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| Teresa Mastracola Found Dead, Paulsboro Lawsuit Filed, Elderly Ocean City Couple Missing |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 12/10/12 1:11 am | updated: 12/10/12 1:11 am |
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A week long search for a missing Delaware County woman has ended in tragedy. State police say a body found in Ridley Creek State Park Saturday has been identified as 44-year-old Teresa Mastracola of Milbourne, who was last seen on surveillance video leaving Delaware County Memorial Hospital, where she worked, on December 2nd.
UPDATE 12/10 3pm: Medical examiner's office rules Matracola's death a suicide. SEE: Teresa Mastracola's Death Ruled Suicide
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| Teresa Mastracola's Body Found in Ridley Creek State Park; Woman Missing From Millbourne Body Found |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/09/12 11:47 pm | updated: 12/09/12 11:48 pm |
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Police have confirmed that the body found on Saturday at Ridley Creek State Park is that of missing Teresa Mastracola, a 44-year-old Millbourne, Delaware County woman. She was last seen on December 3rd leaving her Millbourne Ave home wearing scrubs. She works at Delaware County Memorial Hospital.
Police and canine units were deliberately searching the state park in Edgemont because Mastracola is an avid hiker and biker and frequents the park. Police found the body of a woman in... Read More |
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| Lawsuit in Paulsboro Spill; Body Found in Ridley Creek, T. Mastracola; Water Main Closes Walnut St. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/09/12 6:51 pm | updated: 12/09/12 6:51 pm |
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| A mother of three from Paulsboro, NJ, is filing suit against Conrail, Norfolk Southern Railway Company and CSX Transportation. She says she is experiencing breathing problems because of the November 30th chemical spill that released vinyl chloride into the air and necessitated residential evacuations that lasted for a week. The Plaintiff, Alice Breeman, claims that the defendants were negligent in inspecting the swing bridge over the Mantua Creek and for allowing the freight train to cross... Read More |
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| Water Main Break in Center City; Missing Delaware County Woman Teresa Mastracola |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/09/12 4:43 am | updated: 12/09/12 4:43 am |
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| A large water main break shut down parts of the Center City shopping district late this afternoon. The Philadelphia Water Department is working on fixing that 12 inch main. It happened around 4 p.m. on the 1600 block of Walnut Street, PWD shut it down at 6 p.m. Around 25 properties have been affected including some businesses. The area surrounding the break has been closed to traffic. Walnut Street is closed from 15th to 17th and 16th Street is closed between Chancellor and Locust Streets.... Read More |
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| Phillies Trade for Veteran 3B Michael Young |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/09/12 3:40 am | updated: 12/09/12 3:40 am |
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The Phillies continued to check off their Christmas needs list this December. Fresh off the trade for OF Ben Revere the Phillies have acquired Michael Young from the Texas Rangers for right-handed reliever Josh Lindblom and a Minor League pitcher, Lisalverto Bonilla.
Young, 36, waived his no trade clause to become a Phillie. Staying in Texas would have meant less playing time as either a utility player or DH. In Philadelphia he'll be our everyday starting third basemen. Young... Read More |
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| Philly Bike Share Program (may be) Coming in 2014 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/08/12 3:52 am | updated: 12/08/12 3:52 am |
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Philadelphia can soon hope to see a Bike Share program like the successful programs in Washington, DC, Boston, and Minneapolis. The Nutter Administration plans to ask the Philadelphia City Council for $3 million to get a program with 650 bikes on the streets by early 2014. An additional 550 bikes would be added in 2015.
Riders will be able to buy daily, weekly, or monthly memberships from vending machines and take any available bike out from a bike station. Based on rates from... Read More |
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| Philly Police Impersonator Arrested; Fishtown Pot Grow Raided; Obama Asks Congress $60.4 B for Sandy |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/07/12 10:40 pm | updated: 12/07/12 10:40 pm |
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| A man from Glenside in Montgomery County is now under arrest for impersonating a Philadelphia Police officer on Wednesday night. 30-year-old Michael Green is accused of stopping another car along the 4300 block of McMenamy Street in the Holmesburg section with another section. Both men were armed and pulled the guns on the driver and two passengers, forcing them into the back seat. They were able to escape, but one of them suffered a broken arm. Green is charged with Impersonating a police... Read More |
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| Paulsboro NJ Evacuees Allowed to Return Home |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/07/12 6:25 pm | updated: 12/07/12 6:25 pm |
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| Paulsboro, NJ residents have been told they can start to return home today, Friday, a week since they were evacuated following last Friday's early morning freight train derailment and vinyl chloride leak over the Mantua Creek. The decision was made after air monitors showed the air clear of Vinyl chloride on Thursday and Friday. The last of the chemical was pumped from the ruptured rail car on Wednesday evening. Residents should report to the community assistance center at 1502 Swedesboro Ave.... Read More |
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| Phony Philly Police, $10 M Corail Lawsuit, Nutter Investigates Paper Ballots |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/07/12 4:52 pm | updated: 12/07/12 4:52 pm |
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| One man who posed as a police officer is under arrest. Two others are on the loose. In two separate incidents, men posiing as Philadelphia police officers pulled people over. Real Philly police witnessed one incident at a 7-11 in Pennypack Woods and arrested the imposter. In the other incident at Cottman and Walker, two armed men with badges, guns and police shirts pulled over a truck but escaped. A tip: If you get pulled over and you are not sure about the identity/validity of the... Read More |
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| Police Search For Missing Delco Woman, Breaded Chicken Recall, Bucks Co Purse Snatcher |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 12/07/12 10:21 am | updated: 12/07/12 10:21 am |
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Police are searching for a suburban Philadelphia woman who has been missing since Sunday. Investigators say 44-year-old Teresa Cathy Mastracola has not reported to work for the last four days. They say she is an avid hiker and bicyclist who often frequents Ridley Creek State Park. They say Mastracola, who lives in Millbourne, was last seen wearing hospital scrubs is a white female, 5’7, 130 lbs, with brown eyes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection... Read More |
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