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Fireworks & fun for the Fourth (The News Journal)
Where to find fireworks near you & other events around the stateDel. to Launch Major DUI Campaign This Fourth of July Weekend (WBOC Salisbury) DOVER , Del.- Police in Delaware will be cracking down on drunk driving this Fourth of July weekend with the launch of the state Office of Highway Safety's eighth annual Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign.
DELAWARE: House OKs replacing DSTP, school rewards (The Daily Times) DOVER -- Bills that will replace the Delaware Student Testing Program with a computerized test and will financially reward the schools that do the best job educating at-risk students passed in the House on Thursday and now await the governor's signature.
Budget ax aimed at fix-up program (The News Journal) Legislative committee recommends upcoming state budget give lawmakers less than half the money they got this year for a controversial program to fix streets, plant trees and pave parking lots in their districts
This summer, students get ahead (The News Journal) In one Baltz Elementary School classroom, third-graders huddled around teacher Toni Ann Marioni as she dealt playing cards, two at a time.
Sen. Adams’ death stuns state, family (Cape Gazette) Sen. Thurman Adams, Delaware’s longest-serving legislator, died suddenly Tuesday morning. Hundreds of mourners are expected to gather in his hometown of Bridgeville.
Sunday DART bus service resumes between Wilmington and Newark for the 1st time in three decades (The Newark Post) The Campaign for Sunday Bus Service will celebrate the return of DART Sunday bus service to Elsmere, Prices Corner and Newark for the first time in over 30 years. DART buses will operate on the Route 6 Kirkwood Highway route once an hour from 9am to 6pm every Sunday.
DELAWARE: Senators have time to select new leader after Adams' death (The Daily Times) DOVER -- From his seat on the 50-yard line of the Senate Chamber, Bridgeville Democrat Thurman G. Adams Jr. steered the complex, often contentious legislative process with a firm but quiet hand.
General Assembly comes to a halt following Adams’ passing (Dover Post) Flags across Delaware were lowered and the state General Assembly placed in recess in honor of longtime Sen. Thurman G. Adams Jr., who died June 23. Sen. Majority Leader Anthony DeLuca named to replace Adams as president pro tem.
Cooling towers resolution passes Senate (Cape Gazette) The Senate has passed a resolution calling for environmental officials to label closed-cycle cooling systems among the best technology available for industrial facilities. The resolution and the amendment that passed with it head back to the House of Representatives for its approval.