WILMINGTON – Take a stroll through downtown Wilmington and you re bound to encounter history in every block.
Even if you aren t looking for it, the stories of the Cape Fear region stand out from the modernity of the ever-changing downtown district. Nowhere is this more true than on the front porch and lower level entrance of the Burgwin-Wright House, where striking sapphire-colored plaques are now fixed beside the doorways.
The hard-to-miss blue plaques are the first debuted in a new initiative by the Historic Wilmington Foundation to better signify a historic place s age and role in the city s larger history.
The new plaque s color signifies the structure it is found on is more than 200 years old. In fact, the Burgwin-Wright House itself is 250 years old (completed in 1770) and the stone structure it was built on – remnants of the city s first jail – is more than 270 years old.
DOVER, Del. (AP) Delaware officials are expanding the state’s COVID-19 vaccination program with a focus on underserved and minority communities. Officials said Tuesday that they also are.
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Governor John Carney, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) on Tuesday announced an expansion of Delaware’s COVID-19 vaccination program with a statewide focus on vaccinating Delawareans in underserved, minority communities.
Over the last two weeks, the state has piloted a series of efforts aimed at vaccinating the hardest-to-reach seniors. This included partnering with community organizations to invite seniors to an event at Salesianum School and to an event at the Wilmington campus of Delaware Technical Community College hosted by Vault. This past weekend, the state reached out to seniors, including those in low-income communities, to provide them appointments to a vaccination event at the Chase Center in Wilmington.
Several community vaccination events, running parallel to New Hanover County’s by-phone appointments, have led to more than 600 vaccinations among members of minority communities. (Port City Daily/Courtesy New Hanover County)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY With New Hanover County deep into the process of vaccinating people 65 and older, officials are proactively reaching out to minority residents, going beyond the call-center system that schedules the bulk of vaccine appointments.
“We began immediately when we noticed that the number of minorities in that 75-and-older group were not getting through on our phone lines,” Linda Thompson, chief diversity and equity officer for New Hanover County, said.