FREETOWN — Officials have declared a state of emergency and residents are being evacuated as the 300-year old Forge Pond Dam — deemed one of the state's most unsafe — was breached in at least several ...

The Forge Pond Dam breach project is 85 percent complete, but authorities have no answers for two other severely damaged infrastructures in that immediate area. State Department of Conservation and ...

FREETOWN — Forge Pond Dam is in terrible shape and be breached or rebuilt, said representatives of GZA Environmental Inc., engineering consultants hired by the state Office of Dam Safety. The company ...

Heavy rain last week damaged the Forge Pond Dam off Route 79, causing state authorities to take action Thursday. Selectmen Chairwoman Jean Fox and Selectman Lawrence Ashley spent a considerable amount ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission lifted the evacuation order on Wednesday morning for residents below the Speedwell Forge dam in Elizabeth, Ephrata, Warwick and West Earl townships.Commission ...

Sediment from the breached Speedwell Forge Dam is clogging the Hammer Creek, and officials in Ephrata Township and three other jurisdictions are asking county and state agencies to clean up the mess.

The custodians of one of Sheffield’s top tourist attractions are warning of another summer of disappointment despite a £500,000 restoration project. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

As the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission was preparing to announce that dam repairs were completed on one high-hazard dam in Central Pennsylvania, Hurricane Sandy forced an announcement of a very ...

The state Department of Environmental Protection recently reviewed Pennsylvania's "high-hazard" dams and detention basins and labeled 44, including the dam at Speedwell Forge Lake, as "unsafe" because ...