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To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us More than four years after the oil tanker Athos 1 hit an anchor just off Paulsboro and spilled nearly 265,000 gallons of oil into the Delaware River, federal and state officials... http://www.yourstreet.com/5007894/officials-take-next-step-on-delaware-river-spill The Hatch Act will not be a factor in Upper Darby Councilman Thomas Micozzie’s new post as mayor, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Special Counsel in Washington, D.C. http://www.yourstreet.com/5007852/hatch-act-won-t-prevent-decision More than four years after the oil tanker Athos 1 hit an anchor just off Paulsboro and spilled nearly 265,000 gallons of oil into the Delaware River, federal and state officials... http://www.yourstreet.com/5006638/25-million-is-awarded-for-delaware-river-cleanup Linda Cohn, Suzy Kolber, Bonnie Bernstein and one day, maybe, Diamon Beckford. Beckford, the catalyst behind Upper Darby's 12-1 basketball start, plans to major in... http://www.yourstreet.com/5007028/beckford-anchors-royals Wednesday’s Games Orlando 106, Atlanta 102 Toronto 99, Washington 93 Cleveland 111, Charlotte 81 New Jersey 100, Memphis 89 Houston 89, Boston 85 Minnesota 129, Oklahoma... http://www.yourstreet.com/5006296/nba-scores COLLINGDALE — Two Philadelphia men who allegedly forced their way into a North Street residence Tuesday morning demanding money and drugs were in police custody within 31... http://www.yourstreet.com/4999318/two-arrested-quickly-after-collingdale-home-invasion Local Golf FDS Winter Tour PAXON HOLLOW GOLF CLUB Par 71. Chris Hoyle, Drexel Hill. . . 70 Dave Roberts, Cedarbrook. . . 71 http://www.yourstreet.com/4998636/local-events DREXEL HILL'S Micah "Wing Kong" Collins is upset that he can't compete in Wing Bowl 17 (Jan. 30 at Wachovia Center) because he's a pro eater and this year's event is open only... http://www.yourstreet.com/4998479/will-amateurs-eat-less-and-heave-more-at-wb-xvii Elmer Clegg didn't believe his wife Bunny when she told him she had found a bald eagle nest a mere two blocks from their Gibbstown home. http://www.yourstreet.com/4998421/number-of-bald-eagles-soars UPPER DARBY — The mayor of Upper Darby Township, who has been involved in local government for 34 years, tendered his resignation, effective Wednesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/4991144/upper-darby-mayor-submits-resignation Knocking down shot from three-point range was the order of the day in South Jersey yesterday. Jonathan Gardner struck for six treys as he scored 27 points to lead Paulsboro past... http://www.yourstreet.com/4990535/paulsboro-wins-with-3-pointers StandingsEASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 29 6 .829 — New Jersey 17 18 .486 12 New York 13 19 .406 141/2 Toronto 14 21 .400 15 Philadelphia 13 20 .394 15... http://www.yourstreet.com/4990119/nba-scoreboard-jan-5 UPPER DARBY - The calm quiet of a Sunday night was shattered once again when two armed home intruders forced their way into a township residence, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/4984279/home-invasion-reported-in-upper-darby UPPER DARBY — Amanda Pombo fulfilled a childhood ambition when she became a police officer eight years ago. http://www.yourstreet.com/4983543/police-sergeant-breaks-barriers-in-upper-darby GLENOLDEN — With just a few minutes to go before the Eagles took the field Sunday, hungry patrons in sports jerseys packed into Not Just Wings in Glenolden to pick up that one... http://www.yourstreet.com/4983544/birds-postseason-adventure-has-eateries-spreading-wings CLIFTON HEIGHTS — The family of a 35-year-old Philadelphia woman missing for two weeks are offering a $5,000 reward for her return. http://www.yourstreet.com/4980411/family-offering-5k-for-info-on-missing-woman Thirteen years ago when Jeff Civillico was student council co-president at Holy Child Academy in the Drexel Hill section of Upper Darby, he was encouraging his classmates to... http://www.yourstreet.com/4976492/joggler-racing-for-special-needs-kids PHILADELPHIA — Magisterial District Judge Christopher Mattox traveled to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital noon Friday to conduct a bedside arraignment on... http://www.yourstreet.com/4976491/u-d-cops-guard-stabbing-suspect The Rev. Joseph E. Walsh, 87, pastor emeritus of St. Francis de Sales Church in Lenni, Delaware County, died of congestive heart failure Monday at St. Francis Country House in... http://www.yourstreet.com/4976029/rev-joseph-e-walsh-87 For the second year in a row, Delaware County’s first baby of the year was a boy, born at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Upper Darby. http://www.yourstreet.com/4970443/delco-welcomes-year-s-first-baby John M. Dougherty, 72, of Glenolden, treasurer and tax collector in Darby Township since October 2003, died of leukemia at a daughter's home in Phoenixville on Monday. http://www.yourstreet.com/4970100/john-m-dougherty-72-tax-collector Amber Jackson returned to her parents' home in Drexel Hill Tuesday night to find her ex-boyfriend outside, waiting for her. http://www.yourstreet.com/4965962/angry-ex-boyfriend-stabbed-delco-woman-to-death-police-say State Police in Mercer County say a 10-year-old girl was shot. It happened at about 6:30 p.m. on Rutledge Road in Delaware Township. http://www.yourstreet.com/4964737/10-year-old-girl-shot-in-delaware-twp 20-year-old Amber Jackson of Drexel Hill was stabbed to death Tuesday night at her parent's home on Foss Avenue. Police say 22-year-old Freddie Cleveland will be charged with... http://www.yourstreet.com/4964359/police-id-drexel-hill-murder-victim One person is dead and suspect critically injured after a stabbing in Delaware County Tuesday evening. http://www.yourstreet.com/4961284/woman-fatally-stabbed-by-ex-in-drexel-hill A 20-year-old Drexel Hill radio dispatcher for the Pennsylvania State Police was killed by her estranged boyfriend last night as her 13-year-old sister hid in a closet... http://www.yourstreet.com/4960767/police-dispatcher-slain-by-former-boyfriend-in-drexel-hill UPPER DARBY — An Upper Darby woman was stabbed to death Tuesday night by her ex-boyfriend, who broke down her parents’ front door and attacked her while her little sister hid in... http://www.yourstreet.com/4960214/cops-u-d-woman-stabbed-by-ex-beau The $300 million renovation and expansion project at the Philadelphia International Airport is now open to the public. The 204,000-square-foot building connecting Terminals D... http://www.yourstreet.com/4954263/yo-philly-in-the-news COLLINGDALE — Police are looking for the vandals who defaced a granite wall at the front of St. Joseph’s Church on Woodlawn Avenue last week. http://www.yourstreet.com/4953053/vandals-besmirch-wall-at-st-joseph-s-church YEADON — Storyteller, poet, musician, and actor Ronald Carter instructed, inspired, and entertained an audience of about 50 people when he led a Kwanzaa celebration at Yeadon... http://www.yourstreet.com/4953056/kwanzaa-celebrated-in-yeadon Church officials find graffiti splashed across St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Collingdale over the weekend. http://www.yourstreet.com/4950190/only-on-fox-vandal-strikes-at-delaware-county-church After weeks of chilly weather, a heat wavelet hit Philadelphia yesterday, breaking the record for the date. At 2 p.m., the temperature at Philadelphia International Airport... http://www.yourstreet.com/4946101/the-high-of-66-was-1-degree-above-1982-mark Sister Mary Delaney, 84, of Merion Station, a retired professor of literature at Gwynedd-Mercy College and an educator in Philadelphia-area schools for more than 50 years, died... http://www.yourstreet.com/4946385/sr-mary-delaney-84-professor UPPER DARBY — A fugitive wanted for a 2007 rape was captured in Georgia and extradited to Delaware County for prosecution, officials said. http://www.yourstreet.com/4943423/rape-suspect-captured-in-georgia UPPER DARBY — An Upper Darby man hopped into a van that was left running in the parking lot of a local 7-Eleven and sped off, police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/4943422/man-takes-off-in-car-left-running A Yeadon man, who was shot in the arm Christmas night in a movie theater because his family was allegedly being noisy, was released from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in... http://www.yourstreet.com/4943420/yeadon-man-shot-in-movie-theater-released-from-hospital Flames 6, Senators 3 Ottawa 0 2 1 – 3 Calgary 0 3 3 – 6 First period: None. Penalties: Bell, Ott (hooking), 4:27; Giordano, Cal (hooking), 5:27; Kelly, Ott (roughing), 10:19;... http://www.yourstreet.com/4942702/nhl-roundup YEADON — The Yeadon branch of the NAACP will be hosting an event at 6 p.m. Monday at Yeadon Borough Hall in celebration of Kwanzaa, which began Dec. 26. http://www.yourstreet.com/4939931/yeadon-naacp-plans-kwanzaa-celebration Capitals 3, Sabres 2 Buffalo 0 0 2 – 2 Washington 0 1 2 – 3 First period: None. Penalties: Spacek, Buf (hooking), 1:02; Hecht, Buf (high-sticking), 10:24. http://www.yourstreet.com/4939201/nhl-roundup Predators 3, Wings 2 Detroit 1 0 1 – 2 Nashville 1 2 0 – 3 First period: 1, Nashville, Zanon 2 (Bonk), 9:29. 2, Detroit, Cleary 6 (Hudler, Datsyuk), 14:04. Penalties: Detroit... http://www.yourstreet.com/4939199/nhl-roundup 'Canes 5, Thrashers 4 Carolina 1 1 3 – 5 Atlanta 1 2 1 – 4 First period: 1, Atlanta, White 12 (Hainsey, Kozlov), 10:58 (pp). 2, Carolina, LaRose 8 (Kaberle, Whitney), 18:56.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4939206/nhl-roundup UPPER DARBY — The Upper Darby Police Department has taken a hard stand against witnesses who do not cooperate with police. http://www.yourstreet.com/4935456/upper-darby-cops-getting-tough-on-no-show-witnesses RIDLEY PARK — The final budget approved by council for 2009 lists expenditures of $5,338,249 and a real-estate tax increase of .074 mills for a total of 7.109 mills. The millage... http://www.yourstreet.com/4935458/ridley-park-s-raise-among-2009-budget-victims http://www.yourstreet.com/4934570/man-killed-by-septa-trolley-in-upper-darby A pedestrian was fatally struck by a trolley in Upper Darby Thursday night. http://www.yourstreet.com/4933744/service-suspended-after-fatal-trolley-accident BETHEL — Patrick and Rachel Conway moved to the township two years ago for the peace and quiet, as well as the comfortable distance between neighborhood homes. http://www.yourstreet.com/4932219/glenolden-man-suspected-in-rash-of-delco-burglaries The same Delaware County native who graced the Upper Darby Summer Stage in the 1980s was named the entertainer of the year Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/4926822/upper-darby-s-tina-fey-entertainer-of-the-year http://www.yourstreet.com/4926175/assault-charges-added-in-glenolden-man-s-case BASKETBALL National Basketball Association All Times Pacific EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 27 2 .931 - New Jersey 14 14 .500 121/2 Philadelphia 12 16 ... http://www.yourstreet.com/4926639/scoreboard Weather elsewhere causes dreaded words like "delayed" and "canceled" to light up the boards at Philadelphia International and airports nationwide. http://www.yourstreet.com/4924030/travelers-feeling-brunt-of-brutal-weather-out-west