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Drink the Delaware festival debuts at Independence Seaport Museum this spring
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (158+ words) Drink the Delaware is a waterfront festival at the Independence Seaport Museum featuring craft beverage samples, live music and programming centered on the Delaware River. The Independence Seaport Museum will debut Drink the Delaware, a waterfront tasting event combining craft…...
Tolls to drive over eight Delaware River bridges will increase next year
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (325+ words) Drivers on I-80 cross the Delaware River into Pennsylvania last year. Drivers will start seeing increased tolls on eight bridges that cross the Delaware River next year. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, which owns and operates 20 bridges between New…...
Navy's parade of ships on the Delaware River brings people from throughout U.S. to celebrate its 250th anniversary
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (630+ words) The USS Lassen makes its way along the Delaware River on Thursday as part of the parade of ships celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The Navy's weeklong 250th anniversary celebration kicked off Thursday with a procession of…...
A 60-foot-tall sculpture in Northern Liberties now glows on the Delaware River waterfront
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (688+ words) At the Rivermark apartment complex in Northern Liberties, a new 60-foot-tall sculpture called River Soundings lights up at night and is inspired by the history of riverboat navigation. Facing east on Spring Garden Street toward the Delaware River waterfront, people…...
Two former Delaware County officials sentenced to prison for 2021 election fraud scheme
8+ mon, 17+ hour ago (501+ words) Two former Millbourne Borough, Delaware County, officials received prison sentences for fraudulently registering voters and casting mail ballots in a scheme to steal the 2021 mayoral election. A federal judge sentenced two former local officials from Delaware County to harsher sentences…...
20 people who worked at a Delaware County charter school charged in child abuse case
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (746+ words) Twenty people who worked in the Chester Community Charter School have been charged in a child abuse case involving 26 children in kindergarten through fifth grade, the Delaware County district attorney's office said. Some of the defendants allegedly used painful techniques…...
As traffic on Delaware River Bridge rises, Pa. and N.J. turnpikes weigh options to ease congestion
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (709+ words) The Pennsylvania and New Jersey turnpikes are evaluating long-term plans to ease rising traffic on the Delaware River Bridge, which carries Interstate 95 between the two states. The future of the Delaware River Bridge " and potential solutions to ease traffic on…...