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Editorial: Settle land dispute now The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA - Dec 30, 2008 ...Eminent domain has been used to seize land for many "public use" projects, including highways, urban renewal, housing and water supply. It is a power that should be handled judiciously by the government and closely monitored by citizens... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Year End 2008: The Year's most notable people Erie Times-News, PA - Dec 28, 2008 ..."He made impossible things possible. His work on blighted property and eminent-domain process are going to be copied by other authorities throughout the commonwealth."... Flight 93 families ask Bush to OK land seizure The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA (Associated Press) - Dec 28, 2008 ...In October, the National Park Service said it would use an independent appraiser to determine the value of 275 acres of land needed for the memorial. The NPS also said it could use eminent domain to acquire the plot if all else fails... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
It's official -- county taxes going up The York Daily Record, York, PA - Dec 24, 2008 ...The three-member board pinned the blame on a trio of hurdles: dwindling state funding for county human services, a fragile global economy and controversial property seizures approved years ago... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Spring Township barn to be razed Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Dec 24, 2008 ...Former owner Robert L. Gerber fought the eminent domain proceedings but has exhausted his appeals. He said Tuesday that news of the pending demolition wasn't a surprise, but he remains bitter about the situation... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Pa. landowners fight eminent domain for gas field Philadelphia Inquirer, PA (Associated Press) - Dec 22, 2008 Some south-central Pennsylvania landowners fighting an eminent domain lawsuit to take their below-ground mineral rights for an underground natural gas storage field say they feel they never had a chance to have a say on what happens to their land... Paint-Elk authority applies for project loan The Clarion News, Clarion, PA - Dec 22, 2008 ...said he thought the township would use the bids as an indication of the fair market value of the property, which would be the cost of the land were the authority to use the power of eminent domain to acquire the land... York County gives cash to Lands Trust Evening News, Hanover, PA - Dec 22, 2008 ...A jury of York County residents decided that the county owed at least $10 million for the 79-acre property in Lower Windsor Township, which the county seized in 2004 using its eminent domain authority... Lower Milford's planned sewer system debated The Morning Call, Allentown, PA -- Dec 22, 2008 ...Last week, the township exercised eminent domain powers to take the property at Limeport Pike and Emmaus Road from owner Lloyd Ohl... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Clearville residents want others to learn about gas storage Altoona Mirror, PA - Dec 21, 2008 ..After failing to reach an agreement with the 10 landowners, Spectra took the issue to court to use eminent domain, the taking of private land by a public or governmental entity for the public good... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Identifying hurdles to renewable electricity transmission Center for American Progress, DC - Dec 18, 2008 ...In Pennsylvania, the NIETC encompasses 50 of the state’s 67 counties, and includes historic sites, agricultural land, protected habitats, and national parks.... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Lands trust gets county money The York Daily Record, PA - Dec 17, 2008 ...The county's decision to back out of the promise came this summer in the wake of July's Highpoint court ruling. A jury of York County residents decided that the county owed at least $10 million for the 79-acre property in Lower Windsor Township, which the county seized in 2004 using its eminent domain authority... 2008 in review: January Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Dec 17, 2008 ...In New Kensington, the First Church of God was taken by eminent domain by the city's redevelopment authority... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Camp Hill mayor proposes water company takeover The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Dec 17, 2008 ...Camp Hill Mayor Lou Thieblemont has suggested West Shore municipalities look into buying, or seizing through eminent domain, Pennsylvania American Water... Nuangola tables request for change in sewer plan The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Dec 17, 2008 ...Five Rice Township property owners have been advised that the Nuangola Sewer Authority plans to take part of their land in an eminent domain proceeding to connect the system with the collection point... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
County to sell Hazleton building The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Dec 16, 2008 ...had voted to buy the building in May 2007 from Val-Mar Holdings for $605,000 through eminent domain, but a court panel later ordered the county to pay $700,000... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
County must make Huber Breaker decision The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Dec 10, 2008 ...Commissioners filed court paperwork on Jan. 17, 2007, to take the structure through eminent domain. They legally have two years from that filing to make a decision, their lawyer has said... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Lawrence County homeowners complain that eminent domain is not equal for all Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Dec 8, 2008 ...Throughout the state, municipal authorities can employ eminent domain. If people are willing to donate easements, all the cheaper for projects. If not, easements can be taken... The Next Page: The steps of Chalfant, ascending still Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Dec 7, 2008 ...Chalfant Council used eminent domain to claim the adjoining burned-out house lots, doubling the original size of the step site. I spread $200 worth of grass seed in the same earth where WPA workers had planted $2.10 worth of oats... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Family, flood-protection agency at odds over levee land The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Dec 4, 2008 ...The county began the eminent domain process in 2000 to take the roughly four acres needed for the levee, from the expressway to the Sgarlats’ property line in Forty Fort, but quickly decided it would need to take the nearly seven acres on the river side of the project, too... A row in Rosemont over rezoning Wayne Suburban, Wayne, PA - Dec 4, 2008 ...Shortly before the proposed zoning changes were set for a vote by the Board of Commissioners in September, Bajus publicly stated that the plans were “a recipe for decay” and that part of the zoning changes is tantamount to eminent domain... County could see tax increase, job cuts The York Daily Record, York, PA - Dec 3, 2008 ...More than $3 million will pay debt that was created by recent eminent domain decisions. In 2004 and 2005, the former commissioners board decided to seize Highpoint and 411 acres of Lauxmont Farms... In your town The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Dec 3, 2008 ...Eminent domain proceedings will begin to acquire the nine remaining property rights of way the borough needs for the Lingle Avenue/Route 422 project... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Borough council approves $3.46M bond Times Chronicle, Fort Washington, PA - Dec 3, 3008 ...Borough council voted to enact its power of eminent domain Oct. 21 to take two parcels of land: one parcel is currently a parking lot owned by William Miller, who also owns The Center Building; the other parcel is owned by Pioneer Fire Co... Report: Loser-pay rule would curb frivolous lawsuits LegalNewsline.com, Chicago, IL - Dec. 2, 2008 ...Forcing losers in lawsuits to pay the winner would help stem the tide of frivolous lawsuits flooding many U.S. jurisdictions, a report released Tuesday said... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Landowner produces video about feud over natural gas Altoona Mirror, PA - Dec 2, 2008 A short video tells the story of five Clearville landowners fighting for property rights in the midst of a proposed natural gas storage field project as they near a court hearing in an ongoing eminent domain battle... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Gas pipelines race out of mountains, into yards The Citizen, Auburn, NY (Associated Press) - Dec 1, 2008 ...Although the need to find - and use - energy other than coal and heating oil is a top priority for Americans, the expansion has drawn its share of detractors concerned about gas leaking into water and soil, and farmland that will be dug up to accommodate chunks of pipeline or lost altogether under eminent domain... New law targets blight The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Nov 29, 2008 ...For officials who either don’t have the power to take property through eminent domain, or those who consider eminent domain to be a “legal nightmare,” the conservatorship act may be a blessing... Opinion - David J. Rusin: Legendary songwriter now marches to an Islamist tune The Middle East Forum, Philadelphia, PA - Nov 29, 2008 ...Many longtime residents of South Philadelphia have objected to the city's liberal use of eminent domain laws to seize private real estate and hand it to Universal for pocket change... |
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