Any person who solicits door-to-door to a residential home within the State of Delaware is now required to display a Salesperson Identification Card (I.D. Card).
For more information visit the State of Delaware Division of Revenue or get a pdf of the press release here.
Looking for Something to do in and around Brandywine Hundred?
You’re in luck! Festival Season is about to start!
For details go to www.VisitWilmingtonDE.com and look under Visitors & Residents – Calendar of Events. If it’s not listed there Google it.
· May 19: Day in Old New Castle
· May 19: 4th Annual Bellefont Arts Festival
· May 5-26: Historic Autos at Winterthur (Saturdays)
· June-Nov: Steaming Days at Auburn Heights (first Sunday of each month)
· June 2: Wine & Jazz Festival (Longwood Gardens)
· June 2: Newark Day
· June 3: 8th Annual Riverfront Camero Show
· June 4-9: 45th Annual St. John the Beloved Carnival
· June 5-9: Greek Festival
· June 9: Separation Day (Historic New Castle)
· June 9: Brandywine Food & Wine Festival (Chadds Ford)
· June 9: Shady Grove Music Fest (Arden)
· June 10-17: Italian Festival
· June 15-24: Delaware Chamber Music Festival (Fridays and Sundays)
· June 16: Winterthur’s Enchanted Summer Day
· June 17: FatherFest (American Helicopter Museum)
· June 18-24: Clifford Brown Jazz Festival
· June 30-July 1: Brandywine “Big Bang†BBQ Festival (Chadds Ford)
· June 30: Wilmington Pirate Festival (Riverfront)
· July 7-8: Rockwood Ice Cream Festival
· July 13-28: Delaware Shakespeare Festival (Rockwood Mansion Park)
· July 20-22: Firefly Music Festival
· July 28: Bob Marley Festival
· Aug. 3-5: Riverfront Blues Festival
· Aug. 5: Osun Festival
· Aug.11: SummerFest (Wilmington & Western RR)
· Aug. 25-26: August Quarterly
· Sept. 1 Arden Fair
· Sept. 8: Hispanic Festival
· Sept. 8-9 Brandywine Arts Festival
· Sept. 8-9 Mushroom Festival (Kennett Square)
· Sept. 14-16 Oktoberfest
· Sept. 15: Canal Fest (Delaware City)
· Sept. 15-16: Revolutionary War Reenactment (Brandywine Creek State Park)
· Sept. 16: Hagley Car Show
· Sept. 17-22: Polish Festival
· Sept. 26-30 Wilmington Fringe Festival
· Sept. 29 Art on the Green (Historic New Castle)
· Sept. 30 Taste of Newark
· Sept. 29-Oct 7: 10th Annual Harvest Festival (Saturdays and Sundays)
· Oct. 5-7 Delaware Auto Show
· Oct. 6 Kitchen to Garden Tour (Historic New Castle)
· Oct. 6-7 Harvest Moon Festival (Ashland Nature Center)
· Oct. 7 Vendemmia da Vinci Wine Festival
· Oct. 13-14 RotorFest (American Helicopter Museum)
CCOBH & Naamans Creek Watershed Association are pleased to announce a special meeting on: Stormwater in the Brandywine Hundred Watersheds
Thursday May 10th at Springer Middle School
2220 Shipley Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803
from 7-9PM in the Auditorium.
Participants include:
Tracy Surles, NCC Special Services
Frank Piorko, DNREC, Division of Watershed Stewardship
Kevin Donnelly, NCC Conservation District
John Cartier, NCC County Council Councilman
The 3 Brandywine Hundred Watersheds (Naamans Creek, Shellpot Creek and Brandywine Creek) are in the Piedmont Drainage Area and have sharp drops in elevation.
Agenda:
– Video on small watersheds.
– Drainage issues in relation to their position in the watershed.
– Your questions to the speakers.
– Related issues for a future meeting.
What are the responsibilities of: County, State, and Conservation District agencies for stormwater-related issues?
Who can you contact to get answers to your stormwater problems, etc.?
We have included a downloadable PDF of the May 10th Stormwater Meeting flyer you may print out and distribute to your community. We look forward to seeing you there!
Many thanks to the approximately 80 neighborhood volunteers who helped clean up about 2800 lbs. of trash from the Namaans Creek Watershed on Saturday April 21st. Councilman John Cartier and State Representative Bryon Short participated along Naamans Creek.
The Tri-state Mall area was the overall winner, as usual, with an ample supply of shopping carts, lots of trash in plastic bags, and a few tires.
We completely filled the truck at Tri-state, had to run to the landfill to unload and then head back to Tri-state to finish up, filling the truck up another ¼ full. (See photo below).
We were very fortunate to have the assistance of the great guys from 1800GotJunk.
Once again, a very successful cleanup event for the Naamans Creek Watershed and all the other watersheds in the Christina River Watershed. The Christina River Watershed provides 75% of the public water supply for residents and businesses in New Castle County. Your annual efforts help to improve wildlife habitat and keep each of these waterways as free from debris as possible. Thanks again to all the volunteers! You’re the best!
Below are a few pictures from the event.
2nd load (1/4 full) after 1st load taken to landfill
The Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) is pleased to be partnering with New Castle County Government to hold a special Household Hazardous Waste Collection event on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the New Castle County Government Center located at 87 Reads Way in New Castle, DE. The event is being held from 8am-4pm and is free for all Delaware Residents. Household Hazardous Waste can include items such as household cleaners, garden pesticides, oil-based paints only (no latex paint will be accepted), nail polish, fluorescent bulbs, or antifreeze. This event is restricted to residents’ only, no commercial services. The event will be held rain or shine.
“We are delighted to partner with the DSWA in sponsoring this important event, which helps protect families and our environment. It’s a great lead-in to the following day’s Earth Day observance,” said County Executive Paul G. Clark.
Special Household Hazardous Waste EventDSWA is no longer permitted to accept medication during its Household Hazardous Waste events. Residents wishing to dispose of medication should contact the State of Delaware Board of Pharmacy at 302-744-4500.
For more information on the event or a more extensive list of items accepted during this event, please call the Citizens’ Response Line at 1-800-404-7080 or visit DSWA.
Mark your Calendars. The next CCOBH General Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 10th at Springer Middle School. The subject will be on Stormwater. The starting time will be 7:00PM. More news regarding this meeting will follow as it becomes available.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY (March 28, 2012) – DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara encourages volunteers to join the Christina River Watershed Cleanup along the river and several of its tributaries on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at 12 sites throughout northern New Castle County. Due to other activities that day, two sites will begin the cleanup early – the City of Newark at 7:30 a.m. and the Naamans Creek site at 8 a.m. The Naamans Creek meeting location site is located at the east end of the F&N Shopping Center behind Sweeney’s Bakery. The Cleanup will also be included with Volunteer Delaware’s National Volunteer Week promotion.
“Helping to beautify our waterways is the perfect way to spend a few hours on a Saturday morning,†said Secretary O’Mara. “Clearing debris from the Christina watershed not only improves the landscape for residents and visitors to enjoy, it improves the health and water quality of the river and its tributaries, the primary sources of public water supply for New Castle County.â€
The annual cleanup, now in its 21st year, will be held rain or shine. Since the cleanup began in 1992, more than 350 tons of tires, appliances, household items, and plastic and styrofoam have been cleared from the Christina River, White Clay Creek and other tributaries.
DNREC has been a sponsor and an integral part of the Christina River Watershed Cleanup since its inception, providing funding and other support. Specifically, DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife provides staff, boats, and specialized equipment to move volunteers and remove trash from remote locations. The cleanup of the river within the city of Wilmington benefits DNREC’s ongoing marsh restoration work at the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge.
For a list of cleanup sites with directions and to register, visit www.ChristinaRiverCleanup.org or call 302-838-1897. Volunteers are encouraged to register for one of the 12 sites before Monday, April 16, so adequate supplies can be provided to each site captain. Due to insurance requirements, volunteers under the age of 16 must have adult supervision.
Participants are encouraged to wear brightly-colored clothing, long sleeves and pants, boots or water-resistant shoes, hats and heavy-duty gloves and to use insect repellent and sunscreen. Waders or hip boots are also helpful for the City of Wilmington and Churchman’s Marsh – Christiana and Newport sites. Additional jon-boat-type work boats are still needed for Wilmington’s Riverfront and the Churchman’s Marsh – Newport area. All participants must wear a life jacket while on board any boat.
All volunteers will receive a 2012 Christina River Watershed Cleanup t-shirt designed by Michael Cronin, a high school senior who attends Caravel Academy in Bear.
More than 50 organizations and businesses sponsor the cleanup each year. Primary sponsors besides DNREC include: Christina Conservancy, Inc.; Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; Artesian Water Company; United Water Delaware; Noramco, Inc.; GE Ceramic Composite Products and Dow Chemical.
For more information on DNREC’s programs, visit our website, DNREC
During more than fifty years of service to the Brandywine Hundred area, the Council of Civic Organizations of Brandywine Hundred (CCOBH) has rarely endorsed either a candidate for election or a position “for†or “against†a school district referendum. However, the Brandywine School District Operating Referendum scheduled for this Wednesday, March 28th is a rare exception.
The Board has had the opportunity to examine the entire process closely. The Executive Board of CCOBH is particularly impressed that Brandywine School District reached out to the community and engaged them in an open and transparent effort to create this budget request. The Board has concluded that the referendum request is both prudent and targeted at those key elements of our children’s education needed to ensure that the District will have at its disposal the curriculum, programs, and educational tools needed to provide the best education possible, and that all this can take place in a school environment that is safe and well maintained. The Brandywine School District has earned a respected reputation for setting and achieving high educational and operational goals, and has therefore earned the support of the community for this reasonable and responsible request to maintain the momentum that it has achieved.
Therefore, CCOBH strongly endorses the Brandywine School District Operating Referendum, and urges all voters in the District to vote “For†the referendum. Where to vote.
Bob Valihura
President
Council of Civic Organizations of Brandywine Hundred
The heartiest best wishes of all of CCOBH go out to our own Frances West as she is inducted into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame this evening! This is an monumental achievement, and is richly deserved for Frances’ past and continuing efforts in making Delaware a better place to live.
Congratulations Frances.
Dear Fellow Brandywine Hundred Resident:
The Brandywine School District School Board has voted to approve a referendum to increase revenue for operating our schools. The Board has scheduled that operating referendum for March 28th, just six weeks from now.
Representatives of the School District would like to speak to as many civic associations as possible, and have asked us to forward the following letter to you.
If your association has a meeting scheduled between now and March 28th, I urge you to contact the individuals listed below and to set up a presentation for your community.
If your association is not scheduled to meet before the referendum, please give some thought to sending out a notice informing your community about an upcoming referendum meeting scheduled for a school near you. Information regarding those meetings can be obtained by contacting the individuals below.
CCOBH urges you and your neighbors to become informed concerning this referendum and about how it impacts you and our children.
Bob Valihura
President, CCOBH
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Hello Civic Leaders: 


As you know by now, the Brandywine School District has scheduled an Operating Referendum on March 28, 2012. Over the last decade, Brandywine School District has made steady progress toward making our schools the best in the Delaware region. We have achieved this success over the years by working closely with civic and business leaders throughout the district.
A community based Referendum Planning Committee was organized last year that spent several months studying the district’s operating needs and determining how much funding will be required over the next few years to maintain our facilities, and to continue improving our children’s education. The request we have put before the community is the product of their work.
Who were the members of the Referendum Planning Committee?
The committee included teachers, administrators, parents, business leaders, and civic leaders like you. All of them volunteered their time to prepare a responsible and frugal funding.
The economy has been very tough on everyone.
This is why we believe it is particularly important to reach out to the community to explain why this referendum is essential now, and how we arrived at the funding we are requesting.
Why this referendum Presentation is important to you!
The Referendum Steering Committee composed of community members, school district staff members and teachers, just like the Planning Committee, has begun making presentations to various community groups to help them understand the need for this referendum and the impact it will have on our children’s education. This will be your best opportunity to listen to and question the people who planned and proposed this referendum.
Invite us to discuss the 2012 Referendum in your community! Please call or e-mail a response today with a suggested date, time and location for your next community meeting. Thank you for your interest.
Date _______________ Time ________________ Location_________________________
Current Civic Assoc. President (e-mail) __________________________ or (phone) ____________________
You may send information to: Marty Tracy at rowrun5@aol.com, Cyndi Lehm at relaxcyndi@yahoo.com, or Ashley Dalzell-Gray at ashntodd02@aol.com
