As mandated by the state DEP, all blasting activities will be monitored and conducted according to state and federal laws.

EDISON, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- They are enticing spots to cool off on a hot day, but quarries in eastern Pennsylvania are proving a deadly attraction for young people from New Jersey. As CBS2's Tony ...

A public meeting between concerned citizens in and around Rockwood and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been scheduled for 1 p.m. June 26 at the New Centerville & Rural ...

This abandoned quarry in Northampton County, Pa., seems to be turning into a death trap for trespassing swimmers looking to beat the heat. For the second time in as many summers, a young man has died ...

Avian influenza mainly affects birds, but in November, an older adult in Washington with backyard poultry became the first ...

A man is dead after rescue crews pulled him from a quarry in eastern Pennsylvania. Authorities say a 22-year-old man was swimming in a Lower Mount Bethel Township quarry Sunday afternoon when he went ...

The people of Whitehall Township deserve some answers. Residents of the Slate Belt need an explanation, too. The question is fairly simple: Why -- more than 40 years after the health threat of PCBs ...

A police pursuit ended with an officer rescuing a 19-year-old Fayetteville man and his pregnant 17-year-old female girlfriend out of their vehicle after it landed inside the waters of a quarry in ...

BANGOR, Pa. — Officials say a 20-year-old man has died at a popular and dangerous eastern Pennsylvania quarry. Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek says the Howell, New Jersey, man was swimming at ...

It began as a carefree plunge into a water-filled quarry with friends. It ended with one of them dead. As WFMZ 69 News reports, tragedy struck around 4:30 p.m. on July 4th in Spring Township, Berks ...