This ends our flight, but not the islands of the Delaware River, and their history is fascinating. Tiny Getter’s Island in Easton was the site of Pennsylvania's last public execution: the hanging of ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Salty oceanwater is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of others, brought on by drought conditions and sea ...

A recovery effort on July 12 removed a man's body and a tractor-trailer cab that had crashed off the Delaware Memorial Bridge a day earlier. The victim and the vehicle were pulled from the Delaware ...

Parched farms, wildfires, and browned vistas are highly visible signs of this fall's drought. Less visible: Water flow in the Delaware River, which dropped to 60% at Trenton, the regional agency that ...

The congressional amendment sought to overturn a fracking prohibition that protects water used by millions of people. Critics ...

Among all the things that Philadelphians love about the Jersey Shore, the taste of the Atlantic Ocean is not one of them. Fortunately, the Philadelphia Water Department assures us that it's highly ...

The Delaware River Basin Commission has a plan for situations like this, and could step up its efforts to repel the salt front if conditions worsen. Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the ...

The Delaware is the East’s longest undammed river, a bit of wilderness that runs through heavily populated states. An annual paddle is an opportunity to explore it. A young paddler takes a break ...