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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, April 30, 2007
 
Greene officials travel to D.C. to see DeWeese testify against energy policy
The Herald Standard, Uniontown, PA - Apr. 28, 2007
...Matesic said it is becoming clear that electric companies are expecting to be able to take private land for private profit through the use of public eminent domain and ignore all public protections afforded to citizens...

Downtown deal not done yet
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Apr. 28, 2007
...Mr. Piccolino and the city have been at odds since the renewal project was announced more than two years ago. The city has begun eminent domain proceedings against the pizzeria, but Mr. Doherty says he's open to making a deal...

Proposal would enable the U.S. Department of Energy to OK permits in some cases
Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Apr. 28, 2007
...In addition, a federal permit could allow the permit holder to exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire necessary property rights to build a transmission project...

Schuykill in energy cooridor
The Republican & Herald, Pottsville, PA - Apr. 28, 2007
...The designation would also allow acquisition of property through eminent domain if necessary to advance critical utility projects, said Lewis, but added that those provisions are not unusual for any public convenience, including roads and canals...

Woda drops plans for Hemlock homes
Altoona Mirror, PA - Apr. 27, 2007
...The township, using its eminent domain power, in February seized a portion of Woda’s property for construction of a municipal complex. Because eminent domain power is limited by municipal boundary, Woda still owns the Altoona portion of its property...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, April 27, 2007
 
CityVest reaches deal to buy lot near Sterling
Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Apr. 27, 2007
...It also marks the end of the city's eminent domain claim against Kazimi and Chafieian...

Legal battle over Hotel Sterling lot ends
The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Apr. 27, 2007
...The city, working with non-profit group CityVest, tried to take Kazimi's 37,000 square foot lot through eminent domain, claiming the parking lot was necessary for urban renewal...

DeWeese battles planned power line on Capitol Hill
The Herald Standard, Uniontown, PA - Apr. 27, 2007
...DeWeese, D-Waynesburg, testified Wednesday in Washington, D.C., before the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic policy on Federal Electric Transmission Corridors...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, April 26, 2007
 
Kazimi, CityVest reach deal on lot
Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Apr. 26, 2007
...If the deal is finalized, Wilkes-Barre City is expected to halt eminent domain proceedings that began last year when negotiations between Kazimi and CityVest broke down...

Sources: Parking lot agreement reached
The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Apr. 26, 2007
"Council ending the eminent domain proceedings is a necessary predicate for the transaction being completed," one of the sources said

School district fighting zoning proposal
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Apr. 26, 2007
...In March, a judge with the York County Court of Common Pleas ruled in favor of the school district and said the borough had no authority to take a piece of public property through eminent domain. The borough is appealing the decision with the state court...

DeWeese seeks help on fighting high-voltage lines
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Apr. 26, 2007
...the company is also asking the federal government to designate the project as a "national interest electric transmission corridor," or NIETC, meaning construction permits and eminent domain approval could be fast-tracked to circumvent state regulations...

Pizzeria still waiting for city's offer
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Apr. 26, 2007
...Owner Giovanni Piccolino last week said he would accept a deal to avoid his business being taken by eminent domain...

Judge: Logan retains property

Altoona Mirror, PA - Apr. 26, 2007
..."The eminent domain code does not provide for the type of relief requested," Doyle said...

District fights land buy

Express-Times, Easton, PA - Apr. 26, 2007
...Reiss said the authority is using "subliminal messages" to spread the word they want to acquire the land and homeowners would rather sell their property than have it taken through eminent domain....


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
 
Board oks eminent domain process
Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - Apr. 24, 2007
...the school board voted 6-3 to begin an eminent domain procedure to acquire a piece of the homeowners' land as part of the State College Area High School project...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, April 23, 2007
 
4 city sites on the list for federal courthouse
Sunday News, Lancaster, PA - Apr. 22, 2007
...If that turns out to be the planned courthouse site, the government might have to go through eminent domain to claim it, Gray said...

DeWeese to testify about project
The Herald Standard, Uniontown, PA - Apr. 21, 2007
...Within these areas, state authority over transmission lines may be pre-empted and new federal eminent domain authority would be available for approved electric utility projects, the release states...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, April 19, 2007
 
For those in thruway's path, more money
The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA - Apr. 19, 2007
...The Oct. 1, 2006, date is important because that's when a new state law updating Pennsylvania's eminent domain statute officially took effect. This is the first major revision of that law since 1964...

Tinseltown dreams on the Mon
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Apr. 19, 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...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
 
Downtown project deal near
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Apr. 18, 2007
...Mayor Chris Doherty has directed city attorneys to draw up a written proposal that should end months of controversy and eliminate a potential eminent-domain battle...

Pennridge to take land in Dublin for new school
News-Herald, Fort Washington, PA - Apr. 18, 2007
..."I guess I learned a lot in the last seven years about eminent domain. I guess what I found out is that the person who is being affected has an appraisal done and that is a higher amount than what they are willing to pay for it. It's amazing how different they can be," he said...

P'burg opens I-R tract to outside developers
The Express-Times, Easton, PA - Apr. 18, 2007
...The town hopes to lure a new developer that will negotiate with Preferred to purchase the property, Boccher said. But the request for proposals makes it clear town officials would exercise the power of eminent domain if a private sale proves impossible, he said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, April 16, 2007
 
Week in Review: City offers 7 acres...
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Apr. 15, 2007
...Land needed for the Medical College of Northeastern Pennsylvania could be taken by eminent domain, but city and state officials said Wednesday they would rather negotiate than dictate...

Power line fight brews
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Apr. 15, 2007
...Those geographic areas can be designated as national interest electric transmission corridors, or NIETC, meaning construction permits and eminent domain approval can be fast-tracked to circumvent state regulations if necessary...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, April 12, 2007
 
Judge denies Hanover on Moul
York Daily Record, PA - Apr. 12, 2007
...York County Judge Tom Kelley last week denied a request from the borough to reconsider his March 12 ruling, in which he said the borough has no right to use eminent domain to take property from another public entity...

Med school land battle intensifies
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Apr. 12, 2007
Land needed for the Medical College of Northeast Pennsylvania could be taken by eminent domain, but city and state officials said Wednesday they would rather negotiate than dictate...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
 
Residents speak out on turnpike project
The Reporter, Lansdale, PA - Apr. 11, 2007
...Most of them were disgusted to find out that the PTC's plan to inform those people whose properties will be partially taken or fully taken through eminent domain will not be through mailings and phone calls, but by coming out to one of the two open house public sessions...

Curtains for North Side's Garden Theatre
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Apr. 11, 2007
...After six years of lawsuits and appeals, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in late December that the URA did not violate the theater's free speech in efforts to seize it through eminent domain...

Residents raising concerns over turnpike expansion
KYW-TV, Philadelphia, PA - Apr. 10, 2007
...Under eminent domain, home owners are required by law to receive fair market value for their property, but no specific prices have been mentioned...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, April 09, 2007
 
Easing the pain of Tocks: Carney nabs $500K for Delaware Valley School District
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - Apr. 8, 2007
...To prepare for the project, the government used eminent domain in the 1960s and 1970s to seize 70,675 acres of land spanning three states and 22 municipalities...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, April 06, 2007
 
Route 94 project to start in May
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Apr. 6, 2007
...Richardson said he stressed that the township wanted to move quickly on this project. If negotiations fall through, Richardson said the township will declare eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, April 05, 2007
 
Crowd attends sewer meeting
The York Daily Record, PA - Apr. 5, 2007
..."Eminent domain is a very expensive procedure," he said. "The sewer authority might be making a mistake by thinking they're going to save money by going through his property."...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, April 04, 2007
 
Another setback for Town Center
Bucks County Courier Times, PA - Apr. 4, 2007
...Also last week, Czyzyk said if Ifshin did not meet his June 2008 deadline for the shopping center, the council should consider taking the property through eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, April 03, 2007
 
Freeland will begin process to take downtown property
Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Apr. 3, 2007
Freeland will have a new borough building in the foreseeable future. Monday night, council moved to begin eminent domain proceedings to take a piece of property that will house roughly half of it...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, April 02, 2007
 
Officials losing patience with shopping center
Bucks County Courier Times, PA - Apr. 1, 2007
Councilman Ed Czyzyk said if developer Stephen Ifshin doesn't meet his June 2008 deadline for the Levittown Town Center, the Tullytown council should consider eminent domain...

Eminent domain law still possible
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Apr. 1, 2007
Although the Tyrone Township supervisors last month said they are "not leaning toward" an ordinance that would fight eminent domain, the anti-land-taking measure is still a possibility...

Pizzeria's seizure sought for new development; new Pa. law was too late
Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA (Associated Press) - Apr. 1, 2007
...Mayor Chris Doherty wants to seize Buona Pizza ("The best in town since 1966") through eminent domain and give the real estate to a politically connected developer as part of a $20 million redevelopment project along Lackawanna Avenue, one of the city's main thoroughfares...

Solanco rail trail looking possible, piece by piece
Lancaster New Era, PA - Mar. 30, 2007
...The county has lost an attempt to wrest the Low Grade line through eminent domain to make sure the property is used for public recreation and to save historic bridges...


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