What's New In New Castle County?
County Spotlights
County Executive joins WDEL for third community town hall tonight
County Executive Matt Meyer will join WDEL's Amy Cherry and New Castle County Councilman John Cartier at the Claymont Library tonight for the third of four planned "Community Conversation" town hall events on the Fiscal Year 2022 budget and to answer questions from the community. You can listen to the event live on WDEL at 7pm or watch on the County's Facebook page, HERE.
County recognizes Public Safety Telecommunicators week
New Castle County is recognizing our 911 operators during this Public Safety Telecommunicator Week. In addition to their daily standout performance beating national standards by answering 90% of calls in 10 seconds or less, our 911 operators were just recognized by the IAEDTM as an Accredited Center of Excellence. To read more about honor from the IAEDTM, CLICK HERE.
County partners with Town of White Hall for Art Fest
New Castle County is kicking off the annual Clean Stream Champion campaign, and offering rain barrels while supplies last for $50. New Castle County residents are encouraged to sign the Clean Stream Champion pledge not to pour fats and grease down the drain and other daily measures like cleaning up pet waste and avoiding chemical use near drains. To sign the pledge and to get your rain barrel through this year's program, CLICK HERE.
Pop-up COVID-19 testing sites continue next week
New Castle County will continue offering regular pop-up testing sites across the county, in addition to regular testing sites operated by the State of Delaware. Any resident can get tested regardless of symptoms and tests are free, quick, easy and painless. Results are usually returned in 24-48 hours. To register for testing at one of the county's sites, CLICK HERE. For more information on the State of Delaware's testing sites, CLICK HERE.
Applications for National Health Corps Delaware close Friday
County seeking community input for American Rescue Plan funds
New Castle County is looking for applicants for the National Health Corps Delaware program. Applications close tomorrow, April 16th. Applications for the program opened on Monday, April 12th. New Castle County will operate this pilot as an AmeriCorps program using funding from the Federal CARES Act. To read more about the program and the application process, CLICK HERE.
New Castle County is looking for input from the community on how to spend the expected $108 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan. New Castle County was nationally recognized for the innovative way the county spent funds from the CARES Act after extensive community input through a series of focused committee. To read more about the American Rescue Plan funds, CLICK HERE.
Find The Most Current And Upcoming
Meetings & Events


Friday, April 16th
County COVID-19 Testing at Thomas Edison Charter School (Indoor Walk-up)
Deadline to apply for National Health Corps Delaware

Saturday, April 17th
County COVID-19 Testing at Westside Healthcare (Indoor Walk-up)
County COVID-19 Testing at University of Delaware Star Campus

Monday, April 19th
County COVID-19 Testing at Frawley Stadium

Tuesday, April 20th
County COVID-19 Testing at Wilmington University, Route 13 Campus

Wednesday, April 21st
No Testing

Testing start times vary by site, visit delaware.curativeinc.com for each site time.
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New Castle County In The News
We applaud the release of body cam footage in Lymond Moses case. Here's why | Editorial (Delaware Online)

New Castle County seeks public input on use of $108M in American Rescue Plan Act funds (WDEL)

County Executive Meyer announces opening of application process for Delaware Health Corps members, names Tonya Richardson as Program Director (WITN

Raw sewage an important tool in tracking, responding to the coronavirus across US (KEPR)

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New Castle, DE 19720
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