ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As it turns out, the $100 million indoor water park that Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein is pursuing at a former Atlantic City casino was just the start of his efforts to bring family entertainment to the Showboat hotel. Blatstein has a boatload of other entertainment attractions on the horizon, including a retractable domed outdoor concert hall that can fit ... Read More

PROVIDENCE — The owner of the first offshore wind farm in the nation is set to build an assembly facility at the Port of Providence to support the development of much bigger projects that would supply power to Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. Orsted, the global leader in offshore wind development and operator of the five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm, joined on Wednesday with its ... Read More

Apr. 13—Peco is facing stiff resistance to a plan to build new natural gas infrastructure to improve service to a Delaware County community, which denied zoning approval for the project after residents complained it would be a hazard to public safety. The Philadelphia utility, which serves 532,000 natural gas customers in suburban counties, has appealed to the Delaware County Common Pleas ... Read More

Mar. 24--Ensemble Real Estate Investments and Mosaic Development Partners are preparing to break ground on two new biotech buildings at the Navy Yard, their first projects since being selected last year to lead an expected $2.5 billion in fresh development over 109 acres of the former barracks in South Philadelphia. The two life-science projects a lab and office building and a ... Read More

Mar. 23—Pennsylvania officials said the state will make the largest solar commitment of any government in the country under an initiative announced Monday that will have half of the state government's electricity needs met through seven solar panel sites placed around the state. The Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy (PULSE), part of Gov. Tom Wolf's GreenGov plan, will start on Jan. 1, ... Read More

Mar. 12—Several Republican Pennsylvania senators on Thursday called on the Legislature to pass a bill that would reform a little-known transportation office and nix a PennDOT plan to toll nine bridges in the state. "The Legislature has to have a position in actions such as tolling nine bridges in the state of Pennsylvania," said state Sen. Bob Mensch, R-Montgomery County during a press ... Read More

An extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, threatened by the denial of a key permit from North Carolina, gained new life Thursday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a decision by the state's Department of Environmental Quality, ruling that it did not properly explain the reasons why it had denied a water quality certification for a portion of the natural gas pipeline Called ... Read More

Mar. 11—Robin Herst's voice cracked while addressing the community's overwhelming response to the fire that recently turned her family's "Biden Barn" into a pile of charred lumber. The State College native said it's been hard to eat since Saturday, when a probable arson turned the Reedsville barn painted with the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris insignia into a memory. It's been even harder to sleep in ... Read More

After months of delays, a troublesome hurdle has been cleared in a vital portion of the Connellsville Municipal Authority wastewater treatment system upgrade project. At an authority board meeting Tuesday, engineer John Tomaro said a permit has been received for Ligonier Construction of Laughlintown to install a large-diameter pipe beneath CSX railroad tracks. Tomaro Pounds Consulting ... Read More

A proposed mine expansion at North Stafford's Vulcan Materials Co. has some residents in the Eastern View community concerned about how it might affect them. "It affects our neighborhood, the values of our home, the environment that we live in," said Carrie Kortman of Jody Court. "It just appears that [Vulcan] is going to be able to do whatever they want. They're a business, and that takes ... Read More