Ridley Park News

Former U.S. Attorney Patrick L. Meehan, a possible Republican candidate for governor, yesterday said he was returning a $10,000 campaign contribution from a political fund after learning it got most of its money from a Philadelphia union Meehan had previously investigated.

See all the preps as the people of Ridley Park, Pa. celebrate July Fourth a day late.

Boeing's V-22 Osprey "tilt-rotor" , built partly at the company's Ridley Park helicopter factory, flies U.S. Marines "faster and farther" than helicopters, but is twice as expensive to operate and 2.5x as expensive to build , and it suffers from parts shortages, long down times, and limited maneuverability, says the Government Accountability Office ...

The operator of a Shooting Waters race game called out and pointed at prize choices Sunday afternoon as young Tyler Masciarelli - mouth open, hands on his hips, and Mohawk haircut bristling - looked at a wall covered with plush toys.

It's a bird, it's a plane...it's an Osprey! Forget the ships and submarines. The main attraction at this year's Fleet Week is the V-22 Osprey , an assault support aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter but flies like a plane.

The Boeing Company and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, today signed a contract for the manufacture and support of 16 ICH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Italian Army.

THE DELAWARE COUNTY SPCA has taken its licks over the years. Plagued by scandals, disillusioned staffers and occasionally protesters, the shelter had developed a reputation as more of a slaughterhouse than a humane society.

THE OBAMA family walks on the White House lawn with their new dog, Bo, who doesn't seem to care whether he is an actual shelter pooch or not.

A Clifton Heights woman is facing two dozen felony theft counts in Delaware County.

She's charged with skimming almost a quarter-million dollars from her employer over a four-year period.

A Delaware County man has been charged with stealing more than $178,000 from his company to pay for his own expenses, including purchases from Toys R Us and personal ads on Yahoo.

A CH47 Chinook Army helicopter on a test flight made an unscheduled landing at the Salem Airport here on Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say carbon monoxide fumes from a car apparently left running acidentally in a garage killed two elderly sisters.

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School districts are faced with increasing pressures to secure their campuses. Parents and communities are requiring schools to quickly alert faculty, staff and students about emergencies and incidents that ...

Jan 23, 2009 9:22 pm US/Eastern RIDLEY PARK, Pa. A young Pennsylvania State Representative is taking a leave from politics to serve his country.

Man found shot in N. Phila. Police said a man in his early 20s was found shot in the chest and arm at 8th and Diamond streets in North Philadelphia at about 8:40 last night.

Airplane maker Boeing Co. says it plans to cut about 4,500 jobs this year due to the global economic slowdown.

It took more than two hours of testimony and support from members of borough council to convince the zoning hearing board to grant a variance to permit light poles of up to 70 feet in height at Catania Brothers ...

Young Beecher went up the stairs to the bathroom, unknown by the nurses, and climbed out the window onto the fire escape.