URGENT: RED FLAG WARNING FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
Date Posted: Thursday, April 24th, 2014Red Flag Warning URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 406 AM EDT THU APR 24 2014 NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-(and E MD, E PA, and all NJ) RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WIND FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA…MOST OF NEW JERSEY…DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND… * WINDS…NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING…STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON… WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…IN THE TEENS AND 20S. * TEMPERATURES…MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. * IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO A MORE RAPID SPREAD RATE OF ANY FIRES THAT MAY DEVELOP. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE FIRE PREVENTION […]
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Live for Chocolate Friday May 2nd, 2014 5pm to 8pm
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014Live for Chocolate Flyer PDF Scavenger Hunt Map PDF Live for Chocolate Event Site
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Bid Awarded: Cemetery Cutting & Trimming
Date Posted: Monday, April 14th, 2014The bid for the cutting and trimming was awarded on April 14th, 2014. The town received two bids. Harris Preservations, Seaford, DE $305 per cut and Distinctive Landscaping, Harbeson, DE $195 per cut. This is a three (3) year contract. Awarded to Distinctive Landscaping at $195 per cut for a three (3) contract. Bids will be read at the Council Meeting on April 14th, 2014 and notice will be given here on April 15th, 2014. NOTICE Town of Blades The Town of Blades will be accepting bids for the mowing and trimming of the grass at the Town Cemetery on Market Street. All bids must be submitted by April 11th, 2014 by 4:30pm to the Town Administrator. Acceptable bids will be for a three (3) year contract only. Copy of your State Business License and Insurance Certificate must be attached with the bid. For further detailed information please contact the […]
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"If I was the Mayor of Blades I would" Essay Contest
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014Blades Elementary School will be holding an essay contest for their Fifth graders. The title of the essay is “If I was the Mayor of Blades I would”. The Mayor has been asked to assist in the reading and picking of 2 winners. The Mayor will then accompany the children and guardian to a lunch at Cafe Milano’s courtesy of the Blades PTO. The essay contest will be 200 words and coincides with the last marking period lessons on understanding the government, as well as the field trip that they have planned to Philadelphia. For the children, the essay contest will start March 17th and will end on March 31st. Each essay will be coded so as to not know the students name to make for a fair grading. Winners will be announced April 14th. The PTO is hoping this will be an annual event. The Mayor was very pleased […]
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Notary Services
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014Notary Services are available to the Public at Town Hall during business hours. If you are a resident or business owner within the town limits of Blades this is a free service.
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Notice of Cancellation of Municipal Election
Date Posted: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION TOWN OF BLADES Notice is hereby given that no Municipal Election will be held on the 7th day of April, 2014 in Blades, Delaware The Election for which public notice was given has been cancelled because the Town Administrator received three (3) Certificates of Intention with the Candidate Filing Forms for the three (3) Council seats up for election and the three (3) received are as follows: Robert W. Atkinson, Incumbent David L. Ruff, Incumbent John L Reiss, Incumbent Certificate of Election will be issued in the same manner. Dated the 10th day of March, 2014. ________________________________________ Vikki Prettyman, Town Administrator
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Cemetery Clean Up 2014
Date Posted: Thursday, February 27th, 2014Notice Please remove all Christmas and other Holiday flowers and decorations from the grave-sites and stones at the Town Cemetery on Market Street by March 7th, 2014 or the Town will remove and dispose of them. The Town will not be liable for any holding frames, damaged, or disposed of. Vikki Prettyman, Town Administrator
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Town Administrator has succesfully passed a 3 day Utility Management Certification course
Date Posted: Friday, February 21st, 2014FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6th, 2014 Contact: Vikki Prettyman Contact Phone: 302-629-7366 DRWA Contact: 302-424-3792 Rick Duncan, Executive Director of Delaware Rural Water Association, announced today that Vikki Prettyman, Town Administrator for the Town of Blades, has successfully completed the three-day Utility Manager Certification course conducted at DRWA offices in Milford in December of 2013. The course consisted of two and a half days of intensive training on a nationally-recognized management program designed expressly for small water and wastewater system supervisory and management personnel. At the end of the training, participants took an online exam to earn them a national certification as a Utility Manager. “This program gives managers and supervisors a good background on the best management practices that apply to any utility anywhere in the US,” said Duncan. “Passing the test means they have a well-rounded understanding of Technical, Managerial, and Financial capacity and sustainability that can be […]
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2014 Election Notice & Candidates Wishing to File Notice
Date Posted: Friday, February 7th, 2014TOWN OF BLADES ELECTION Candidates wishing to run for the three (3) council seats that are up for election in Blades must file a letter of intent with the office of the Town Administrator. Forms may be obtained at the Town Hall or on www.blades.delaware.gov. Candidates must file notice by the close of business at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7th, 2014. Candidates filing must have attained the age of twenty five (25) years old; must have been a resident of Blades for six months preceding this election, hold title to real estate, and must be a citizen of the United States of America. All citizens wishing to vote in the April 7th, 2014 election must register at the Blades Town Hall by the close of business at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26th, 2014. All citizens who shall have attained the age of […]
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Groundbreaking for Back Up Well
Date Posted: Thursday, February 6th, 2014PRESS RELEASE February 3, 2014 Groundbreaking Ceremony From: Vikki Prettyman Town Administrator 302-629-7366 302-629-0199 Fax vikkiprettyman@bladesde.com Groundbreaking Ceremony 2pm on Thursday February 6th, 2014 at Triangle Park, River Road and Sixth Street, Blades, Delaware Please join the Town in breaking ground for the back-up well project. Light refreshments at Town Hall afterwards. Project Scope: Work includes the construction of a new 8” Production Well with a minimum capacity of 150 gallons per minute, water quality testing, pump testing, well development, abandonment of an existing monitoring well, pump installation, raw water-main piping including jack-and-bore at River Road, water meter, controls, electrical, site restoration, etc. Project Description: The Town will install a new groundwater well and ancillaries along with a new raw waterline to meet Ten State Standards for sufficient raw water sources. A new groundwater well will be installed in the same aquifer as the current Town wells to provide a […]
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