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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
 
Businessman: State derails plan
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct 28, 2009
...So PennDOT used its power of eminent domain and took a portion of Waterfront Complex Ross Spengler’s property. Some of the taking is temporary and some is permanent...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
 
Flight 93 groundbreaking date set
Daily American, Somerset, PA - Oct 27, 2009
...Salazar and Specter then came to Somerset on June 5 to meet with landowners so the needed property could be purchased without using eminent domain...

New authority members OK disputed agreement
Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA - Oct 27, 2009
...Cipolla said the authority had the project for more than a year but ran into a roadblock because it sought to use eminent domain to acquire needed downtown properties, something council would not do. "Williamsport is not New London, Conn.," said Cipolla, suggesting he agreed with council's position...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, October 26, 2009
 
Work orders: Home vacant for 8 years deteriorating
Erie Times-News, PA - Oct 25, 2009
...The city has started the process of taking the home by eminent domain, but it could be several years before that process is completed, a city code enforcement officer said. The Erie Redevelopment Authority will determine if the home should be rehabbed or torn down once that process is completed...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, October 23, 2009
 
Coach, residents differ on need for new sports facility
The Progress News, Clearfield, PA - Oct 22, 2009
...At this time, he added, a woman residing near the field is unwilling to sell that property. Additionally, it is not in the city's interest to claim the property via eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
 
The last of the NW Triangle pieces starts to fall
The York Daily Record, York, PA - Oct 20, 2009
...The Ohio Blenders facility, which has been tangled in eminent domain for a few years, is the last element on the Northwest Triangle site to be torn down to make way for residential development...

Demolition begins on old processing plant in Pa.
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA (Associated Press) - Oct 19, 2009
...The city of York and Ohio Blenders engaged in an eminent domain battle over the property. The city gained control of the land earlier this year, but the final price has not yet been established.


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, October 19, 2009
 
Critics question value of NTI
WHYY Radio, Philadelphia, PA - Oct 16, 2009
...But the demolitions also generated a backlash from some residents who felt the city was not properly compensating them for their homes, or using eminent domain to evict them unfairly...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, October 16, 2009
 
City, partners plan to rehab blighted homes
Central Penn Business Journal, Harrisburg, PA - Oct 16, 2009
...The city's goal is always to work with property owners to bring their buildings up to code, Patterson said, but the city takes some properties by eminent domain as a last resort. About 12 properties each year end up on city ledgers this way, he said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, October 15, 2009
 
City may reclaim property in basketball court flap
Altoona Mirror, Altoona, PA - Oct 15, 2009
...City officials have been negotiating with the new owner to buy it back, but if push comes to shove, the city will take the property by eminent domain, Councilman Mark Geis said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
 
Bear Creek residents question sewer costs
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oc 14, 2009
...The plan calls for the township to claim about 50 acres by eminent domain, and Vinsko said the declaration of taking was filed Oct. 5. The owners have 30 days from the date they receive the declaration to respond, he said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
 
Smithgall, Gray trade barbs over proposal to enlarge City Hall
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA - Oct 13, 2009
...Smithgall on Monday attempted to highlight the contrast by drawing attention to a proposal by Gray to take land behind City Hall by eminent domain, allowing construction of an annex at a cost of as much as $8 million...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, October 12, 2009
 
Daily planner: Monday
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Oct 12, 2009
...More than 100 township residents have until Oct. 22 to grant property easements for the project or the township will move to claim the land by eminent domain...

Work orders: Erie house under blight review
Erie Times-News, PA - Oct 11, 2009
...Cilladi said the property is on the list for the blighted-property review committee to consider at a meeting this week for inclusion on the blighted-property list. Adding the property to the list is the city's first step to taking the property by eminent domain...

Maxatawny Township sets deadline for acquiring sewer easements from residents
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Oct 10, 2009
...More than 100 Maxatawny Township residents have until Oct. 22 to grant property easements for a sewer project or the township will move to claim the land by eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, October 08, 2009
 
Opinion - Mike Seate: House sale revives great idea
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct 8, 2009
...What if, I've imagined, the city could use some sort of eminent domain to remove the properties from the hands of their delinquent owners and make them available to residents who could pay for razing or rehabbing the sites in return for ownership?...

Phila. BRT cedes some functions in agreement with Nutter
Philadelphia Business Journal, PA - Oct 7, 2009
...“The board of the BRT will retain responsibility for matters relating to appeals of real estate valuations and will continue to make all determinations in the granting of exemptions to general real estate tax policy and any duties performed by the board in connection with eminent domain proceedings conducted by the board of view.”...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, October 06, 2009
 
Bear Creek Charter School prepares for major expansion
Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Sep 5, 2009
...The township board of supervisors approved taking almost 50 acres in the rear of the school through eminent domain and a development plan with the Bear Creek Charter School during a meeting Tuesday...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, October 05, 2009
 
Sewer issues may bankrupt Nuangola
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct 3, 2009
...Part of the risk has come from the fact that five Rice Township property owners who have property along the Interstate 81 boundary of the projected sewer line route have taken the authority to court in an attempt to block the taking of parts of their land through eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, October 01, 2009
 
Schaefferstown bypass could be scuttled
Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA - Sep 30, 2009
...On Tuesday, by a 3 to 2 vote, the state's Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board denied PennDOT's request to condemn about six acres of land needed for the bypass, which would reroute north-south through traffic on Route 501 around the Heidelberg Township village...


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