Diamond State residents are being asked to give their input on the arts in Delaware as part of the state Division of the Arts' ongoing strategic planning.

Delaware’s one-time tax amnesty program is anticipated to net more than $22 million for the state, more than double its original estimate. When the program was authorized this summer, estimates called for $10 million to be collected.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 314 Delaware taxpayers who have not received refund checks worth a combined $377,000.

Ferris Road at the southbound Route 141 ramp will be closed effective Monday, Nov. 9 for reconstruction that is expected to take a month.

The US DDA has recalled approximately 545,000 pounds of ground beef.

Radio stations 94.7 WDSD and 92.9 WRDX and the Food Bank of Delaware will hold the annual Turkey Round-Up holiday food drive starting Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Buffalo Wild Wings in Bear and Dover, Del.

Officers participating in a statewide enforcement effort issued 49 citations for seat belt violations between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1. This brings the total number of seat belt citations issued in the first 10 weeks of the campaign to 644.

The 2009 Delaware farmers’ market season has ended as the most profitable season ever, with 15 markets earning more than $1.1 million.

A four-month long statewide effort to ‘Stop Speeding Before it Stops You’, has yielded 6,322 citations for speeding violations.

Gov. Jack Markell announced Nov. 2 that more than 1,000 vacant positions have been eliminated statewide, a move which will save the approximately $13.7 million this year. However, some state officials are saying it’s going to take a lot more than cutting vacancies to help Delaware balance the next budget.

Federal stimulus spending is directly responsible for creating more than 1,000 jobs in Delaware so far, but state officials are not as confident about exactly how many more were created or retained as a side effect of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress in February.

Single-vehicle crashes were the cause of 56 percent of traffic deaths on Delaware’s roads in 2008, an analysis of recently released federal data by AAA Mid-Atlantic shows. That’s a 2 percent increase over the previous year. Overall fatalities also increased in 2008 by 3 percent.

Delaware residents can now dial 211 for non-emergency, health and social services.

The Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation will hold its inaugural Military Heritage Day on Saturday, Nov. 7 on the museum grounds at Fort DuPont State Park.

Former President Bill Clinton will keynote the 2009 Delaware Jefferson-Jackson dinner, the Delaware Democratic Party’s biggest annual fundraiser.