Chris Mele
‘Obstructionist’: Tensions flare over U.S. Coast Guard’s handling of SS United States
It was not just stormy weather that delayed the planned departure of the SS United States from its Philadelphia pier...
New York emerges from drought while dry conditions persist in other watershed states
Welcome precipitation has restored New York State ground and surface water levels to normal, allowing it to roll back advisories...
Skinners Falls Bridge is “actively failing” and needs to be demolished, potentially with explosives, officials say
The Skinners Falls Bridge appears destined for an explosive ending akin to finale of the 1957 movie “The Bridge on...
Coast Guard says SS United States may be too unstable to move
The U.S. Coast Guard has found that the SS United States, the decommissioned but celebrated ocean liner, may not be...
SS United States has no departure date on the horizon: Here’s what we know
It’s anything but smooth sailing for the SS United States, the celebrated former ocean liner that is set to be...
Underwater exploration of Upper Delaware yields hidden history
An underwater exploration of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River revealed at least two sunken relics from bygone days:...
Skinners Falls Bridge is falling apart. Now it will be taken apart.
Faced with “imminent collapse” and dire deteriorating conditions, the Skinners Falls Bridge, which connects Pennsylvania and New York in the...
Rain and snow coming but not nearly enough to end Delaware River watershed drought
Though welcome rain and snow is in the forecast for the parched Delaware River basin, it will make only a...
Delaware Aqueduct project on hold as drought complicates repairs
The on-again-off-again-on-again long-awaited repairs to the leaking Delaware Aqueduct are off again – after having gotten started last month –...
Move of SS United States from Philadelphia this week is delayed
Plans this week to move the SS United States, the heralded 73-year-old ocean liner that activists had for years sought...
