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City Announces Concert Lineup for 2023 Levitt AMP Wilmington Music Series at New Urban Artist Exchange (UAE) Amphitheater

By North New Castle News Report | Jul 12, 2023

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz invite you to grab your family, friends, and neighbors and prepare to experience the power of live music aimed at bringing our community together.

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City of Wilmington and West Side Grows Together Celebrate New Tilton Park Playground and Amphitheater

By North New Castle News Report | Jul 11, 2023

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Director of Parks and Recreation Ian Smith joined with West Side Grows Together (WSGT), the Cool Spring Tilton Park Neighborhood Association (CSTNA), and the Friends of Tilton Park along with City officials, invited guests, and local residents for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of renovations to Tilton Park, located at 8th and Franklin streets.

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Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Celebrate Groundbreaking Of Delaware Air National Guard’s Hangar

By North New Castle News Report | Jul 10, 2023

On July 10, U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) celebrated the groundbreaking of the Delaware Air National Guard’s Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar for their C-130 aircrafts.

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Electric Fan Giveaway Announced to Help City Residents Beat the Heat This Summer

By North New Castle News Report | Jul 10, 2023

Mayor Mike Purzycki said today that eligible seniors in Wilmington are invited to receive a FREE electric fan starting Thursday as the City begins its annual summer distribution of fans to help residents beat the heat. FREE electric fans will be distributed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. only for the next few weeks while supplies last.

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Wilmington Issues Weekly Traffic and Travel Advisory for Special Events, Street Repaving, Other Construction or Repair Projects

By North New Castle News Report | Jul 10, 2023

Wilmington’s Public Works Department has compiled the attached list of streets on which construction or, maintenance will occur over the next week by the City itself, or by either DelDOT, Delmarva Power, or private contractors.

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Mayor Purzycki Encourages City Residents to Sign Up for Affordable High-Speed Home Internet

By North New Castle News Report | Jul 4, 2023

Federal Affordable Connectivity Program offers eligible households $30-a-month discount toward internet service; sign-up sessions continue in July

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Wilmington Police Department, Wilmington Fire Department Celebrate Graduation of Youth Public Safety Academy

By North New Castle News Report | Jul 3, 2023

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki, Chief of Police Wilfredo Campos, and Chief of Fire John Looney today celebrated the graduation of the 27 participants in the City’s Youth Public Safety Academy.

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Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce $44 Million In Raise Grants For Delaware’s Nature Trails

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 29, 2023

RAISE grants help communities build transportation projects that have significant local or regional impact and improve safety and equity

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Rep. Blunt Rochester Statement On Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 29, 2023

On June 29, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court’s decision to bar affirmative action in college admissions.

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Governor Carney, Lt. Governor Hall-long Celebrate $107 Million Federal Funding For Broadband

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Funded from the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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July 4th Fireworks Scheduled for the Wilmington Riverfront

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz invite residents and visitors to enjoy the City’s annual Independence Day fireworks show on Tuesday, July 4 with family fun activities starting at 2 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. (Rain date is Wednesday, July 5 for the fireworks show only.)

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City of Newark Holiday Refuse Schedule

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Due to the July 4th holiday, refuse normally collected on Monday July 3, will remain unchanged.

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City Government Offices will be Closed and Trash Collection Schedule Modified for the Independence Day Holiday

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Wilmington City government offices will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, for the Independence Day holiday.

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Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Over $8.7 Million Grant To Deploy Clean Transit Buses In Delaware

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 27, 2023

Funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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Blunt Rochester Statement On One Year Since The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 26, 2023

On June 24, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health which overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Wilmington Issues Weekly Traffic and Travel Advisory for Special Events, Street Repaving, Other Construction or Repair Projects

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 26, 2023

Wilmington’s Public Works Department has compiled the attached list of streets on which construction or, maintenance will occur over the next week by the City itself, or by either DelDOT, Delmarva Power, or private contractors.

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Wilmington Would Permit Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) in Certain Residential Rights-of-Way Under Proposed Law

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 23, 2023

Beginning January 1, 2024, electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) would be permitted in certain residential areas of the City of Wilmington under the terms of legislation that has been introduced before City Council.

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City Announces Upcoming Closure of Southbridge Intersection

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 22, 2023

Wilmington's Department of Public Works announced today that, starting on Monday, June 26, 2023, the intersection at A Street and Heald Street will be closed to through traffic for approximately two weeks for sewer separation construction related to the Southbridge Wilmington Wetlands Park. Specifically, the work involves deep installation of elliptical pipe and a manhole.

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Blunt Rochester, Mcclellan Reintroduce Legislation To Improve Air Quality Monitoring And Protect Environmental Justice Communities

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 21, 2023

On June 20, Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.), with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), reintroduced the bicameral Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act, legislation that would authorize $55 million over five years for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update and expand its tools and technologies for monitoring air quality, while ensuring that these tools are integrated with environmental justice mapping and screening to better measure and manage unhealthy levels of air pollution across the United States, particularly in frontline and fenceline environmental justice communities where Black, Brown, Indigenous and low-income residents are disproportionately likely to be harmed.

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4th Annual HBCU Week Awards Gala Raises $343,000 to Support the City of Wilmington’s 2023 HBCU Week Festivities

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 21, 2023

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and the City’s official Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Ambassador, television sports host Stephen A. Smith, reported today that the 4th Annual HBCU Week Awards Gala, held last Friday at the Hotel Dupont in Downtown Wilmington, raised a total $343,000 to support the City’s annual HBCU Week initiative.