The discovery of thousands of illegally dumped tires is threatening to further delay the dredging of a Philadelphia-area river used by rowing clubs as a regatta racecourse, according to federal authorities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that more than 3,000 tires have been hauled out of the Schuylkill …
Read More »Family matriarch dies day after rescue from remote island that saw family swim ashore to escape boat fire
A woman has died a day after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued her and two family members stranded on a remote Massachusetts island that they swam to when their boat went up in flames while anchored in a cove overnight Monday. Cynthia Sullivan, 73, died Thursday, according to a Facebook …
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