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Long-term costs concern candidate Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Jan. 31, 2007 ...The current board's decision to use eminent domain to take Antietam Lake from Reading is one that will have recurring financial ramifications, he said... Board reviews revised design The Daily and Sunday Review, Towanda, PA - Jan. 31, 2007 ...Another option was looking into the "Shop Vac" property, but the owners weren't interested in talking about a sale. The last choice, eminent domain, wasn't an option, it was decided... Easement problems could hamper $7.8M sewer project The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Jan. 31, 2007 ...While the board has authorized eminent domain, they haven't filed any papers to take steps toward condemnation. Taking that route could add months, if not years... Trio preserving coal heritage The New Age Examiner, Tunkhannock, PA - Jan. 31, 2007 ...The Huber Breaker Preservation Society's work has paid off - the Luzerne County commissioners recently voted to acquire the 68-year-old breaker and surrounding land by eminent domain, with plans to turn it into a museum and park... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Developers vow to fight land seizure Altoona Mirror, PA - Jan. 26, 2007 ...Supervisors voted Thursday night to use eminent domain to seize 11 acres of land where the housing complex would be built on forested land behind Bishop Guilfoyle High School... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Redevelopment battle joined The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Jan. 26, 2007 ...City Council has thrown its support behind Buona Pizza in the restaurant's eminent domain battle with the city administration... Logan votes to seize land for building Altoona Mirror, PA - Jan. 26, 2007 ...Under Pennsylvania's eminent domain laws, municipalities and school districts have the power to acquire privately owned real estate for public use as long as a fair price is paid... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Gloves off in battle for pizzeria site The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Jan. 25, 2007 Publicly, Mayor Chris Doherty continues to hold the position that Buona Pizza is welcome to stay in the 500 block of Lackawanna Avenue. Privately, efforts to remove the eatery through eminent domain are well under way and the battle lines have been drawn... Business owners decry loss of parking Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Jan. 25, 2007 ...Ripple urged the board to consider taking the lot by eminent domain or some other kind of legal action. But neither Nemes nor the board wanted to make those kinds of threats... Opinion - Mike Seate: City's best weapon against porn theater: shame Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jan. 24, 2007 ...The Garden Theatre has cost the city an adult movie production budget in legal fees as its owner, Nick Androtsakis of New York, fights the city Urban Redevelopment Authority's attempts to take the property through eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
District defends plan for Moul Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Jan. 24, 2007 ...The district's plans for a new school, with the elementary building on the Doubleday site and a parking area on the Moul property, might be thwarted as the Hanover Borough last month took the property through eminent domain... City confronts hurdles to get homes built Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Jan. 24, 2007 ...New state laws ban municipalities from using their eminent domain power to take private property that they ultimately plan to turn over to private developers. Thus, if the city gets most of the properties through friendly sales but has a few holdouts, it will have to think twice about using its eminent domain power to force the sales, lest it lose the ability to bring in a private developer... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Curtains or not for porn theater, Pittsburgh development proceeds The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA (Associated Press) - Jan. 22, 2007 ...In December, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a bid by the city to take the theater through eminent domain legislation. Androtsakis, whose lawyer did not immediately respond to calls for comment, was expected to appeal the decision... Field's future uncertain; memories plentiful Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Jan. 21, 2007 ...Moul Field's fate will likely be determined in a court battle brewing between the district and Hanover Borough, which has seized the field through eminent domain in an effort to preserve it for recreation... Editorial: County right to rescue Huber Breaker The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jan. 21, 2007 ...The Huber Breaker Preservation Society had a banner day this past Wednesday. They learned the breaker will be taken over and preserved by Luzerne County by the process of eminent domain... Commissioners posture for votes Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Jan. 20, 2007 ...After Commonwealth Court ruled that garbage hauler Pat Mascaro and his partners had no legal interest in Antietam Lake, Scott boasted that the outcome would have been different if he hadn't bullied Schwank and Gajewski into taking the property from the city by eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Moul fight will be costly The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Jan. 19, 2007 ...Hanover Public School District Superintendent Jill Dillon said filing preliminary objections to Hanover Borough's use of eminent domain to take the recreation field, as well as Myers Memorial Playground, from the district costs between $185 and $425 an hour... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
County takes control of Huber Breaker Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jan. 18, 2007 ...Commissioners unanimously voted to take control of the Ashley landmark through eminent domain. That ensures the owner -- Al Roman of No. 1 Contracting -- receives a fair price and does not sell the breaker for scrap as he recently threatened, county officials say... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
District fights borough on Moul The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Jan. 17, 2007 ...The Hanover school board authorized its lawyers to fight Hanover Borough's seizure of Moul Field by eminent domain at a special meeting Tuesday... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
County to review blighted property The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA - Jan. 15, 2007 ...The redevelopment authority could proceed by exercising eminent domain on the property should it be ruled blighted and Carignan fails to follow through with the clean-up... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Predicted tax revenue falls short Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - Jan. 15, 2007 ...Although a prison building was not constructed in Morris Township as planned, "there is a water tower." "The supervisors have authorized me to take whatever action is necessary," said Bell, who also is a Clearfield County assistant district attorney. "We have even talked about eminent domain proceedings."... Family won't sell land for schools The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Jan. 15, 2007 ...If the family refuses, the school board voted in December, the district may invoke eminent domain to take the land. It has yet to officially file for condemnation. If and when it does, the Calandras will have 30 days to respond... Hanover denies Moul extension The York Daily Record, PA - Jan. 14, 2007 ...Previously, the borough voted to use eminent domain to take the field from the district in order to block the school... Goodbye, Big A Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - Jan. 13, 2007 Amid the Route 209 bypass construction, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has invoked eminent domain on many local businesses and residences... Option to take houses OK'd Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA - Jan. 12, 2007 The city Redevelopment Authority took another step Friday toward the possible eventual use of eminent domain to secure properties whose owners cannot come to terms with Susquehanna Health for its planned regional medical center... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Ravenstahl asks developers to embrace Federal Street project Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Jan. 12, 2007 ...The property owner had appealed a lower court decision that the city's effort to take the property by eminent domain did not violate the theater's right to free expression... URA seeks plans for North Side corridor Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jan. 12, 2007 ...The announcement comes two weeks after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the city may seize the theater by eminent domain as part of a 47-building "Federal North" redevelopment project... Council affirms Moul seizure Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Jan. 11, 2007 ...And council members reaffirmed their decision to seize the land by eminent domain by denying the district's final land development plans... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Court rules against firm in Antietam controversy Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Jan. 11, 2007 A Montgomery County investment company has no legal standing to object to Berks County's taking Antietam Lake from the city via eminent domain, Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday... City to seek proposals for North Side Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Jan. 11, 2007 ...The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled two weeks ago that the URA did not violate the theater's state or federal rights of free expression when it tried to seize the property through eminent domain proceedings... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Editorial: 1836 law unfairly imposes takings upon innocent party The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jan. 9, 2007 ...While the Berry's Mountain conflict does not involve eminent domain per se, by any measure it involves a "taking" from a private owner for the benefit of another private owner. That such actions remain potentially legal in 2007 should prompt the same outrage in Pennsylvania as the Kelo case did around the country... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Not at home with limbo The York Daily Record, PA - Jan. 7, 2007 ...The Hestons also claim they were told by the township manager that eminent domain was being considered, but Penn Township Commissioner Joe Klunk said township officials have never considered eminent domain... Moul Field on Jan. 24 agenda The York Daily Record, PA - Jan. 7, 2007 ...Plans for a new elementary school have been before the commission since April. But the borough recently started the process of taking the land by eminent domain to stop the school from being built... Berry's Mountain neighbors battle over road The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jan. 6, 2007 ...The law has withstood constitutional challenge, most recently in 1994 when Commonwealth Court ruled in a Bucks County case that private roads could have "public" uses. That meant such roads could be taken under the rules of eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Gerlach sets goals for third term Pottstown Mercury, PA - Jan. 5, 2007 ..."I will continue to represent my constituents by fighting to limit government’s powers of eminent domain, keep good jobs and good doctors in Pennsylvania, and revitalize our smaller cities and towns... Top 10 stories of the year Main Line Times, Wynnewood, PA - Jan. 5, 2007 ...3.) Push for eminent domain in Ardmore is dropped...The top news story of 2005 - the fight against eminent domain in Ardmore - was also a top story in 2006, for a different reason. It was successful... Editorial: Story of the year? Try the century Main Line Times, Wynnewood, PA - Jan. 5, 2007 ...We received over 100 more votes than last year, when the eminent domain battle in Lower Merion was voted the top story of 2005... Borough digs in on Moul Field Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Jan. 4, 2007 ..The borough has already filed eminent domain paperwork in York County court, so Moul Field is already borough property and no longer belongs to the district, borough Manager Bruce Rebert said at the commission meeting... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Opinion - African American Business & Residents Assn.: Street violence: A mayor's legacy Philadelphia Daily News, PA - Jan. 4, 2007 ...Where land could not be obtained through the marketplace, the RDA used eminent domain to acquire it. The Philadelphia Housing Authority moved entire families to Northeast Philly... Downtowns flourish as places of interest Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jan. 4, 2007 ...Collingswood took over a vacant schoolhouse by eminent domain, a move that later led to its conversion into an architectural and planning firm employing 100 people. The borough also created a business district... Year in review: Headlines tell the 2006 story Souderton Independent, PA - Jan. 3, 2007 ...Borough Council approved the use of a $500,000 draw-down line of credit at 4.55-percent interest for the purchase of the two properties being secured through eminent domain... Two new faces, one commissioner who's running again York Dispatch, PA - Jan. 3, 2007 ...President Commissioner Lori Mitrick, a Republican, and Kilgore, a Democrat, have backed the use of eminent domain to seize private property for a proposed park of about 725 acres. Republican Steve Chronister opposes the effort... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
New committee to tackle Johnstown's blighted properties WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA - Jan. 3, 2007 ...The Vacant Property Review Committee, made up of several different city leaders, was the first group to be formed that could take blighted properties by eminent domain if all other steps fail... Eminent domain WHP-TV, Harrisburg, PA - Jan. 2, 2007 ...Another eminent domain battle is brewing in York County over a piece of land that's home to a recreation complex... Hanover begins eminent domain process York Daily Record, PA - Jan. 2, 2007 Hanover borough has officially started the process of taking Moul Field and Myers Memorial Playground by eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Editorial: Top legislative list for 2006 The Reporter, Lansdale, PA - Jan. 2, 2007 ...Eminent domain reform legislation was signed into law to protect Pennsylvania homeowners, small businesses, farms, and religious organizations from land seizures for private development... Editorial: Rights, despised Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jan. 2, 2007 ...The state Supreme Court ruled 4-2 the URA can take the theater for a redevelopment plan under the doctrine of eminent domain coupled with a "blighted" designation... City targets blighted property Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, PA - Jan. 1, 2007 ...When all other options have been exhausted, the group can certify a structure and turn it over to the redevelopment authority, which could take the property through eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Editorial: Right move Beaver County Times, Beaver, PA - Jan. 1, 2007 ...Eminent domain should be used with great discretion, and that's what Pittsburgh has done. The neighborhood and the city will benefit from this ruling. Now that is news Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA - Jan. 1, 2007 ...in late October a Commonwealth Court judge upheld a lower court ruling stating the commissioners had acted improperly in 2004 when they took by eminent domain from Norfolk Southern the abandoned, 23-mile Enola Low Grade Line for a rail trail... |
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