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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.

DOVER (Sept. 7, 2010) - The September meeting of the Delaware Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries that was scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 15 has been cancelled.

DOVER (Sept. 7, 2010) - A Milford man was charged with negligent operation of a vessel and failure to maintain a proper lookout after the boat he was operating struck a navigational aid between Bowers Beach and Cedar Creek on Saturday morning, Sept. 4.

DNREC Delaware Coastal Programs is announcing the availability of grant funding to support projects and activities that improve local and regional capacity to conserve, manage and promote the incorporation of coastal management issues into local planning and implementation activities throughout Delaware.

DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents are investigating two hunting accidents that took place over Labor Day weekend, both on Sept. 4.

Intent on making information about vital services and resources more accessible to the public, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and Delaware Health and Social Services' Division of Public Health (DPH) today jointly launched a new drinking water quality website. Delawareans now can find comprehensive drinking water information by visiting www.waterquality.delaware.gov.

Governor Jack Markell joined community members and other elected officials to declare September 15th - October 15th, 2010 to be Hispanic Heritage Month.

In his weekly message , Governor Markell talks about Labor Day as the traditional end to summer beach crowds, BBQs and baseball, weather pending; it also is the holiday that honors some of our country's core values - responsibility, drive, resilience and faith that by working hard, you can, and should, get ahead.

Test results received yesterday by Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) indicate that a New Castle County female became the second Delawarean to develop the rare vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infection. VRSA is a type of antimicrobial-resistant staph bacteria. While the CDC has not documented VRSA to be communicable, as a precaution DPH investigates close contacts of these individuals.

The piping plover breeding season has drawn to a close in Delaware. Piping plovers are still being seen on Delaware beaches but at this point the small shorebirds could be plovers that nested here in Delaware or migrants from another state or province.

Dover -- Interested persons are encouraged to participate in the development of the state's six-year Capital Transportation Program (CTP) for Fiscal Years 2012-2017, by attending a public hearing jointly sponsored by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Dover Kent Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and the Council on Transportation. DelDOT's Kent County public hearing is set for September 15, 2010, from 4-7 p.m. at the DelDOT Administration Building, 800 S. Bay Road, Dover.

Dover -- Interested persons are encouraged to participate in the development of the state's six-year Capital Transportation Program (CTP) for Fiscal Years 2012-2017, by attending a public hearing jointly sponsored by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Sussex County, and the Council on Transportation. DelDOT's Sussex County public hearing is set for September 16, 2010, from 4-7 p.m. at the DelDOT Georgetown Administration Building, 23697 DuPont Blvd., Georgetown. DelDOT will have project boards on display and representatives will be in attendance to discuss various projects in the work plan.

In a proclamation presented to Charles Hayward, Director of the Department of Health and Social Services Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE), Markell noted the work of the division's employees and stressed that children in the State of Delaware, are the most important resource we have and deserve to be supported emotionally, physically and financially by both parents.

DOVER - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin P. O'Mara issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary's Order to IKO Production Wilmington, Inc. for violations of the Delaware Code, regulations governing the control of air pollution and its permit. The order includes a cash penalty of $9,900 and an additional $1,485 as cost recovery reimbursement to the DNREC for expenses associated with the department's investigation.

DOVER, Del. (Sept. 1, 2010) - Delaware's draft long-range for reducing pollutants from entering local waterways that lie within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - was posted today on DNREC's website and made available for public review.

Dover -- The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) reminds travelers to anticipate increased traffic on Delaware's major highways starting on Friday, September 3, for the upcoming holiday weekend. Peak travel times are expected to occur from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 3 and Monday, September 6. All construction projects underway will be shut down by noon on Friday, September 3, except in the event of an emergency.

DOVER, Del. (Sept. 1, 2010) - Delaware's draft long-range for reducing pollutants from entering local waterways that lie within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - was posted today on DNREC's website and made available for public review.