People and Places

Hawkeyed fans come to watch the eagles on the Delaware River

At the confluence of the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers the winter freeze of January and February will often draw eagles...
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NY and PA agencies develop plan to manage trout in Delaware River tailwaters

Officials from Pennsylvania and New York recently convened with anglers and other interested community stakeholders to discuss the protection and...
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PennDOT rejects group’s offer to buy Skinners Falls Bridge

After getting a permit from the National Park Service to demolish the Skinners Falls Bridge last week, the Pennsylvania Department...
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Reps. Fitzpatrick, Evans and Sherrill back reauthorization of the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program

Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), introduced the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program Reauthorization Act...
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Reporter’s notebook: Behind the scenes as the SS United States departs

The effort to move the SS United States from its longtime berth in Philadelphia to Florida has been like watching...
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Delaware River named Pennsylvania’s 2025 river of the year

The Delaware River has been named Pennsylvania’s 2025 River of the Year after securing the most votes in a public competition, the Department of Conservation...
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Meeting tomorrow about Skinners Falls Bridge amid efforts to save it

Amid plans to demolish the Skinners Falls Bridge and a last-ditch effort by community activists to save it, a meeting...
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Departure of the SS United States from Philadelphia is scuttled again

UPDATE: Plans to move the SS United States from Philadelphia to Mobile, Ala., have been delayed because of follow-up details...
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Fitzpatrick and Sherrill to co-lead the bipartisan Delaware River Watershed Caucus

Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey will serve as co-chairs of the Congressional Delaware Watershed...
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State warns of looming ‘systemic failure’ of Trenton’s water utility

This article originally appeared in New Jersey Monitor. In the summer of 1975, Trenton’s public water utility experienced so many...
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‘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...
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