Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:18 EDT State of Delaware Government News http://www.delaware.gov http://www.delaware.gov/egov/portal.nsf/allfiles/images/%24file/title-stateofdelaware.gif http://www.delaware.gov en-us A centralized newsfeed of news and press releases from State of Delaware agencies for the last two weeks. gic@delaware.gov (Government Information Center) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091120-valero.shtml Gov. Jack Markell said that state agencies will act quickly to assist workers affected by the closing of the Valero refinery in Delaware City and that the state will make every effort to ensure the environmental health and safety of the site to protect the thousands of Delaware families who live near the facility. In the News Delaware-News-Item-576806 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/vaccinations_schedule-112009.html The Delaware Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education announce the following schedule for the fourth week of the H1N1 School Vaccination Program. In the News Delaware-News-Item-575771 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:38:26 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DuPontNatureCenterannounceswinterhoursfor2009-2010.aspx The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife facility, today announced its new winter hours. Beginning Dec. 1 and continuing through March 1, 2010, the center will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. In the News Delaware-News-Item-575225 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:58:53 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNRECissuesnoticeof%2430%2C000penaltytoDassaultFalconJet%96WilmingtonCorpforairpollutionandhazardouswasteviolations.aspx DOVER - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin P. O'Mara has issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary's Order to Dassault Falcon Jet - Wilmington Corp. for violations of its permit issued by the Air Quality Management Section as well as violations of Delaware's Regulations Governing Hazardous Waste. The Order includes a cash penalty of $30,000 and an additional $4,500 as cost recovery reimbursement to the Department for expenses associ In the News Delaware-News-Item-574533 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNewsDisplay&id=3553 Georgetown -- The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that it has implemented a median crossover closure at US 113 and Arrow Safety Road in Georgetown effective in late December. US 113 southbound traffic will no longer be able to turn left off of US 113 onto Arrow Safety Road, and will need to travel to Shortly Road and US 113 to make a u-turn to go north to access Arrow Safety Road. US 113 northbound traffic will still be permitted to make right turns off of Arrow Safety Road. In the News Delaware-News-Item-573601 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNewsDisplay&id=3551 The Department of Transportation advises motorists that Bridge 3-240 on Old Furnace Rd. between Rd. 529/Cokesbury Rd. and Rementer Road west of Georgetown is closed due to a pipe failure and road undermining. DelDOT Bridge Maintenance crews were onsite this morning examining the pipe failure, bridge structure and roadway to determine the extent of damage and needed repair. They found a total collapse of the two main pipes under the bridge. In the News Delaware-News-Item-572892 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091118-awareness.shtml The three-month public service campaign will run through the peak holiday shopping season and includes informational brochures, kiosks at the Dover and Christiana malls and radio spots. In the News Delaware-News-Item-575240 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091118-redevelopment.shtml During the ceremony, Christiana Mall officially announced ten new retailers and restaurants including Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Rockport, Lego, Oakley, JB Dawson's, White House Black Market, Tilly's, P.S. from aÉropostale, and Coldwater Creek. In the News Delaware-News-Item-575239 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:06:45 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DelawareCleanWaterAdvisoryCounciltoMeetDec2.aspx The Delaware Clean Water Advisory Council (CWAC) will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 in Conference Room 220 at the Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 South Bay Road, Dover. In the News Delaware-News-Item-570306 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/shots_available_-111809.html About 600 vaccination appointments for those most at risk for H1N1 are still available for this weekend's vaccination clinics in Kent and Sussex counties. In the News Delaware-News-Item-570163 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.doc.delaware.gov/news/09press1118.pdf The new RFP will allow the option of multiple vendors, so potential vendors will be able to bid to provide a portion of services, such as mental health services, substance abuse services or prescription drugs, among others, as well as to bid on the entire contract. In the News Delaware-News-Item-569871 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:42:00 EST http://ohs.delaware.gov/CPSF_2009/pr/DUI_checkpoints_scheduled_for_Newark_and_Dover.pdf Dover - Three sobriety checkpoints are scheduled to occur the weekend of November 20th and 21st as part of the Office of Highway Safety's 2009 Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign... In the News Delaware-News-Item-569668 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091117-benefits.shtml Gov. Jack Markell and Secretary of Labor John McMahon announced that unemployed Delaware workers will be eligible for up to fourteen weeks of additional unemployment insurance benefits. In the News Delaware-News-Item-569615 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:21:21 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNRECissuesnoticeof%2450%2C605penaltytoGlasgowCitgoownersforundergroundstoragetankviolationsatBeargasstation.aspx Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin O'Mara has issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary's Order to the owners of the Glasgow Citgo for violations of Delaware's underground storage tank regulations. The order includes a cash penalty of $50,605 and an additional $7,591 as cost recovery reimbursement for the Department's expenses associated with its investigation. In the News Delaware-News-Item-568898 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:11:04 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNREC_ready_to_assist_homeowners_by_expediting_storm_repair_permits.aspx As Delaware beach-area property owners take stock of damage from last week's coastal storm, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control staff stands ready to assist owners and contractors who are planning repairs or rebuilding efforts. In the News Delaware-News-Item-568197 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:39:43 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNREC_denies_shipping_company_request_for_lightering_oil_in_DelawareBay.aspx Bouchard Affiliates of Melville, N.Y., had requested a "status decision" under the Delaware Coastal Zone Act regulations, claiming that the company was conducting lightering operations in the Bay before June 28, 1971, the date the Act became law. In the News Delaware-News-Item-568196 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/fifthh1n1death.html Officials with Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) say a 60-year old New Castle County man became Delaware's fifth H1N1-related death this morning. He was hospitalized Oct. 26, 2009 and had several underlying health conditions. In the News Delaware-News-Item-568054 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091116-infantscreening.shtml Delaware would become the first state in America to require insurance carriers to cover medically appropriate developmental screening tests for children between birth and the age of three under a new law that will take effect Nov. 25. In the News Delaware-News-Item-567511 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:27 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/Seafordman%2Cprohibitedfromweapons%2Carrestedforhuntingviolations.aspx DNREC Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents on Nov. 13 arrested a Seaford man who is prohibited from carrying weapons on hunting-related violations. In the News Delaware-News-Item-567496 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST http://dgdc.blogs.delaware.gov/2009/11/16/dover-gis-state-news/ A front-page article in the Delaware State News details the successes of Dover's GIS program over the last few years. In the News Delaware-News-Item-566960 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/vaccinations_schedule-111609.html The Delaware Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education announce the following schedule for the third week of the H1N1 School Vaccination Program. In the News Delaware-News-Item-566655 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dartfirststate.com/dtc.ejs?command=PublicDTCPressReleaseDisplay&id=3549 Over the last year, an individual riding public transportation would have saved an additional $255 due to the 41 cent increase of gasoline per gallon since November 2008. In the News Delaware-News-Item-566559 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091112-stateofemergency.shtml Gov. Jack Markell this morning lifted the State of Emergency he had declared in Kent County and Sussex County on Thursday. The State of Emergency ended as of 8 a.m. Sunday. State officials are continuing to assess storm damage. In the News Delaware-News-Item-566811 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://dda.delaware.gov/pressrel/2009/111309_Tropicalstrm.pdf In the News Delaware-News-Item-572642 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091113-conerstone.shtml The ceremony commemorates a decade-long $30 million effort to revitalize Wilmington's West Side with a groundbreaking of 10 new town homes and the grand re-opening of a 72-unit apartment complex. In the News Delaware-News-Item-567513 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://delawareinsurance.gov/departments/news/111309-Press-DelSeniorsWarning.shtml Commissioner Stewart Stresses the Need for Seniors to Protect Themselves Against Predatory Sales Practices In the News Delaware-News-Item-566120 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:58:02 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/AdvisoryCouncilonTidalFinfisheriestomeetNov18inDover.aspx The Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control auditorium, Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover. In the News Delaware-News-Item-566095 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/dphinvest-111309.html Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) will conduct a tuberculosis contact investigation in the Wilmington area beginning Monday, Nov. 16. In the News Delaware-News-Item-565956 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/h1n1_vaccines_-111309.html Delaware's Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education completed the eighth day of the H1N1 school vaccination program Nov. 12, by administering H1N1 flu nasal spray vaccine to 3,075 Delaware elementary public and charter school students with parental permission. In the News Delaware-News-Item-565955 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNewsDisplay&id=3548 Rehoboth Beach -- The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that Route 1 between Dewey Beach and Bethany Beach will remain closed throughout most of the weekend while DelDOT crews monitor conditions tonight and start cleanup efforts tomorrow. Approximately 75 DelDOT workers have been monitoring conditions across Sussex County since the start of the storm Thursday morning, placing barriers, putting up variable message boards and checking roadways for high water. DelDOT anticipates that this afternoon's high tide will require Route 1 to remain closed, as water levels may rise again. In the News Delaware-News-Item-565861 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://dda.delaware.gov/pressrel/2009/111109_Stewards_CE_class.pdf In the News Delaware-News-Item-572643 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091112markell_declares_state_of_emergency.shtml Governor Jack Markell has declared a state of emergency for Kent County and Sussex County to better enable response to the current storm, effective at 6 p.m. In the News Delaware-News-Item-565407 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:57:05 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/KillensPondcelebratesFunintheOutdoorsonNov14.aspx FELTON - It may be November, but the staff at Killens Pond State Park invites individuals and families to the park for a day of Fun in the Outdoors onSaturday, Nov. 14. The fun begins with a lesson in outdoor cooking at 2 p.m., followed by a paddling trip around the pond at 3:30 p.m. Visitors should bundle up for a chilly fall hayride through the park at 5:30 p.m. and night hike at 6:30 p.m., and be sure to bring enough water and snacks for the day. In the News Delaware-News-Item-565393 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:59:36 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/InvasiveplantworkdaytobeheldatKillensPondonNov21.aspx FELTON - The Environmental Stewardship Program of the Division of Parks and Recreation invites volunteers to spend the morning working in Killens Pond State Park from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 21. Program staff will be hosting an invasive plant workday in the fields near the Water Park, targeting Bradford pears, multiflora rose, bush honeysuckles and other invasive plants that threaten the meadows and the understory of forest habitat throughout the park. In the News Delaware-News-Item-565392 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/radiation_protection_-111209.html Governor Jack Markell has issued a proclamation declaring Nov. 8-14, 2009 Radiation Protection Professionals Week in Delaware, and encourages all Delawareans to join in supporting the observance of this proclamation. The proclamation was presented to the Authority on Radiation Protection, an appointed public board that provides oversight and general direction on radiation matters to the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH). In the News Delaware-News-Item-563868 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/clinics_to_vaccinate_-111209.html Eligible Residents Should Call 1-866-408-1899 On Nov. 16 For Appointment-Only H1N1 Vaccinations In the News Delaware-News-Item-563865 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/h1n1_vaccines_administered-11120.html Delaware's Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education completed the seventh day of the H1N1 school vaccination program Nov. 10, by administering H1N1 vaccinations to 4,244 Delaware public and charter school students at various grade levels with parental permission. This brings the total number of students vaccinated through the statewide H1N1 school vaccination program to 12,294. In the News Delaware-News-Item-563864 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNewsDisplay&id=3541 Rehoboth Beach -- The Delaware Department of Transportation and Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Inc. (Skanska) announces that due to heavy rain, winds and coastal flooding, the "Open House" for the Indian River Inlet Bridge project scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2009 has been postponed. Coastal flooding, high tides and continual rain are creating an unsafe travel condition in this area, and with the possibility that one or more lanes of Route 1 near the bridge may be closed over the next few days, the decision was made to postpone the event to a future date, likely in early 2010. In the News Delaware-News-Item-563771 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:56:00 EST http://ohs.delaware.gov/general_pr_2009/33_more_cited_for_seat_belt_violations.pdf Dover - Officers participating in a stepped up statewide enforcement effort to save lives by getting more Delawareans to buckle up, issued 33 citations for seat belt violations between November 2nd and November 8th. This brings the total number of seat belt citations issued in the first ten weeks of the campaign to 677... In the News Delaware-News-Item-563379 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:59:45 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/RecyclingPublicAdvisoryCounciltomeetNov18inLewes.aspx The Recycling Public Advisory Council will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the DNREC Lewes Facility, 901 Pilottown Road, Lewes. In the News Delaware-News-Item-563310 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:45 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNREC%92sLandownerIncentiveProgramnowacceptingprojectproposalsfor2010.aspx The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife's Delaware Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) today announced a request for proposals from private landowners seeking to protect, enhance and/or restore habitat to benefit the First State's species of greatest conservation need. In the News Delaware-News-Item-563308 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:44 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/CoastalCleanupnets96tonsoftrashfromDelawarewaterways.aspx The final numbers are in: 2,002 community volunteers at this year's Delaware Coastal Cleanup on Sept. 19 collected about 9.6 tons of trash from 41 sites along Delaware's waterways and coastline stretching from Wilmington to Fenwick Island. In the News Delaware-News-Item-563307 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091110-windpartnership.shtml Delaware's leadership has positioned it to be the first state in the nation to develop an offshore wind farm, bringing clean power to Delawareans and creating hundreds of jobs." In the News Delaware-News-Item-562635 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:57:47 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/Nov7recyclingeventinWilmingtonnets85tonsofscraptires.aspx WILMINGTON, Del. - Saturday's Scrap Tire Drop-off event at Frawley Stadium netted 8.5 tons of scrap tires - more than 650 old passenger vehicle tires that could have ended up in an unsightly, scrap tire pile or left to decompose in a Delaware landfill. In the News Delaware-News-Item-562620 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091109-nrgbluewater.shtml Delaware's leadership has positioned it to be the first state in the nation to develop an offshore wind farm, bringing clean power to Delawareans and creating hundreds of jobs. In the News Delaware-News-Item-562636 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:55:00 EST http://ohs.delaware.gov/CPSF_2009/pr/14_arrested_for_DUI_in_week_19_of_campaign.pdf Dover - Delaware law enforcement officer arrested 14 individuals for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs during week 19 of the 2009 Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign (Nov. 6 and 7). This brings the total number of DUI arrests for the campaign since its July 2nd launch to 347. In the News Delaware-News-Item-560630 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:02:56 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/FishandWildlifeEnforcementmakesweekendarrestsforfishingviolations.aspx DNREC Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents over the weekend arrested two men in two separate cases involving alleged undersize fish in hidden compartments and fined five others for not having the required Delaware F.I.N. number. The violations were found during routine vessel safety inspections. In the News Delaware-News-Item-560559 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/fourthdeath-110909.html Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) was notified this morning that a 52-year old Kent County male, who was admitted to the hospital on October 21 with H1N1 flu-related complications, died on Saturday, November 7. The patient did have a very serious underlying health condition prior to contracting the flu. In the News Delaware-News-Item-560427 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/vaccines-110909.html The Delaware Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education announce the following schedule for the second week of the H1N1 School Vaccination Program. In the News Delaware-News-Item-560426 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNewsDisplay&id=3538 Dover -- Have you always wanted to be in the special low-digit license plate club? Are you tired of seeing other people driving around with something better than your boring six or seven character license plate? Have you always wanted to have your own piece of Delaware driving distinction? In the News Delaware-News-Item-560335 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/vaccinesadministered-110909_.html Delaware's Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education completed the fourth day of the H1N1 school vaccination program Nov. 5, by administering H1N1 flu nasal spray vaccine to 1,554 Delaware elementary public and charter school students with parental permission. In the News Delaware-News-Item-559749 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/schedulefornov-110909.html The Delaware Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education announce the following schedule for the second week of the H1N1 School Vaccination Program. Please note that Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is a state holiday and schools will be closed. Students in grades K-5 receive nasal spray vaccine. Students in grades 6-12 receive injectable vaccine. In the News Delaware-News-Item-559748 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/wellnessexpo-110909.html More than 40 exhibitors will showcase health services, supplies and programs to Delawareans with diabetes at the Diabetes Wellness Expo, held Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Dover Hotel. In the News Delaware-News-Item-559747 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNewsDisplay&id=3536 Middletown -- The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that lanes on Route 13 near Boyds Corner will be closed next week as crews install conduits in the median and install signals. Between Greylag Road and Boyds Corner Road, there will be single, left-lane closures on northbound and southbound Route 13 to install and work on conduits in the center median. This work will be completed between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. In the News Delaware-News-Item-560336 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:17:52 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/ThreeKentCountymenarrestedforhuntingviolations.aspx DNREC Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents on Nov. 3 arrested three Kent County men for hunting violations. In the News Delaware-News-Item-557856 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/healthsummit-110509.html Nationally recognized presenters will provide information on communicable disease treatment and prevention measures to an audience of health care professionals at the 2009 Health Summit. The Summit is a joint effort of Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) and the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD) and is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6 at Clayton Hall, University of Delaware. In the News Delaware-News-Item-557729 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/h1n1schools-110509.html Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) and the Delaware Department of Education (DOE) completed their second day of H1N1 school vaccination program Nov. 3, by administering H1N1 flu nasal spray vaccine to 1,531 Delaware elementary public school students with parental permission. In the News Delaware-News-Item-557728 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:01:00 EDT http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/pressreleases/2009/schoolvacine1104-110509.html Delaware's Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education completed the third day of the H1N1 school vaccination program Nov. 4, by administering H1N1 flu nasal spray vaccine to 882 Delaware elementary public and charter school students with parental permission. In the News Delaware-News-Item-557727 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/11november/20091105-taxamnesty.shtml The two-month long partnership between the Delaware Division of Revenue and the General Revenue Corporation, a subsidiary of Sallie MÆe Corporation, is expected to clear more than 14,000 delinquent accounts. When the program was authorized this summer, estimates called for $10 million to be collected. In the News Delaware-News-Item-557400 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST http://stateplanning.delaware.gov/news.shtml#nov09_plus An agenda has been posted for the November 25 meeting of the Preliminary Land Use Service (PLUS). In the News Delaware-News-Item-556678 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:15:17 GMT http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/Keylandagreementsexpectedtolaygroundworkforeconomicdevelopment%2CecologicalrestorationandadditionalstateparklandatAuburnHeigh.aspx A series of agreements to preserve and redevelop 99 acres of land near the Auburn Heights Preserve in northern Delaware is expected to boost economic development and ecological restoration in the scenic area, and add to state parkland at the preserve located in the Red Clay Valley near the Pennsylvania state line. In the News Delaware-News-Item-556513