New toll rates go into effect Jan. 1 on eight bridges over the Delaware River.

Locally, the toll increase impacts the Route 202 bridge at New Hope, Route 1 at Morrisville and the Scudder Falls Bridge in Lower Makefield.

American shad have long been prized in the Delaware River Basin for their meat and roe. The native Lenape people hosted festivals celebrating the fish. In 1778, legend has it, George Washington’s ...