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Cleanup Efforts Begin After Oil Spill Into Bucks County Stream: Officials Cleanup Efforts Begin After Oil Spill Into Bucks County Stream: Officials
Penndel Oil Spill In Mill Creek Under Investigation Cleanup efforts are underway after motor oil spilled into Mill Creek in lower Bucks County on Sunday, Dec. 10, according to authorities.  Police, firefighters, and hazardous materials crews responded to the scene where the "unintentional release of motor oil" had polluted the small stream in Penndel Borough and parts of Middletown, officials said in a release.  First responders identified the source of the spillage and contacted the property owner, who is now working with the state Department of Environmental Protection to hire contractors and address the cleanup, the release says…

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by Mac Bullock
Weather
Code Red: Philadelphia Air Quality Low Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke, Officials Warn Code Red: Philadelphia Air Quality Low Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke, Officials Warn
Code Red: Philadelphia Air Quality Low Due To Canadian Wildfire Smoke, Officials Warn Wildfire smoke from north of the border is again affecting air quality levels in Philadelphia, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.   "The wildfire smoke has progressed further east overnight faster than models have been projecting, which will result in the higher concentrations of fine particulate matter ... reaching the area from the northwest earlier on Wednesday than expected," DEP said in its June 28 forecast.  The forecast has been upgraded to Code Red, and "sensitive" groups like people with heart or lung disease, older adults, children, and t…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Homes Evacuated, Driver Hurt As Tanker Truck Carrying 6K Gallons Of Fuel Overturns In Bethlehem Homes Evacuated, Driver Hurt As Tanker Truck Carrying 6K Gallons Of Fuel Overturns In Bethlehem
Homes Evacuated, Driver Hurt As Tanker Truck Carrying 6K Gallons Of Fuel Overturns In Bethlehem Several Bethlehem homes were evacuated and a tanker truck driver was hospitalized after around 6,000 gallons of fuel spilled from the vehicle before dawn Thursday. The truck — which was carrying about 6,000 gallons combined of gasoline and diesel fuel — was heading eastbound on Union Boulevard when it overturned at the intersection with Paul Avenue just before 2:10 a.m., Bethlehem Police said. The driver was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Meanwhile, officers used reverse 911 and went door-to-door to evacuate homes within a 1,000-foot radius of th…

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by Valerie Musson
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13 NJ Beaches Under Swimming Advisory Due To Fecal Bacteria 13 NJ Beaches Under Swimming Advisory Due To Fecal Bacteria
13 NJ Beaches Under Swimming Advisory Due To Fecal Bacteria Swimming advisories were issued to 13 of New Jersey's beaches due to high levels of fecal bacteria. All of the beaches had levels that exceeded 104 colony forming units (cfu) of enterococci in the samples taken Monday, according to the state's Department of Environmental Protection. The beaches under advisories are: Beachwood Beach West, Beachwood East Beach Station Avenue beach, Pine Beach Hancock Avenue beach, Seaside Heights Maxson Avenue beach, Point Pleasant New Jersey Avenue, Long Beach Township  North Bath Avenue beach, Long Branch Village Beach Club beach, Loch Arbour Re…

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by Cecilia Levine
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DEP Investigating Bad-Tasting Water In Chester, Montgomery Counties DEP Investigating Bad-Tasting Water In Chester, Montgomery Counties
DEP Investigating Bad-Tasting Water In Chester, Montgomery Counties The Department of Environmental Protection is investigating complaints of bad-tasting water in Chester and Montgomery counties. Last week, residents in Pottstown, West Pottsgrove, Lower Pottsgrove, and Spring City began complaining about the taste of the water, WFMZ reports citing the DEP. High levels of a type of bacteria have been found in tests, which can cause drinking water to taste and smell strange. Click here for the full report by WFMZ.

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by Nicole Acosta