🌱 How new real-time air monitors could change life near Delaware City refinery

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In today's newsletter:

• How new real-time air monitors could change life near Delaware City refinery
• How could new data centers reshape land near Delaware City?

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 43 and low of 24 degrees.
• Thursday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 47, low: 43.
• Friday: Windy; a little morning rain, with a high of 57 and low of 25 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Delaware City Refinery ordered to monitor emissions after delayed reporting (whyy.org) — Delaware City’s refinery has been ordered by DNREC to install real-time fenceline air monitors that will alert regulators and the public to unpermitted emissions, directly affecting nearby residents’ air quality. Locals and county officials welcome the step but push for tougher enforcement and better pollution controls, while statewide rules for similar monitoring at other refineries are expected next year.
   

• Two New Castle County industrial projects may become data centers (newsfromthestates.com) — Plans for new data centers in New Castle County are reviving concerns sparked earlier this year by a massive data center proposed just north of the Delaware City Refinery, where residents worried about heavy power demands. County officials are now weighing stricter rules on data centers, while some council members and unions argue the projects are needed to boost jobs and the tax base.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee Public Hearing - CANCELLED
  New Castle County, DE Calendar , 87 Reads Way , New Castle
  9:30 am
• Pop-Up at WBW – Dark Star BBQ
  Wilmington Brew Works , 3129 Miller Rd , Wilmington
  5:00 pm
• Brader ES Winter Concert
  Brader , 350 Four Seasons Parkway , Newark
  6:00 pm
• Creative Circle - Bring Your Project!
  Brandywine Hundred Library , 1300 Foulk Rd , Wilmington
  6:00 pm
• Jingle & Connect - Celebrate the Holidays at HOME
  Helping One More Entrepreneur, LLC , 108 Patriot Dr Suite A , Middletown
  6:00 pm
• Botanical Wreath Prints
  New Castle County, DE Calendar
  6:00 pm
• Citizen Budget Oversight Committee (CBOC) Monthly Meeting
  Oberle , 1899 South College Avenue , Newark
  6:30 pm
• McVey ES Winter Concert
  McVey , 908 Janice Drive , Newark
  6:30 pm
• Red Clay Board of Education Meeting
  Richardson Park Elementary School , 16 Idella Ave , Wilmington
  7:00 pm
• Hanukkah Fest | Let There Be Light
  101 Garden of Eden Rd , Wilmington
  10:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Smith ES Winter Concert (Grades 3-5)
  Kirk , 1500 Capital Trail , Newark
  9:00 am
• Rockwood Chair Yoga
  Rockwood Park & Museum , 4651 Washington Street Extension , Wilmington
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CHBE posted a job opening for Cleaning Technician in Bear. Apply here.
• Busy Bees North America posted a job opening for Lead Teacher - School Bell in Bear. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Delaware City here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Bear

• What is the future of property reassessment in Delaware? (wdel.com)

New Castle

• Justice Center in Wilmington reopens following power disruption (delawareonline.com)
• New law steers more penalty funds to Delaware neighborhoods for 2026 (delawareonline.com)
• Two Drivers Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run (firststateupdate.com)

Wilmington

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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