencies will partner with law enforcement to prevent gun violence in the City of Wilmington under a Group Violence Intervention (GVI) project announced by state and city leaders on Tuesday. Governor John Carney joined Wilmington […]




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Birth to Three Early Intervention System

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES: Division of Management Services




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4404 Free Standing Emergency Centers

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES: Division of Health Care Quality




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4463 Licensing and Registration of Operators of Public Water Supply Systems

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES: Division of Public Health




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Australia Launches A Tourism Campaign for the UK After its EU Exit

Australia has involved the tourism chiefs to launch a huge UK advertising campaign on Christmas Day with the aim of reversing the decline of visitors from Britain which is linked to uncertainty over its exit from the EU.  The Campaign and the…




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Chinese checker: Stricter FDI rules for bordering nations

No automatic approval; move seen to curb opportunistic takeovers.




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COVID-19 lockdown: Maharashtra sugarcane cutters to return to own villages

The order also directs the village sarpanchs (heads) to permit these workers to enter their villages, and to make an official note recording their entry.




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Coronavirus relief: SEIS sops for services exporters to continue

Through the SEIS, the government offers domestic exporters duty credit scrips at 5-7% of the net foreign exchange earned, depending on the nature of services.




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Tighter FDI rules: China protests India measures; Niti Aayog chief says start-ups not to suffer

Prior to the move, all FDI proposals from only Pakistan and Bangladesh were required to be cleared by the government.




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Fixed-term employment: House panel for defining job tenures, adding safeguards

FTE workers/employees are entitled for all the benefits (except retrenchment compensation as termination of service as a result of completion of the tenure of FTE would not be considered as retrenchment) which are available to permanent employees.




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Nipah lessons helped; there is no one-stroke flattening of the curve: Kerala Health Minister

Covid-19 is a new virus, whose behaviour is yet to be unravelled. Mutations cannot be ruled out. It is no one-stroke flattening of the curve.




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Lockdown relaxation: Let inter-state trucks move freely without passes, MHA tells states

“This is essential for maintaining the supply chain of goods and services across the country during the lockdown period,” Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla reiterated in a letter to state chief secretaries.





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Tricks for importing text files in SAS Enterprise Guide

I'm a big fan of the Import Data task in SAS Enterprise Guide, especially for its support of text-based files (CSV, tab delimited, fixed width, and more). There's no faster method for generating SAS code that reads your data exactly the way you need it. I use the tool so [...]

The post Tricks for importing text files in SAS Enterprise Guide appeared first on The SAS Dummy.




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Using common filters in SAS Visual Analytics

Common filters are filters that can be shared between objects in your reports. Common filter benefits include 1) Easy to assign the same filter conditions to other report objects, 2) When you edit a common filter, it is updated everywhere that the common filter is used, and 3) A common filter is available for the entire report, across pages.

Using common filters in SAS Visual Analytics was published on SAS Users.




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Creating a Marketing Mix Model for a Better Marketing Budget: Analytics Corner

Using R programming, marketers can create a marketing mix model to determine how sustainable their audience channels are, and make better ad spend decisions. Here's how




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After Vizag Gas Leak, Demand For Action Over Safety Violation

A chemical plant where a gas leak killed 11 and left 1,000 sick in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam may face investigation on whether its safety protocols were in place and whether it followed all...




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Company Will Be Asked To Explain Gas Leak That Killed 11: Andhra Minister

Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister M Goutham Reddy on Thursday said the state government is airlifting 500 kg inhibitors as a foolproof safety measure to neutralize the chemical substances in the...




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Larger Public Interest: Kerala High Court On Plea For Opening Churches

Kerala High Court on Friday said that the petitioner, seeking directions to allow opening of churches in the state in the wake of various lockdown relaxations, can move a representation for...




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DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 3-9

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 3-9 made 869 public contacts and responded to 22 complaints.




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DNREC-sponsored ‘Butterflies and Clean Water’ presentations set for March 2 and 30 as part of Reclaim Our River Program

DNREC, Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, and the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance will host free presentations in Laurel on saving the monarch butterfly, gardening for butterflies, and the importance of clean water.




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Source Water Protection Subcommittee to meet Feb. 20 in Dover

The Source Water Assessment Plan (SWAP) Subcommittee of the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program will meet from 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Training Room of Tidewater Utilities located at 1100 South Little Creek Road, Dover, DE 19901.




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Registration open to hunters for mandatory wild turkey hunting courses

DOVER – With Delaware’s annual spring wild turkey hunting season approaching, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Hunter Education Program reminds both resident and non-resident hunters age 13 and older that they must pass a Division-Approved turkey hunting course before they can legally hunt turkeys in the First State. Also, hunters age 13 and older born after Jan. 1, 1967, must have completed an approved basic hunter education safety course and have a course card/number. These hunter education requirements have collectively helped Delaware turkey hunters achieve an excellent hunting safety record.



  • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  • Division of Fish and Wildlife
  • Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide
  • Delaware wild turkey hunting season
  • hunter safety
  • hunting
  • mandatory wild turkey hunting courses
  • outdoors and recreation
  • wild turkey behavior
  • wild turkey biology
  • wildlife

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DNREC now accepting grant proposals for community water quality improvement projects

DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship is now accepting project proposals for matching grants for community water quality improvement projects.




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Delaware Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish to meet Feb. 25 in Dover

Delaware’s Advisory Council on Wildlife and Freshwater Fish will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 in the DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.




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DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 10-16

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 10-16 made 1,508 public contacts.




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DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 17-23

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 17-23 made 1,376 public contacts and responded to 53 complaints.




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DuPont Nature Center to reopen April 1

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve will reopen for the 2020 season Wednesday, April 1.




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DART Relaunches Adopt-A-Shelter Program

The Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) has announced the relaunch of the DART Adopt-A-Shelter program. The primary focus of the program is to enlist schools, community organizations and business partners to assist in providing attractive and inviting bus shelters for our customers. John Sisson, DTC CEO stated, “We are excited to relaunch our Adopt-A-Shelter Program. While […]




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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Feb. 24 – March 1

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from Feb. 24 - March 1 made 1,812 public contacts and responded to 34 complaints.




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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter March 2-8

To help achieve public compliance with laws and regulations, officers from March 2-8 made 1,351 public contacts and responded to 49 complaints.