DuPont Nature Center’s Osprey and Horseshoe Crab/Shorebird is live
Date Posted: Monday, April 15th, 2019DuPont Nature center is now back live streaming. There are a pair nesting again this year. You can view the live stream from this link: https://portal.hdontap.com/s/embed/?stream=de_dupont_center-osprey_cam-CUST&ratio=16:9 The Horseshoe Crab/Shorebird cam is now live: https://livestream.com/DNClivecam/events/8665285
New Osprey Nesting Platform Installed
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019Another collaborative effort between Slaughter Beach, Delaware Nature Society and DuPont Nature Center has produced another Osprey nesting platform in the Marvel Saltmarsh Preserve. Osprey usually return in March looking for nesting areas. The platform was provided by DuPont Nature Center and volunteers from SB and DNS installed it on the north end of Town. […]
Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey and Training Set
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey and Training Session has been set. Saturday, April 23, 2022 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Marvel Drive Slaughter Beach Since 1990, surveys have been conducted of horseshoe crabs spawning in Delaware Bay. Despite the horseshoe crab’s importance to the ecology of the Delaware Bay, little is known about its population […]
Trash/Recycling Days are Changing
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019Republic Services, Inc. (the Town’s trash and recycling contractor) notified us that for cost containment and efficiency purposes they are re-routing our trash pickups from Mondays to Fridays. We will have a normal trash pickup on Monday, January 28th and a second trash pickup on Friday, February 1st. Our recycling pickups are scheduled for Monday, […]
Delaware’s 2018 Coastal Cleanup, another year another haul
Date Posted: Saturday, December 29th, 20182018 DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Cleanup drew 1,100-plus volunteers who collected 2.7 tons of trash DOVER (Dec. 14, 2018) – The DNREC-sponsored 31st annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup held Sept. 22 drew 1,115 volunteers, who collected 2.7 tons of trash and recyclables from 42 sites along more than 68 miles of Delaware’s waterways and coastline stretching […]
Boardwalk construction to start in January
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018Links to press coverage on the groundbreaking: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2018/10/19/slaughter-beach-marvel-saltmarsh-preserve-boardwalk/1647756002/ http://www.wboc.com/story/39316675/new-boardwalk-in-slaughter-beach https://delawarestatenews.net/news/marvel-tract-saltmarsh-boardwalk-project-in-slaughter-beach-to-begin/ SLAUGHTER BEACH – This morning, Delaware Governor John Carney joined DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin, DelDOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan, state legislators, conservation partners, and the community of Slaughter Beach to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Marvel Saltmarsh Preserve Boardwalk project. The boardwalk and overlook will […]
Land Use Plan Update
Date Posted: Monday, August 13th, 2018The Town’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan has been revised after receiving comments from State Agency’s through Preliminary Land Use Service. 7-19-2018 Draft CLUP submission no markup
Public Parking/Fire Company Parking Lot Paving Closure Update
Date Posted: Thursday, July 12th, 2018The Town Council just wants to give a parking lot update; we will likely be closing the Fire Department and the Pavilion parking lots for several days at the end of the month. Both parking lots are being repaved and re-striped. Weather permitting, this should happen during the week of August 13th. We apologize for […]
July 4th Regatta Update
Date Posted: Friday, June 22nd, 2018All, Just a short note of reminder regarding the 11th annual Slaughter Beach Sail Club Regatta as well as a couple of other great notes: Remember, the Regatta is on Thursday, July 4th beginning at 10:00 AM. It is at Delaware Avenue, North. Lots of fun stuff for the kids and adults […]
Town Election
Date Posted: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018There will be no Town election this year. 3 Council terms were up for election and only Ken Lewis, Kathy Lock and Bob Wood filed Letters of Intent by the deadline.
