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DOVER (March 22, 2013) - Applications are being accepted through March 28 for Universal Recycling grants and low interest loans for Delaware's commercial sector to assist them in collecting, transporting, processing and marketing recyclables.

DOVER (March 22, 2013) - A training workshop on preventing and managing invasive plants and supporting healthy habitats will be held 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24 at the St. Jones Reserve, 818 Kitts Hummock Road in Dover

DOVER (March 22, 2013) - A training workshop on preventing and managing invasive plants and supporting healthy habitats will be held 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24 at the St. Jones Reserve, 818 Kitts Hummock Road in Dover

DOVER (March 22, 2013) - Applications are being accepted through March 28 for Universal Recycling grants and low interest loans for Delaware's commercial sector to assist them in collecting, transporting, processing and marketing recyclables.

Two hundred seventy-one (271) motorists were cited for not buckle up at night during the first seat belt enforcement campaign of 2013. Officers from 6 police departments plus Delaware State Police worked over 421 hours of overtime enforcement looking for unbelted motorists.

President Barack Obama will designate a national monument in Delaware and Pennsylvania on Monday, March 25, 2013.

In his weekly message, filmed at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute in Newark, Governor Markell was joined by the 2013 Delaware BioGENEius Challenge award winners: Anna Gonye from the Charter School of Wilmington, and Bansri Patel from Sussex Tech High School.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY (March 21, 2013) - DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara encourages volunteers to join the Christina River Cleanup along the river and several of its tributaries on Saturday, April 6 from 8 a.m. until noon at 12 sites throughout northern New Castle County.

The public is invited to a March 27 meeting in Georgetown as community members begin to develop a plan to help the state realize the full potential of the Stockley Center and its surrounding property on behalf of the people of Sussex County.

The Division of Public Health (DPH) joins the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in commemorating the annual World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24, 2013.

No known illnesses have been identified in Delaware or any other state related to the recall at this time.

More than 700 educators from 143 Delaware schools will gather in Dover Saturday to learn strategies for deepening their schools' implementation of the Common Core standards.

Attorney General Beau Biden today announced that the Department of Justice Securities Division has obtained an indictment charging a New Castle County man with theft, securities fraud, and tax evasion following its investigation of a scheme to defraud investors out of nearly one million dollars.

SUSSEX COUNTY (March 20, 2013) - More volunteers are needed at two sites - South Bethany Beach and Delaware Seashore State Park - for Delaware's annual beach grass planting set for 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, March 23.

LEWES (March 21, 2013) - The staff at Cape Henlopen State Park invites the public to the Seaside Nature Center on Wednesday, March 27 and Thursday, March 28 to participate in fun springtime programs.

DOVER (March 20, 2013) - DNREC's Division of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service are teaming up to conduct a prescribed fire on 16 acres of meadow and shrub habitats in Brandywine Creek State Park near Wilmington. The burn is expected to occur between Friday, March 22 and Sunday, March 31, during the middle of the day, depending on weather conditions.

Delaware municipalities that incorporate health-promoting options as an integral part of their services and infrastructure are eligible to apply.

DOVER (March 20, 2013) - DNREC's Division of Parks and Recreation will host a public open house for the proposed Gordon's Pond Trail in Cape Henlopen State Park. The Open House will be held 7 - 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, at the Lewes Library, 111 Adams Ave., in Lewes.

Robert M. Coupe was sworn in by Governor Jack Markell as Commissioner of the Department of Correction (DOC) during a ceremony held at the DOC Administration Building in Dover. Coupe was joined by his family and was surrounded by friends, former colleagues and special guests.

Prosecutors have obtained an indictment charging a central witness to a 2011 Wilmington homicide with perjury and lying to law enforcement after he recently recanted earlier statements he made about the crime to police and on the stand at trial.