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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020 • Volume 41 – No. 9 ©2020, THE JOURNAL-HERALD. All Rights Reserved
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White Haven council hears nuisance complaint by Ruth Isenberg Bob and Gail O’Hearn of Church Street made a quick visit to the White Haven Borough Council meeting on September 28, to ask council to enforce its nuisance ordinance. Over the past year,
they said, the nuisances from the property next to their home have gotten worse. They reported trash fires, and more and more vehicles stored on the property, with some of them apparently being sold from the premises. “There’s nothing being done for over
a year,” Mr. O’Hearn said. He also complained of wild pounding music daily Solicitor Sean Logsdon confirmed with borough manager Linda Szoke that the property is one of the ones on the list of more than a dozen problem properties council reviewed
a couple of months ago. He noted that council was prioritizing the list, to decide which should be responded to first. He noted that while citations can be issued, and cases brought in front of the district judge, even when a judgment is issued it may be difficult to
collect fines. The process can be expensive for the borough, so council cannot afford to address all of the problems at one time. Council member Bob Lamson suggested calling the police regarding the fires, stressing that it is important to call while the fires are burning. There are restrictions on the materials that can be burned, and the size of fire pits. Several council members and the mayor agreed that the property is a problem, and promised to try to find a solution. Much other business was discussed during the meeting, and will be reported on next week.
Correction Sometimes being a weekly paper can be frustrating. We got home last week after sending our pages to the press, to learn that the meeting about the Francis Walter Dam we’d featured on the front page had been cancelled. We’ll update you if and when it is rescheduled! PACKER TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS GET THEIR SAY regarding windmills. Township resident Albert Titus, at the podium, was one of 12 who spoke out against the proposed windmills at the Zoning Hearing Board continued hearing on September 29. Another party spoke via Zoom. More next week. JH: Seth Isenberg