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Municipalities and homeowner groups are invited to apply for up to $5,000 in matching funds from the Delaware Forest Service for a planned community tree project. Deadline is July 15, 2010.

The Department of Agriculture, the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association and the University of Delaware have teamed up to develop a Native Plant Nurseries List.

Go to the Department of Agriculture website (www.dda.delaware.gov) and click on Local Asparagus under Hot Topics to find a nearby on-farm market or grower of asparagus.

The report details the 2009 accomplishments of the Delaware Nutrient Management Program.

BOWERS BEACH (May 18, 2012) - DNREC and Bowers Beach will celebrate the town's new Main Street Park Saturday, the park's opening a testimony to successfully putting a flood-damaged piece of private property back on the map as an outdoors recreation community asset. Main Street Park was created through a unique collaboration of the Town of Bowers Beach, DNREC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Leaders from throughout Delaware gathered at Christiana Hospital today to celebrate the anniversary of another major "first" for the First State. Five years ago the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) went live online and became the nation's first state-wide health information exchange.

DOVER (May 18, 2012) - Delaware will open its black sea bass season at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 19 by an emergency regulation issued by DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara. Delaware's opening comes after the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released its recreational black sea bass regulation today, declaring without advance notice that the recreational black sea bass season would open in federal waters on the aforementioned time and date.

Governor Markell focuses on promoting business growth in Delaware and supporting entrepreneurs. This week, the Governor helped celebrate the success of a small businessperson who cut the ribbon on his eighth location, after starting his business twenty years ago as a way to pay the rent.

DOVER (May 19, 2012) - With the 2012 summer season making its debut next weekend and plenty of good weather ahead, many boaters will be heading out on the water. As they do, the DNREC Office of Boating Safety encourages them to remember to practice safe boating, not just over Memorial Day weekend - but throughout the year.

The Technology Student Association is a career and technical student organization dedicated to students interested in the invention and innovation of technology.

Dover -- The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) encourages motorists to plan ahead as the Memorial Day Weekend and summer season gets underway. The department will suspend road construction projects beginning at noon on Friday, May 25. Operations will not resume until Tuesday, May 29.

DOVER (May 18, 2012) - DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents responded to 43 complaints and issued 247 citations between May 8 and May 16, as well as numerous warnings for minor boating safety and fishing violations.

DOVER (May 17, 2012) - The Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at DelDOT's Felton/Farmington Room, 800 Bay Road, Dover 19903.

DOVER (May 17, 2012) - The fawning season for white-tailed deer in Delaware has begun, with most fawns born during the last week of May through the first week of June. With the season's onset come the inevitable calls to DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife about "abandoned" fawns, and how "doing the right thing" means "saving" these newborns by bringing them home or to a wildlife rehabilitator.

Multi-State Investigation Leads to Changes in How Company Handles Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits - Commissioner Stewart stated today that, "This settlement was a victory for policyholders and we are glad that MetLife will honor their promise to individuals that paid premiums, and provide resolution to beneficiaries." The Delaware Department of Insurance joined 27 other state insurance departments in a settlement agreement with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, surpassing the number of participating jurisdictions required for the agreement to become effective. The agreement follows a multi-state investigation coordinated through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

Wilmington -- Changes to the King Street Bus Stop are due to the Landscape Improvement Project on Rodney Square. DART is shifting its King Street bus stop to either King Street just north of 11th Street at the former U.S. Post Office; on King Street just south of 10th Street at the Library; or on King Street at 9th Street, depending on the route.

Wilmington -- DART First State will begin its 2012 Resort Transit bus service on Thursday, May 24, 2012. Resort Transit, operating 7 bus routes, 7 days a week from 7 AM to 1 AM, serves Rehoboth Beach and the Boardwalk, Lewes, Long Neck, Dewey Beach, Ruddertowne, Bethany Beach, South Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island, and Ocean City, MD. All buses are air-conditioned, ADA accessible and equipped with bike racks.

On May 15, 2012, Chief Justice Myron T. Steele, Secretary Rita Landgraf (Department of Health and Social Services), Commissioner Carl C. Danberg (Department of Correction) as well as members of the judiciary and legislators joined Governor Jack Markell as he proclaimed May 2012 Problem-Solving Court Month in the State of Delaware at a ceremony in Legislative Hall.

The following checkpoint is scheduled to take place Friday as part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign: Friday May 18th - Wilmington (NcCo DUI Task Force)

LEWES (May 15, 2012) - Unseasonably warm weather in March and a wet, windy and cooler April made for an uneven start to beachnester bird breeding season. However, in May, piping plovers have gotten down to the business of nesting, with four nests spotted this week on the Point at Cape Henlopen, and a fifth pair possibly soon to nest. Things are progressing more slowly down at Gordons Pond, where one pair of plovers has been seen but has not yet set up territory.