Workers to lose hours at Philadelphia port

07/15/11 Eighty to 90 longshoremen in Philadelphia will lose work hours due to Sea Star Line L.L.C.'s decision to suspend its service at Tioga Marine Terminal starting next Friday, Robert Palaima, president of the Delaware River Stevedores, said Thursday.

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Business news in brief

07/19/11 Boeing Co. said it landed a $4.4 million, two-year contract to install security surveillance and monitoring at three locations on the Delaware River to protect the waterfront in Delaware County.

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Backwoods Angler lands a big one

07/18/11 Locally produced show to air on Versus NBC Sports Smallmouth bass fishing on the Delaware River may not be up to snuff this year, but Blaine Mengel Jr., the proprietor of the Backwoods Angler Guide Service, is smiling anyway.

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