302 Connections-Door to Door Sales
Beginning in January 2024, 302 Connections, a marketing company working with Direct Energy, will be making sales calls door-to-door in the City of New Castle. Direct Energy promotes alternative sources for electricity and natural gas. The city has issued a permit allowing them to make these calls. The issuance of the permit is not an endorsement of their services, it merely gives them permission to make the sales calls.
As a municipal power provider, our MSC has exclusive rights to sell electricity in the City of New Castle. This means the only service you could choose to purchase through Direct Energy is natural gas since Delmarva Power does not have exclusive rights to sell power here.
The following conditions apply to 302 Connections’ activity within the City of New Castle:
- They may not make sales calls prior to 10am or after 7pm
- They have provided the City of New Castle with a list of the names of all people who will be making sales calls.
- Each person making sales calls should have a copy of the permit issued by the city which they must show to residents upon request.
Efficiency Smart’s Black Friday Specials
Don’t miss Efficiency Smart’s Black Friday specials! Save big on smart thermostats, air purifiers, and dehumidifiers on its Online Savings store starting on 11/6. Offer valid while supplies last. Visit www.efficiencysmart.org/new-castle-delaware and select “Online Savings” or call Efficiency Smart at 877-889-3777 for more information.
Updated Mosquito Control – West Nile Virus Detected
Message from DNREC
West Nile virus has been detected from one of our chickens within the city that we use to monitor for such. This of course is not uncommon for this location (in woods across from Trolley Barn). As usual, we will be attempting to address via some spraying to reduce the older, adult mosquitoes in the area that are most likely driving the transmission cycle. We plan to do this via truck spraying this evening between 9pm – 11pm (8/28/2023) in the neighborhoods of Baldton, New Castle Manor, Van Dyke Village, the Twin Spans Industrial Park grounds and around Glebe Cemetery.
The best thing a person can do to protect themselves from mosquito-borne disease is to reduce or eliminate mosquito bites. This is done by wearing light colored, long-sleeve clothing, insect repellent, avoiding time outdoors around dusk and dawn, avoiding areas with high mosquito presence and removing all standing water on properties where mosquitoes can breed.
For more information please click links below.
MSC Smart Meter Project Update
MSC Smart Meter Project Update
SERVICE INTERRUPTION NOTICE
2023 City of New Castle Special Election
Election Information
The date of the 2023 City Special Election is Saturday, August 5, 2023.
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New Castle City Election
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Voting Information: In order to vote in the City election, you must be:
- at least 18 years of age
- a resident of the City of New Castle for at least 30 days
- and a registered voter in the State of Delaware.
Candidate Information: The requirements of candidates to file for elected office are:
- must have resided in the City for two years before election;
- at time of election must be a qualified voter of the City.
REGISTER TO VOTE (State of Delaware Department of Elections)
You can register to vote by applying with the Delaware Department of Elections. You can apply:
- By Mail or By Phone or In Person
Click here to see a list of contact numbers for the Department of Elections. - Online
Register to Vote Online. - Or at any of these State agencies while accessing their services:
- Division of Motor Vehicles (Driver License and State ID Services)
- Department of Health & Social Services
- Department of Labor
Annual 4th of July Bell-Ringing Ceremony
4th of July 2023 Bell-Ringing Ceremony
in Historic New Castle, Delaware
https://newcastlecity.delaware.gov/files/2023/06/Bell-Ringing-Ceremony.pdf
LET FREEDOM RING
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Join us as we celebrate the 4th of July and the 18th century
Delawareans who gathered in New Castle to support the signing of the Declaration of
lndependence.
Children and families of all ages, regardless of age, faith, race or ethnicity, are cordially invited
to attend historic New Castle’s bell-ringing ceremony, which will be held at lmmanuel Church on
the Green from 1:30-2:30 pm on the 4th of July. This free annual event is part of an ongoing
national ceremony. When the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia is tapped, bells in Philadelphia and
across the nation will ring simultaneously, to officially commemorate the birth of American
lndependence.
Please be inside lmmanuel by 1:20 pm as the program begins at 1:30 sharp. Guests will remain
seated for the pealing of the church bells at 2:00 p.m., then children, representing the thirteen
colonies, will ring a smaller bell donated to the day’s event by the Old Courthouse Museum.
This year’s keynote speaker will be author Bruce E. Mowday who lives in Downingtown,
Pennsylvania. He specializes in books about local history, business, sports, and true crime.
Mowday is the author of Lafayette at Brandywine: The Making of an American Hero, released
by New York’s Barricade Publishing. His upcoming book, Lafayette: America’s Young Hero &
Guest, was written by Mowday and American Friends of Lafayette President Alan R. Hoffman.
Original illustrations have been contributed by Chadds Ford artist Shay Aubrey Allen. For more
information, contact Mowday at mowday@mowday.com or send a message through the
Facebook page.
Re-enactors, children, docents and all who love wearing 18th century garb are invited to come
dressed in period attire, although ordinary casual clothing is welcomed. Visitors will enjoy
exploring the graveyard where a number of colonial settlers and local Revolutionary soldiers
are buried. Social distancing and masks are encouraged but not required.
City Offices will be closed on Tuesday July 4th for Independence Day
City Holiday Notice
City Offices will be closed on
Tuesday July 4th for Independence Day
Revised Public Works Schedule
Regular Schedule Revised Schedule
Mon., July 3rd Mon., July 3rd
Tues., July 4th Wed., July 5th
Yard Waste Pick up on Thursday, July 6th
Recycle Pick up on Friday, July 7th
Memorial Day Holiday Notice
City of New Castle
City Holiday Notice
Memorial Day Update
Date: May 19, 2020
City offices will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2020 for the Memorial Day Holiday.
For the revised Public Works schedule, click here.
Resident Notice – Delaware Street Paving Project (Update)
City of New Castle
Resident Notice Update
Delaware Street Paving Project
Date: April 21, 2020
The City has recently been informed that the work set to begin on Wednesday, April 22, between Third and Fourth Streets by City contractor Cirello, has been delayed until the week of April 27, with an expected start date of April 28. At this time any scheduled road closures will be postponed until that week.
The City’s contractor Cirillo Brothers will begin replacing the street curbs on Delaware
Street between 3 rd Street and 4th Street. The contractor will
need to close one or both lanes of Delaware Street to vehicular traffic between 3 rd
Street and 4 th Street each day to perform the work. The contractor may also
close the sidewalk on the active construction side of this section of road where
they are working to not endanger the public, but the sidewalk on the other side of
the street will remain open. All closures will start at 8:00 am and be reopened by
5:00 pm each day and no closures are scheduled to occur on weekends. The
work is estimated to take between three and six weeks. Multiple unknowns do
not allow for a more precise schedule.
During the lane closures, multiple warning signs will be placed and flaggers will
be positioned at the intersections to allow one-way traffic to pass, or to direct
traffic to detour around the construction. The City understands that this may be
inconvenient to some but with one-way traffic on area streets, this was
determined to be the best approach.
Residents are asked to obey the flaggers’ instructions.
Of course there will be no parking on Delaware Street between 3 rd Street and 4th
Street, during these times. Parked cars will be towed.
The repaving work on Delaware Street will last for many months and will
necessitate both temporary lane restrictions as well as full closures at varying
times. The City will provide more information for both as the project progresses.
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Phone: (302) 322-9801
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