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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 10
SPRING IS SLOWLY ARRIVING, showing early signs along Shades of Death Trail in Hickory Run State Park. Photo by Matthew Lopez
Park, Turnpike materials and STRs are highlights at Penn Forest supervisors meeting by Seth Isenberg
new rules get a chance to run this year to see how they work, before making changes. In public comment at March’s Penn The Pennsylvania Turnpike CommisForest Township supervisors meeting, sion sent representatives before Penn Larry Dusablon complained about Forest Township supervisors to share some neighborhoods where there are multiple Short-Term Rental properties. plans of using a property off Route 534 for dirt and clean debris from their His street in Towamensing Trails Hawk Falls bridge replacement projhas three. He asked the township to ect. The Turnpike’s bridges over Route look at a rule that would limit these 534 and Mud Run are being replaced, businesses as to how close they can with the work starting by this summer. be to each other. Other TT residents The property is east of the Towamensin attendance agreed with him. Penn ing Trails back entrance, with no strucForest’s solicitor Tom Nanovic agreed tures nearby. It will gain an approxto research the issue. Jim Maddux of Towamensing Trails imately 35′ hill that will be the final site the roughly 200,000 cubic feet of asked how neighbors can access information posted into the township’s materials expected to be moved during the bridge project. The hill would be STR database. on the front end of the property, not An idea to double the price on the far from the road, in the area zoned for annual STR rentals was countered by an STR owner, who asked that the See PENN FOREST, page 2
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Kidder Supers to send changes on commercial properties to Planning by Seth Isenberg Kidder Township is being asked to change zoning on a 300 acre parcel along Route 940 which abuts Interstate 80, from the current R2 (residential) to Commercial. The parcel, owned by Blue Ridge Real Estate, is west of Moseywood Road, and extends to the new Exeter Group warehouse property. Kidder Supervisors, at their March meeting, sent the proposal to the township and county Planning Commissions. The proposal will reappear before supervisors after those groups review it. Regarding the Exeter warehouse, the building is projected to be complete in early July. Engineer Chris McDermott spoke to supervisors on accommodating a request by a likely
tenant for more parking spaces, adding 255 to the current 280 to have enough spaces for shift changes. The idea McDermott presented was to convert a corner of pavement and concrete pad on the northwest corner of what would have been trailer parking. He said there is ample space there for the new spots. He too was referred to the Planning Commission for their meeting on April 6, sent along with a request for more landscaping along Route 940. In other business, supervisors approved the hiring of Patsy DeMarco as an additional township clerk in the township office; approved a contract with Button Oil for gasoline delivery for the police department tank while advertising for proposals from companies to provide gasoline, See KIDDER, page 3