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Guest Post: Linda Parkowski, Summer Events Will Boost Local Economy and Community Spirit

Written on: May 24th, 2012 in Guest Posts

Guest post by Linda Parkowski, Director of Tourism. Booking requests are up compared to last year, the arrival of warmer weather earlier in the year will draw people north sooner than expected and, based on what we’re seeing, consumers are planning to travel more than they did in 2011. What’s really exciting is that the extremely […]


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Guest Post: Ed Kee, Farmers’ Markets: Great Food and New Friends

Written on: May 17th, 2012 in AgricultureGuest Posts

Guest Post from Ed Kee, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture This past Tuesday, Legislative Hall was bursting with pints of red, ripe, Delaware-grown strawberries and tray after tray of strawberry cake. It was a sweet reminder that we are officially in the midst of the 2012 market season. First to open this year was the Milton […]


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Guest Post: Susan Cycyk, Children’s Mental Health Matters

Written on: May 9th, 2012 in Guest Posts

By Susan Cycyk, Director, Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services Delaware Children’s Department Today more than 1,100 communities across the country will join forces to celebrate National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Awareness Day is a key strategy of the federal Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Campaign, an effort to highlight the importance of […]


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Guest Post: Secretary Shailen Bhatt, Coastal Treasure Shines Again

Written on: May 8th, 2012 in Guest Posts

This past Sunday, we celebrated the rich history and bright future of the Charles W. Cullen Bridge at the Indian River Inlet. Its history includes different bridge designs over the course of several decades, an ever-changing physical environment and the emergence of Delaware as one of the east coast’s premier resort locations. Its future will […]


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STEM Education Provides Competitive Edge to DE Youth

Written on: May 4th, 2012 in Education

During some particularly challenging times these last few years, our state has made clear – again and again – that whether it was meeting the challenge of the federal race to the top contest, trying to reopen the shuttered refinery at Delaware City, tackling rapidly rising pension and health care costs, or putting our state […]


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