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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...
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...
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...
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:...
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,...
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...
DRBC hearing outlines dry conditions and possibility of calling a drought for the Delaware River
The Delaware River Basin Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday to gather comments about the abnormally dry conditions throughout...
Research reveals value of volunteer-led water quality monitoring
Community volunteers across the Delaware River Basin are collecting data that support local conservation goals, such as reducing the harmful...
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...
Delaware’s ambitious Edgemoor port proposal loses permits
This article originally appeared on Spotlight Delaware. It is republished with permission. By Karl Baker Delaware officials suffered a key...
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