Discovering the Delaware: Getting to Know the River ‘In Your Back Yard’
Have you ever driven over a Delaware River bridge and wondered, “What lives in that water?” Now you can find out! D&R Greenway is offering a series of virtual presentations with discussion – free of charge – about Delaware River natural, historic, and cultural places that can be discovered locally. Lucky participants who attend all four sessions in the series will be rewarded with a guest certificate for a kayak experience in D&R Greenway’s new fleet of boats kept at Bordentown Beach.
This opportunity is first come, first served, with a limitation of 25 participants in each session to allow for questions and discussion. Everyone is welcome to register at www.drgreenway.org. Residents from communities bordering on the Delaware River are especially encouraged to attend. These communities include Bordentown, Trenton, Ewing, Titusville, Hopewell, West Amwell and Lambertville in New Jersey and cross-r
The total number of Brevard County residents vaccinated against COVID-19 rose by 3,808 Thursday, according to data from the Florida Department of Health.
A total of 210,976 residents, or nearly 35% of the county s population, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 127,076 residents, or nearly 21%, have completed all recommended doses of their versions of the vaccine. According to the Florida Department of Health, Brevard s population is 611,202.
Only 7% of people vaccinated have received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the use of which has been temporarily suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis after six women were found to have developed rare blood clots. Authorities expect the vaccine to be distributed again in a few days, and note that very few of the 6.8 million people who received the vaccine experienced the side effect.
The head of the local Florida Department of Health office said Thursday she is concerned by a recent uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases in Brevard County.
Maria Stahl, administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Brevard, said, over the past two weeks, there generally has been 100 to 150 new COVID-19 cases a day reported in Brevard, up from 75 to 100 cases a day in the weeks prior to that.
Additionally, Stahl said, the percentage
of newly reported COVID-19 tests that are positive for the coronavirus now range between 6% and 7% of all tests, up from 5% to 6% previously. There is a little bit of a concern now because of those trends, Stahl said during the county s latest biweekly Facebook Live briefing on COVID-19.