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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
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Thieves Spill Used Cooking Oil At Newtown Borough Hall: Police Thieves Spill Used Cooking Oil At Newtown Borough Hall: Police
Thieves Spill Used Cooking Oil At Newtown Borough Hall: Police Clean-up crews are working to sop up used cooking oil that police say was spilled by would-be thieves at the Newtown Borough Hall parking lot over the weekend. Borough police and firefighters were called to the Municipal Building, 23 N. State Street, for a reported oil spill on Sunday, April 23, they said in a release.  Investigators quickly realized that the oil came from a storage container at the nearby Brick Hotel, they wrote. Police believe that suspects were trying to steal the hotel's used cooking oil when it spilled in the Borough Hall parking lot, but the matter remains under …

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by Mac Bullock