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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
 
County cuts deal to resume building renovations
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA - May 30, 2007
...The county, which seized the building in 2004 by eminent domain, began its renovation project in January...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 28, 2007
 
Another fine county mess
Sunday News, Lancaster, PA - May 27, 2007
...The structure is owned by the county, which seized it via eminent domain in 2004; it's being extensively renovated so that county employees might move in...

Power line project has wider relevance
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - May 27, 2007
...The law also authorizes the taking of private property by eminent domain for rights of way. Efforts to repeal that portion of the Energy Act are under way in Congress...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, May 24, 2007
 
Concerns about business, land use
Sewickley Herald, PA - May 24, 2007
...Dan Onorato, Allegheny County chief executive, is adamant that eminent domain will not be used to secure properties needed to complete the riverfront park...

Sewer tap ban nearing end
The Clarion News, PA - May 24, 2007
...Of those, three or four may be willing to sign before the rights-of-ways are brought to the court for condemnation and taking under the authority’s right of eminent domain...

No action on D-town school
York Daily Record, PA - May 24, 2007
...Furthermore, she said, she is concerned that, in time, land in her front yard could be seized via eminent domain to create a left turning lane to the school...

Editorial: Cut your own electricity use, then oppose power line through the park
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - May 24, 2007
...But fighting the lines, and opposing eminent domain, ignore the larger question of the growing demand for power that a new corridor would attempt to address...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
 
East Erie neighbors upset over graffitti
WJET-TV, Erie, PA - May 23, 2007
...city code enforcement officials say they're in the process of taking it by eminent domain, however that's a very lengthy process...

Jury decision clears path for York College housing plan
York Dispatch, PA - May 23, 2007
..."Eminent domain is supposed to be the taking property for public use," Ogden said. "In this case, it's private, a college that wants to pay the cheapest price possible."...

No ease after victory
York Daily Record, PA - May 23, 2007
...On April 13, 2005, the redevelopment authority notified Mann it would be taking his property, and declared eminent domain in July 2005...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
 
$1.6 million OK'd for county projects
The Citizen's Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - May 22, 2007
...The county is in the process of acquiring the former bank building on West Broad Street in Hazleton through eminent domain...

County to buy Hazleton bank for $605,000
Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - May 22, 2007
...The two commissioners voted in December to take the building through eminent domain...

County closer to owning old bank
Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - May 21, 2007
...By a 2-1 vote, commissioners approved what amounts to a conditional purchase of the building for $605,000 during their meeting at Plymouth Borough Hall Monday...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 21, 2007
 
Fate of York County park seizure unclear
The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - May 21, 2007
...The Kohr family has challenged the legality of the county's taking land by eminent domain....

Penn Twp. family pleased
The York Daily Record, PA - May 20, 2007
...The Heston family's home on the corner of York and Center streets has been the center of eminent-domain talks in Penn Township...

District requests Moul Field hearing
The York Daily Record, PA - May 20, 2007
...Hanover Borough will finally get its day in court over Moul Field. And it's the Hanover Public School District - the entity from which the borough tried to seize the field by eminent domain - that's clearing the way...

Location of power transmission line through the DWGNRA uncertain
Pocono Record, PA - May 19, 2007
...NIETC designations allow private companies, through the federal government, to use eminent domain to override the authority of states and local municipalities to make land-use decisions...

Steakhouse to reopen up the road
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - May 19, 2007
...Owners Bruce and Marianne Brandli purchased the building after the original Big A restaurant was taken by eminent domain for the widening of Route 209...

Renovation halted at N. Queen building
Lancaster New Era, PA - May 18, 2007
...The county seized the office building through eminent domain three years ago. It is being remodeled -- at a cost of $26 million -- to house the county commissioners...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, May 18, 2007
 
School board requests Moul Field hearing
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - May 18, 2007
...Kelley ruled in March that the borough had no right to use eminent domain to take property from another public entity...

Land seizure hearing set
The Republican & Herald, Pottsville, PA - May 18, 2007
..."The exercise of the power of eminent domain is a derogation of property rights and, as such, should only be employed in strict compliance with the law and with the utmost consideration by the agency," Bertram wrote in the letter to both the commissioners and the authority...

Superhighway rumor stirring protest
Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - May 18, 2007
...If the government really has a secret plan to build a 12-lane road-and-rail NAFTA Superhighway that will split the heartland from Mexico to Canada, it's playing with a great poker face...

Plans for Ardmore Transit Center are unveiled
Main Line Life, Ardmore, PA - May 17, 2007
...At the same time, putting to rest a long and consuming community debate, commissioners said they would take off the table the use of eminent domain to take private properties and turn them over for private development in the name of economic development...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, May 17, 2007
 
Officials questioned on future of home
The York Daily Record, PA - May17, 2007
..."We want to know, are you taking our property by eminent domain?" she asked. But Heston wasn't going to get any answers...

Taking stock after vote
The York Daily Record, PA - May 17, 2007
...All of the winning candidates were opposed to the use of eminent domain in acquiring land for the park. Eminent domain is the taking of land for public use, against the owner's wishes if necessary...

With Kilgore and Mitrick out, park project stands on shaky ground
York Dispatch, PA - May 17, 2007
...The results are being called voter backlash at the county's park project and use of eminent domain, which Kilgore and Mitrick supported...

After the primary, one man continues to protest park
York Dispatch, PA - May 17, 2007
...only one person spoke to defeated commissioners Lori Mitrick and Doug Kilgore, the two commissioners who have pushed the eminent domain envelope to obtain part of Lauxmont Farms in Lower Windsor Township...

Opinion - Andrew Zitcer: Schemers on the Schuylkill
Philadelphia City Paper, PA - May 16, 2007
..."University City" is a marketing scheme. In the 1960s, the name was dreamed up at the same time that the West Philadelphia Corporation masterminded eminent domain and urban renewal...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 14, 2007
 
Towanda gets grant to demolish Bern Furniture building
The Daily Review, Towanda, PA - May 12, 2007
...Fairchild said there were "other options" that the borough could use, such as eminent domain, to achieve its goals for the site...

New power lines could crisscross area
Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - May 12, 2007
...Mundy has partnered with Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese, D-Fayette, in drafting a resolution urging Congress to repeal the law, which could also grant eminent domain powers to utilities...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, May 11, 2007
 
Darby makes offer owner can't refuse
News of Delaware County, Havertown, PA - May 11, 2007
...If purchase negotiations stall, the borough will invoke the right of eminent domain, as authorized by another resolution...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, May 10, 2007
 
Highpoint to open as park Saturday
York Dispatch, York, PA - May 10, 2007
...He voted against the seizure of Highpoint and is opposing a second eminent domain attempt approved by Kilgore and Mitrick to seize about 410 acres of Lauxmont Farms...

McKeesport man hopes to build a Hollywood studio on the Mon
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - May 10, 2007
...More than two years ago, Mr. Yost asked Glassport council to take over by eminent domain some 7.8 acres and some empty buildings adjacent to his property, so he could level the site and build movie studios...

York County commissioners respond to eminent domain issue
WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA - May 9, 2007
...I do not feel eminent domain should be used or abused as I feel it has been...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, May 08, 2007
 
Power line plan sparks concern
Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - May 8, 2007
...Schmitt told supervisors PPL has proposed buying about 2.5 acres of her 19-acre wooded property to construct the power line. "If we decline them the right of way, they threatened to use eminent domain," she said...

Richland residents speak out on plan
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - May 8, 2007
...They threatened to use eminent domain if we didn't give them the right of way,'" Schmitt told Richland Township supervisors at their business meeting Monday night.No representatives from PPL attended the meeting, but supervisors unanimously voted to lobby PPL against the revised plan...

Cumberland awards contract
The Herald Standard, Uniontown, PA - May 8, 2007
...James Willis and William A. Cree agreed to place their combined 582-acre farms into the program, which protects farmers from nuisances, such as noise complaints, concerning their farming operations and helps shield farmers from losing their land through eminent domain proceedings...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 07, 2007
 
Hope growing anew in forlorn Coatesville
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - May 7, 2007
...An attempt to seize parts of a farm by eminent domain cost the city millions in legal challenges, and the project fizzled...

DeWeese backs group's powerline cooridor opposition
The Herald Standard, Uniontown, PA - May 7, 2007
...The act also authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue construction permits for transmission lines and use eminent domain to acquire property for the lines if state utility commissions delay acting on construction permit applications...

40 acres of riverside property might be preservice, become part of heritage park
York Dispatch, York, PA - May 7, 2007
...Both Kilgore and Mitrick have twice authorized the use of eminent domain for the project, first for an 80-acre property called Highpoint. They later approved seizing 410 acres of Lauxmont Farms...

Battle of wills charges candidates for primary
Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - May 6, 2007
...And if the county took the shopping center through eminent domain, Tullytown would be responsible for all the legal bills," Pirolli said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, May 04, 2007
 
A gift for Lancaster-York heritage
York Dispatch, York, PA - May 4, 2007
...Kilgore and Mitrick have twice authorized the use of eminent domain to create the park, first for an 80-acre parcel called Highpoint...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, May 03, 2007
 
Ex-owner Alecxih seeks venue change for Highpoint case
York Dispatch, York, PA - May 3, 2007
...The U.S. Constitution requires that property owners be paid "just compensation" if their land is seized by eminent domain...

Heritage tourism presentation sparks backlash
York Dispatch, York, PA - May 3, 2007
...Both Kilgore and Mitrick have twice authorized the use of eminent domain for the project, first for an 80-acre property called Highpoint...

Developers want shot at renewing former I-R site
The Express-Times, Easton, PA - May 3, 2007
...Steinhardt said all three immediately showed interest when Lopatcong and Phillipsburg took action to start eminent domain proceedings...

City leaders pursue Penn Street site
The Herald Standard, Uniontown, PA - May 3, 2007
...Solicitor Daniel Webster said the declaration of taking is the first step in the eminent domain process. Eminent domain requires the city to pay the owner the fair market value of the property, he said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, May 02, 2007
 
Eminent domain dominates county commissioner debate
York Dispatch, York, PA - May 2, 2007
..All seven challengers and incumbent Republican Steve Chronister said they object to the park project, either because of the use of eminent domain, the potential cost...

Editorial: Use eminent domain wisely
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - May 2, 2007
...Officials should use eminent domain wisely, with clear targets in blighted areas only, and for obvious returns through new businesses, more jobs and a rejuvenated tax revenue stream...

Mundy wants to zap feds' power line corridor plan
Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - May 2, 2007
...The designations would give the state Public Utility Commission the power to approve or deny a proposal, but the electric supplier can appeal to the federal government, which then can override the state’s decision. The company can also take advantage of federal eminent domain powers when locating new power lines...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, May 01, 2007
 
Anti-eminent domain group backs Penn couple
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - May 1, 2007
...Behind a large white sign proclaiming their message, members of the organization Citizens Against Eminent Domain Abuse brought their campaign to the Hanover area Monday...

Group picks top 4
The York Daily Record, York, PA - May 1, 2007
...One of the hottest issues in the race for York County commissioners is a proposed park at Lauxmont Farms, and members of Citizens Against Eminent Domain Abuse have chosen four candidates they are endorsing...


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