The cities of Milton, Lewes, Rehoboth and Dewey Beach, and the adjacent suburban communities, are all located in Delaware State Senate District 6. State Senator Ernie Lopez and Mr. David Baker are competing against each other for the seat on November 6. Bike Delaware sent a short (just three questions) survey to Senator Lopez and…
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The western boundary of Delaware House District 24 begins at Library Avenue in Newark and then, bounded on the north by SR 2 (Capitol Trail) and on the south by I-95, stretches east into Newark’s suburbs. The incumbent, State Representative Ed Osienski, is being challenged by Mr. Bill Dilks on November 6. Bike Delaware sent…
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The City of Dover is primarily represented in the Delaware Senate by the Senator representing Delaware Senate District 17. The retirement of Delaware Senator Brian Bushweller this year means that this is an open seat being contested by current State Representative Trey Paradee and Mr. Justin King. Bike Delaware sent a short (just three questions)…
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We had a wonderful time at Trailfest on Saturday, Sept. 22, celebrating the Jack A. Markell Trail, which connects the Wilmington Riverfront and Historic New Castle County. This walkable, bikeable trail, with its wide boardwalk spanning the marsh at Russell Peterson Wildlife Refuge, opens a whole new world for pedestrians and cyclists. It also adds…
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At a press conference yesterday at Christiana Care’s Visiting Nurses Association, Delaware Greenways and the Delaware Bicycle Council announced $30,000 and $20,000 grants respectively for two new “connector” trails that would make the just-completed Wilmington-New Castle Greenway (“Markell Trail”) directly accessible to tens of thousands of people. Delaware Greenways announced a $30,000 grant provided by…
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Pleas Please join Grain H20, Dogfish Head, local officials and us at Bike DE Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the St. Georges Trailhead – Mike Castle Trail (in St. Georges, Delaware), for a special dedication ceremony for the new bike station donated to the Mike Castle Trail by Dogfish Head. Following the…
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Even if you’ve lived your entire life in or near Wilmington or New Castle, you might be surprised to learn that the place you thought you knew like the back of your own hand is a place that you actually have yet to discover. Instead of traveling to some foreign land for adventure, why not…
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Decades after it was first proposed and after nearly a decade of stubborn advocacy and hard work, Delaware is officially opening the long-awaited Wilmington-New Castle Greenway today at 3PM at the Dupont Environmental Education Center in Wilmington. It’s a project of superlatives: Delaware’s biggest-ever cycling network improvement project – creating a safe, direct, flat and paved pathway between the…
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Thanks to strong support from State Senator Ernie Lopez, an ambitious project to build a paved bike path between Lavinia Street and Federal Street, and to connect the now-isolated Wagamon’s West Shore subdivision into Milton using an abandoned railroad right-of-way, will break ground next year. Part of the new pathway will cross the Ingrams…
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I don’t get any health insurance, or even a free bike, but my job as executive director of Bike Delaware does have some other perks. And one of the best perks are the cycling stories. As soon as I meet someone and they learn I work for Bike Delaware, I invariably hear a new cycling…
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