People and Places

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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Aging equipment plagues the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

As sure as Christmas follows Thanksgiving, every year the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area announces its winter closings and...
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New DRBC head promises a steady hand on the tiller

Kristen Bowman Kavanagh is the new executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission. So new, in fact, that her...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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Divers explore nearly 50-year-old train wreck in the Delaware River

You might not think scuba diving a train wreck in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area would be possible,...
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