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Dry Hydrants top news at Kidder Twp. Supers’ meeting by Seth Isenberg Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Company chief Ralph Lennon reported at November 28’s Kidder Township Board of
Supervisors meeting that all the paperwork is done for the dry hydrant at the end of Wood Street at Lake Harmony. Work is expected to be done in December. The dry hydrant at Jack Frost
National’s pond by Jack Frost Road was installed in November. Lennon also asked for donations of toys for the LHVFC’s toy drive for the Ronald McDonald House in
Philadelphia. Toys can be dropped off at the Municipal Building or on Saturdays, at the fire house. In business, supervisors approved the Wisser conditional subdivision in Albrightsville, and tabled both Split Rock Country Club subdivisions – a three-lot and a one-lot – until the December meeting. SRCC owner Shelly Lutz raised a See KIDDER, page 2
Penn Forest Twp. continues no tax budgeting policy by Seth Isenberg
The new dry hydrant on Jack Frost Road at the golf course pond is now in place. Here, Lake Harmony’s new 2022 Spartan tanker/pumper is flowing 1000 gallons per minute of water through its deck gun. Photos by Joe Lennon
Penn Forest Township supervisors, at their meeting on November 6, approved a $2,614,028 budget for general operations — again with revenues in place so that there will be no
township taxes. Also approved was $272,345 for paving and road projects – revenues already in place there, and $681,300 for sanitation. In working with the Natural Lands Trust, the See PENN FOREST, page 2