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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, December 29, 2010
 
Hold-out house is demolished
Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Williamsport, PA – Dec 29, 2010
…"We were dealing with Mr. Hafer through Fish Real Estate in attempts to buy it, but once the eminent domain process took place it went through the city Redevelopment Authority," she said...

Lancaster County settles with contractor
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA – Dec 28, 2010
…After the previous board of commissioners took 150 N. Queen St. by eminent domain in 2004, construction began early in 2007 and almost immediately was plagued with problems…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, December 28, 2010
 
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell gives Gov.-elect Tom Corbett transition booklet
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA (Associated Press) – Dec 27, 2010
…General Services, under "legal issues," said six eminent domain cases related to the Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion in Philadelphia had produced an estimate of the possible cost to state government…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, December 20, 2010
 
Football town throws a block at halfway house for inmates
Sunday News, Lancaster, PA – Dec 18, 2010
…Also last week, Roads offered to sell the property to the borough for $1.5 million. An outright sale would save the cost of legal fees that would result from an eminent domain action, he said….

Minsec faces zoning hoops
Sunday News, Lancaster, PA – Dec 18, 2010
…The request for the extension came when borough council announced its plans to consider taking the 148 E. Stiegel St. property by eminent domain…

The workings of eminent domain
Sunday News, Lancaster, PA – Dec 18, 2010
… Article I, Section 10 of the Pennsylvania Constitution confers the right to exercise the power of eminent domain. The state's Eminent Domain Code was consolidated in 2006 to 11 chapters…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, December 17, 2010
 
MinSec asks to be taken off agenda of January meeting
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA – Dec 16, 2010
…Meanwhile, Manheim Borough Council announced this week that a special meeting is slated for 7 p.m. Tuesday at borough hall to discuss possibly using eminent domain to seize the 146-148 E. Stiegel St. property, the former Raymark site…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, December 16, 2010
 
Manheim may take former Raymark site by eminent domain
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA – Dec 15, 2010
Could Manheim use the right of eminent domain to halt plans for a controversial community corrections facility within the borough?...

County to ax part of ex-bank to help sale
The Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA – Dec 14, 2010
…Later in 2006, Skrepenak and Vonderheid decided to buy the bank building through eminent domain, and the ensuing litigation resulted in a sale price of $700,500…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
 
County working to sell long-dormant Hazleton building
The Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA – Dec 14, 2010
…Commissioners instead voted to pay $605,000 through eminent domain, but a court panel later ordered the county to pay $700,000…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, December 13, 2010
 
Editorial: Next DEP secretary must be committed to environment
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA – Dec 13, 2010
…The next DEP secretary will be tasked with dealing with growing issues over what to do about pipeline placement and oversight and whether to grant companies eminent domain rights to drill or run pipelines under properties whose owners do not consent…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, December 09, 2010
 
Buncher plans project for Strip District’s Fruit Auction Terminal Building
Pittsburgh Business Times, PA – Dec 9, 2010
…Those proposals drew strong neighborhood criticism at a planning hearing on Dec. 7, and Stephany emphasized the TIF district and redevelopment zone are under consideration to improve the neighborhood’s eligibility for state and federal funds — and not for eminent domain…

Pa. high court declines to hear Highpoint case against York County
The York Daily Record, York, PA – Dec 8, 2010
…Flannelly said the news effectively marks the end of an eminent domain dispute that dates back to 2004…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, December 08, 2010
 
Strip District merchants balk at URA designation
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Dec 8, 2010
…The merchants took issue with the characterization of the Strip as "blighted" and feared the designation could be used to take their properties through eminent domain, although the URA stressed that wasn't the intent…

Farm with Sacred Oak being offered at sheriff sale
The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Dec 8, 2010
…"We'd consider using some of that money to preserve the (Theis) farm," Kessler said. At this point, however, Oley officials have taken no action to acquire the site or pursue a takeover through eminent domain…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, December 06, 2010
 
Swatara to double property tax
Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA – Dec 6, 2010
…In other business: · Swatara is advertising for property owners wishing to join in the agricultural-security area. Farms within the area are protected from eminent domain laws and may be considered for the farm-preservation program…

Pa. to Corning gas line gets OK
The Leader, Corning, NY – Dec. 6, 2010
…FERC’s approval gives Empire Pipeline the right to use eminent domain, although company officials say that’s a last resort. They have already been negotiating compensation deals with landowners…

Airport expansion plan stirs concern among airlines, neighbors
The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA – Dec 3, 2010
…Because the city does not have eminent domain authority, the airport will "work with Tinicum Township to get this issue resolved," Gale said…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, December 02, 2010
 
Judge: Midstream pipeline companies are not public utilities
The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA – Dec 2, 2010
…Midstream pipeline company Laser Marcellus doesn't need to be a public utility nor have the power of eminent domain to do business, said Administrative Law Judge Susan D. Colwell in an advisory decision released Wednesday…

Gas pipeline firm’s plans in Pa. hit snag
The Mercury, Pottstown, PA (Associated Press) – Dec 1, 2010
Pennsylvania's public utility regulators are being advised to reject an effort by a natural gas pipeline firm that could help it secure the power of eminent domain on private property…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, December 01, 2010
 
County Transportation Authority holds first meeting
The Reporter, Lansdale, PA – Dec 1, 2010
…"We basically concluded there was no easy way around his in getting the legislature sometimes to revisit issues, particularly involving eminent domain," Albert said. "It's not easy thing to do these days."…

Opinion – Dan Simpson: Signs of good news to come
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Dec 1, 2010
…My dislike of the gas drillers is accentuated by the news that they may soon seek "eminent domain" to put 50-foot-wide pipeline rights-of-way through people's properties whether they give permission or not…


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