Part 2: Playing Catch-Up After Each Big Storm
When a storm hits, governments and utility companies often find their preparations insufficient.
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When a storm hits, governments and utility companies often find their preparations insufficient.
A major storm could cause a business to close its doors for good. But even those able to recover may suffer.
Lessons learned from past storms have resulted in stricter building codes and other requirements on the federal, state, and local levels.
Like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, is looking into taking the operations of its state lottery private. Assembly members held a hearing in Trenton to discuss the potential impact of such a plan.
"This bill will add some vitality to some blocks, particularly in center city, which particularly after the normal business hours are rather dark and uninviting," Councilman Bill Greenlee said as the hearing opened.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's chief justice says he has settled a lawsuit against a law firm that he claimed was double-dipping in the development of a new Family Court building in center city Philadelphia.
The owner of the Electric Factory building wants permission to wrap the building, which is visible from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, in an electronic sign. Some community groups were outraged.
Speaking on a conference call on Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Andrews (D-NJ) expressed frustration at the pace of the cleanup of last Friday's derailment.
Nailed to the padlocked door of the former Church of the Assumption on Spring Garden Street is a notice of demolition.
Traffic is now moving along the first highway to open in Southeastern Pennsylvania in more than 20 years.
Businesses at the South Jersey shore are now part of a "Restore the Shore" effort, to encourage tourism dollars to remain in New Jersey despite the devastation that Superstorm Sandy wrought along some North Jersey beaches.
Local officials in Paulsboro, NJ say they are pushing for more federal support to ensure that the train derailment that happened on Friday never happens again.
If you're looking for unique holiday gifts for someone special, take a peek at what our local museum gift shops have to offer.
Atlantic City's newest hotel casino has gone to the banks, again, seeking additional funding to keep the operation going just 8 months after it opened.
Starting Saturday, PECO Energy customers are paying more for natural gas.
