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News from June 2023

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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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North New Castle News area weekly mass times

By North New Castle News | Jun 24, 2023

The following parishes in the North New Castle News coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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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.

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Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce $750,000 For New Castle County Hope Center

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 20, 2023

On June 16, U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced $750,000 in federal funding to replace a portion of the New Castle County Hope Center’s roof and invest in transportation support

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City Swimming Pools and Spray Parks Will Open on June 26

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 20, 2023

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Parks and Recreation Director Ian Smith announced today that all five of the City’s swimming pools and seven spray parks will open for the summer beginning Monday, June 26, 2023, and will remain open until Thursday, August 17.

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Blunt Rochester Leads Effort To Expand Access To Naloxone

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 19, 2023

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), along with Reps. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) and Angie Craig (D-Minn.), introduced legislation to ensure access to the overdose reversal drug naloxone for communities nationwide.

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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 19, 2023

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

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2023 Clifford Brown Jazz Festival Celebrates 36 Years with All-Star Lineup

By North New Castle News Report | Jun 19, 2023

The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival returns to Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, to celebrate its 36th year June 21 to 24, 2023.

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North New Castle News area weekly mass times

By North New Castle News | Jun 17, 2023

The following parishes in the North New Castle News coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.