The Philadelphia Phillies will join Comcast Spectacor on a planned mixed-use development project in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The Phillies announced this week that the two organizations will collaborate over the next several years. “When I think about what makes Philadelphia unique, it’s our incredible fan base and tight-knit community. This project focuses on expanding that ...
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Life with Sybil DiMaggio was, in a nutshell, energetic. Days would start with music blasting in the house — the construction inspector and her husband, George Durm, bonded over their love for the rock band 311 — and would continue with gardening and canning activities, her husband said. She was “outdoorsy” with her personal and professional life, doing mosquito control and municipal jobs for a ...
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WILSON, N.C. (AP) — A company that makes containers and injections for vaccines and other drugs will build a new manufacturing plant in eastern North Carolina, creating 400 jobs by the end of the decade, officials announced on Monday. A U.S.-based subsidiary of German firm SCHOTT Pharma will begin building the production facility in Wilson this year and invest $371 million in the project, the ...
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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Wes Moore and the state's chief financial officers approved nearly half a billion dollars in extra funds for the Purple Line on Wednesday, even as they condemned the embattled project's mounting delays and escalating costs. Nearly seven years after construction began, transit authorities returned to the Board of Public Works yet again this month, this time seeking an ...
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RICHMOND - Lawmakers advanced legislation to expand electric vehicle infrastructure throughout the state, which could help meet a looming mandate that sales of new gas-powered vehicles be phased out by 2035. More infrastructure, such as electric chargers, is needed to meet the deadline and growing EV demand. Del. Richard "Rip" Sullivan, D-Fairfax, introduced House Bill 107, which creates the ...
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's First Lady Tammy Murphy, who is running for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday she opposes construction of a gas-fired backup power plant in a minority neighborhood already heavily burdened with pollution. But she did not say whether she has discussed her view with the one person who could stop the project in its tracks — her husband, Gov. Phil Murphy. And questioned by ...
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Feb. 5—A "hard-to-miss" crane recently appeared near the Mount Nittany Medical Center as the health care facility continues construction on its new patient tower. In mid-January the hospital posted on Facebook that the 250-foot tall crane "signals a significant milestone" in the construction process. Construction of the 10-story, $350 million patient tower started this past summer and is ...
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New Jersey's public transit agency said Friday it is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other power plants in largely minority areas. NJ Transit said it is redirecting $503 million in federal funding that would have been used to build the backup system, called the ...
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