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The Green - January 6, 2017

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The new year brings some new faces to some of the top offices in the State of Delaware. We have inaugural address from  two sworn in this week – New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer and Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki.

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New Castle Co. executibe Matt Meyer's inaugural speech.

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Wilmington mayor Mike Purzycki's inaugural speech.

Our latest piece from Chesapeake: A Journalism Collaborative focuses on efforts to eliminate "ghost pots" - derelict crab pots killing crabs and other marine species in the Chesapeake Bay region, including Delaware.

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Contributor Pamela D'Angelo examines efforts to eliminate "ghost pots" in a piece from Chesapeake: A Journalism Collaborative.

Our Arts Playlist takes us to Delaware Art Museum to preview an exhibit opening soon that highlights 25 years of the Society of Independent Artists.

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Delaware Public Media's Mark Arehart interviews Delaware Art Museum Curator Heather Campbell Coyle about museum’s “No Jury No Prizes” exhibit.

In History Matters, we chat with Delawarean and food historian Roger Horowitz about the history and impact of kosher foods. The director of Hagley Museum’s Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society recently penned the book, “Kosher USA – How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food.”

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Delaware Public Media's Megan Pauly interviews Roger Horowitz about his new book, "“Kosher USA – How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food.”

Tom Byrne has been a fixture covering news in Delaware for three decades. He joined Delaware Public Media in 2010 as our first news director and has guided the news team ever since. When he's not covering the news, he can be found reading history or pursuing his love of all things athletic.
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