DELAWARE, Oh. – Several community members, leaders, schools and groups received recognition at the annual Keep Delaware County Beautiful Awards that occurred on Dec. 13 at Stratford Ecological Center. The Recycling Award recognized two businesses that sponsored document shredding events, which allowed for hundreds of residents to dispose of several tons of documents. For [...]
DELAWARE, Oh. – The Delaware County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) has been completed and is posted for public comment on the Delaware General Health District’s website. The Health District is asking community residents to visit this site to review the action plan and post any comments or suggestions by Nov. 19, 2018. The CHIP [...]
DELAWARE, Oh. – The week of Oct. 21-27, 2018 is designated as National Teen Driver Safety Week and members of the SAFE Teen Driver Safety Task Force are using the week to bring awareness to an increasingly tragic subject. “Teens are more likely than older drivers to underestimate dangerous situations or not be able [...]
DELAWARE, Oh. – The Delaware, Knox, Marion, Morrow (DKMM) Solid Waste District will be discontinuing the recycling drop-off location at Arrowhead Elementary School on Hollenback Road in Berlin Township due to the increase in student population. The bins will be removed Friday, Oct. 12. Berlin Township residents should utilize their curbside recycling program. DKMM is [...]
DELAWARE, Oh. – Delaware City Schools will join schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Delaware City School students from Shultz, Conger, Carlisle, Smith and Woodward Elementary Schools will be celebrating “International Walk to School Day” with parents, teachers and community leaders. The event will [...]
DELAWARE, Oh. – The Delaware General Health District is informing Ashley and Oxford Township residents that mosquito fogging will occur on Tuesday Oct. 2 as a result of a mosquito collection trap testing positive for West Nile virus. Fogging will occur weather permitting, including a wind speed of less than 10 miles an hour and [...]
DELAWARE, Ohio – The Delaware General Health District is informing residents in Genoa Township, that mosquito fogging will occur Thursday, Aug. 30, as a result of a collection trap testing positive for West Nile virus. Weather permitting, the Heath District’s Residential Services Unit will fog in the following areas: Genoa Township: South of Lewis Center [...]
Clostridium perfringens is a foodborne disease that occurs when food is left at an unsafe temperature. Although food samples tested negative for C. perfringens bacteria, the stool samples tested positive for the toxin that C. perfringens forms in the gastrointestinal tract. A specific food has not been able to be identified as the source of [...]
DELAWARE, Oh. – The Delaware General Health District is informing City of Delaware residents that mosquito fogging will occur on Monday Aug. 13 as a result of a mosquito collection trap testing positive for West Nile virus. Weather permitting, the Heath District’s Residential Services Unit will fog all areas west of the Olentangy River that [...]
DELAWARE, Oh. – The Delaware General Health District is informing residents in Berlin Township, that mosquito fogging will occur Thursday, Aug. 2, as a result of collection traps testing positive for West Nile virus. Weather permitting, the Heath District’s Residential Services Unit will fog in the following areas: east of Alum Creek on Cheshire, south [...]
