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Windmills finished, Packer supers say by Seth Isenberg
BRIDGE REPAIR WORK ON INTERSTATE 80 backed traffic up west of White Haven on Tuesday mid-day. Officials from White Haven and East Side have concerns about the effect of this kind of congestion on Route 940 through the boroughs, especially once bridge replacement gets underway. JH: Ruth Isenberg
code correspondences included projects for a garage, an above-ground swimming pool Packer Township supervisors met for their monthly and a new single-family home. meeting on April 6. As the One project, a solitary meeting started with public garage on a property, is an comment, supervisors were issue in that that property asked about the status of the needs a primary use. Prout is proposed windmills by Broad also looking into a property Mountain Power. Supervisor where construction vehicles Corey Gerhard replied that are parked. Supervisors voted to deny “It’s done. The permit applicathe request of James Grega to tions are withdrawn. They’re change zoning for his pronot coming back.” He added that they [BMP] needed the posed project to I-1. He will height to catch the wind… need to go for a conditional When asked if someone like use hearing. BMP could come back and Prout and BIA are recommake a new application. Germending that the township hard explained that “We have update the fees for Zoning apchanged our ordinances…” plications. After some discusand such a project wouldn’t be sion, it was agreed to make a welcome. schedule of fees, so action was The agreement with Weath- tabled. erly Borough about coverage In other business, supervisors of the township from Citizens’ voted to donate $1,000 to the Volunteer Fire Company “just Weatherly Area Community Liarrived” so supervisors tabled brary towards their operations a decision until May. costs. WACL was given permisCode officer Phillip Prout sion to hold their annual basket of Barry Isett & Associates raffle and auction fundraiser on submitted his Zoning activity June 25 and 26 in the Townreport for January and Febship building. ruary. Of note was an inquiry SOAR was also given perabout a possible solar develmission to use the building for opment (in January), and a basket raffle, May 21 and 22. continuing correspondence See PACKER, page 8 from the developer — he sent them the township’s ordinances and requirements. Other