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The Green - May 15, 2020

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The state partnered with Nanticoke Hospital Thursday to host the first testing event using saliva-based tests made by the company Curative.

The state purchased 200,000 of these test kits. They require patients to register online and are processed by Curative.

Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt talks with Dr. Rick Hong of the Division of Public Health about the new tests and how they fit into the state’s planto more than quadruple monthly testing as it moves toward gradual reopening.

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Delaware Public Media's Sophia Schmidt interviews the Div. of Public Health's Dr. Rick Hong about COVID-19 testing in Delaware.

 

Efforts to strengthen historic preservation in New Castle County are taking shape as the county’s Historic Preservation Working Group starts drafting ordinances to address a variety of ongoing issues.  The group, created nearly a year ago, includes three County Council members determined to make progress.

Their effort comes as the fate of the Houston House- a historic home in Village of Bayberry North, near Middletown – is closer to being decided by New Castle County’s Historic Preservation Board.

Contributor Larry Nagengast has been following these issues and updates them this week.

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Delaware Public Media's Tom Byrne and contributor Larry Nagengast discuss historic preservation issues in New Castle County.

The Freeman Stage in Selbyville - like many arts and performance venues - is feeling the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. It’s concert season this summer is on hold.

The Joshua M. Freeman Foundation runs the Freeman Stage and its executive director Patti Grimes says despite the inability to host live music, the Freeman Stage continues to bring the arts to its audience via social media.

Grimes joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele to discuss these efforts in this week’s Arts Playlist.

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Delaware Public Media's Kelli Steele interviews Freeman Foundation executive director Patti Grimes.

Recently, Asian giant hornets quickly gained fame, or infamy, in the U.S. as reports that some of the so-called ‘murder hornets’ -  capable of wiping out an entire bee hive - were found dead in Pacific Northwest.

What threat might they pose to Delaware’s growing beekeeper community and their prized hives?

Delaware Public Media’s Mark Fowser has more in this week’s Enlighten Me.

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Delaware Public Media's Mark Fowser interviews a Delaware beekeeper and UD entomology professor about the "murder hornet."

 

 

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