Delaware River

Anne Ryan, deputy secretary of tourism at Visit Pa., sits down to talk about all the events planned for New Year’s Eave along the Delaware River waterfront.

We’re counting down to the biggest party of the year! 2025 arrives next week and NBC10’s Brenna Weick is joined by Creative Director Sarah Eberle to discuss how you can ring in the new year along the Delaware River Waterfront.  

Drought and sea level rise are causing salty oceanwater to creep into the Delaware River, threatening a source of drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of other people. Officials are tapping reservoirs to push the unpotable tide back downstream. Drinking water isn’t a major threat yet, but officials are monitoring the effects of the drought on the river. The place...

Officials said that someone broke into the SS United States and stole batteries, tools and caused some damage. 

A historic ship docked in Philadelphia that could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef was burglarized, police said.

A Florida county signed a deal to buy the SS United States and turn it into the world’s largest artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract approved Tuesday by officials in Okaloosa County is contingent upon the resolution of court-imposed mediation after a judge ordered the ship to leave the pier in Philadelphia.

Pier 38 and 40 on the Delaware Riverfront got a facelift, and it’s now on full display.

A pair of piers — Pier 38 and 40 — have been revitalized in an effort to bring new jobs, and more people, to the Delaware River waterfront. NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama has the story.

A judge ruled that the conversancy that maintains the S.S. United States on the Delaware River and the landlord where the ship is held must sit down for a mediation to resolve their rent disagreement. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the latest on the battle over the historic ocean liner. 

For the first time in 13 years, tolls are going up on four area bridges that cross the Delaware River. Where is the money going and will another price hike happen anytime soon? NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the answers. 

On Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, tolls for 4 bridges over the Delaware River will go up to $6. It will be the first toll hike these bridges have gotten in 13 years.

On Sept. 1, tolls along four bridges between Philadelphia and New Jersey will see a toll increase from $5 to $6 per trip.

A homicide investigation is underway after the Philadelphia Police Marine Unit pulled a man’s body from the Delaware River after he was last seen boating with friends.

A man found in the Delaware River Thursday was last seen with friends on boat Tuesday night, Philadelphia police said.

The Delaware River Port Authority has announced that tolls on the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross bridges will increase to $6 on Sept. 1, 2024.

Person who was pulled from the Delaware River has been identified and their death was ruled accidental by the Northampton County Coroner’s Office.

NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl is on board the historic Battleship New Jersey Thursday as tugboats lead the ship back to its home in Camden.

Philly residents, who can prove they bought bottled water after a Bucks Co. company spilled a latex product into the Delaware River last summer, would likely get $25 from a recent multimillion dollar settlement.

After a checmical spill led to a rush on bottled water in 2023, Philadelphia residents could be owed a piece of a multimillion dollar settlement. Residents that can prove they bought bottled water due to the spill could get a $25 refund.

NBC10’s Brenna Weick speaks to Delran’s Bob Gilbert about what has been lost already after the Delaware Avenue went over its banks after an earlier storm this week. With another storm coming, Gilbert talks about lessons learned.