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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Guesto eyes meeting with juvie center The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 31, 2007 ...If PA Child Care is unwilling to bend, commissioners will likely consider attempting to purchase the building through eminent domain, according to Guesto and Skrepenak. However, Guesto said that would be a last-case scenario... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Plans for coal train upset neighbors Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct. 30, 2007 ...Nuttall, along with about 90 other residents along a railroad corridor from Logansport to the Schenley section of Gilpin, received a condemnation notice from Kiski Junction Railroad and Rosebud Mining Co. seeking to claim property under eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, October 29, 2007
Skrepenak sure deal attainable Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 27, 2007 ...County Chief Clerk/Manager Sam Guesto said the county has put three options on the table: buying the facility, taking it through eminent domain and "restructuring" the lease... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, October 26, 2007
Farm bill falls short for Casey Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 26, 2007 ...Casey’s amendment would have prohibited the use of eminent domain in placing electric transmission towers on vital agriculture lands... Taxpayers to take hit, Urban says Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 26, 2007 ...County officials have in the past tossed out the idea of taking the building through eminent domain, but legal experts say that could lead to a messy court battle and a judge factoring the lease commitment into the fair market value, which would balloon the price... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Casey tries to protect Pennsylvania's say on power lines Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Oct. 25, 2007 ...Mr. Casey intended to try to block the use of eminent domain for transmission towers in rural areas by attaching an amendment to a massive farm bill being considered by the Senate Agriculture Committee... Monroeville mayor: Redevelopment agency not the answer Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct. 25, 2007 ...Opponents fear the agency would use eminent domain powers to take private property and give it to another owner... Kohr's lawyer slams officials The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 25, 2007 ...and it relates to attempts by county commissioners Doug Kilgore and Lori Mitrick to walk away from their earlier plans to take Lauxmont Farms by eminent domain... Skrep: Juvie deal could see changes The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 25, 2007 ...County officials have in the past tossed out the idea of taking the building through eminent domain. Legal experts said that could lead to a messy court battle and a judge factoring the lease commitment into the fair market value, which would balloon the price that must be paid... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
York city council wants to lower fees for vacant buildings York Dispatch, PA - Oct. 24, 2007 ...The city could then make sure owners know about programs meant to encourage them to fix up their properties, or the city could try to get the property fixed up another way, by getting a private buyer involved or by using eminent domain to seize a blighted property... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Setback for pair in battle with PPL The Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA - Oct. 23, 2007 ...The company has easements to cross about 30 properties; it plans to use eminent domain to condemn the land it needs if it can't reach deals with the remaining property owners, including the Smiths... Southside sewer project work about 75 percent done Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Oct. 23, 2007 ...trailers were removed from a portion of condemned property that was taken by eminent domain from Thomas and Alana LaBuda. That particular parcel of land was needed for the Southside Area Sewer Project to move forward, according to Schiavo... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, October 22, 2007
One Highpoint idea: Make it a wind farm, candidate Grove says York Dispatch, PA -- Oct. 22, 2007 ...If the judge rules the county must continue with the eminent domain process on the land, he would try to reach a settlement to open the village site to the public, he said... Council wants revenue boost The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 21, 2007 ...the Moul Field eminent domain battle. The borough has spent $101,262.86 on legal costs in the Moul Field fight, according to the budget... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, October 19, 2007
Hanover needs more revenue Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Oct. 19, 2007 ...Plans by the school district to build a new school at Moul Field kicked off a back-and-forth legal battle in which the borough filed to seize the property by eminent domain, only to have the district file paperwork to take the property back... Group gets more time to save farm The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Oct. 19, 2007 Lower Macungie supervisors have agreed to grant the Wildlands Conservancy another 60 days to find a location for active recreation before they vote on stripping a conservation easement held by the conservancy... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, October 18, 2007
DEP reports illegal dumping at Lauxmont York Dispatch, PA - Oct. 18, 2007 ...Commissioners Lori Mitrick and Doug Kilgore in 2005 initiated a seizure by eminent domain of about 411 acres of Lauxmont Farms for a planned county park. The county recently took steps meant to end the seizure, but the Kohrs have appealed... Hanover examining plans for schools The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 18, 2007 ...That extends an agreement signed in August which withdraws plans for a new school at Moul Field to replace Washington Elementary. It also puts a stay on eminent-domain proceedings while the borough and district work out an agreement for the field... County unveils plans for Covington park The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Oct. 18, 2007 ...When the county would not sell, the supervisors pursued an eminent domain lawsuit... Casey wants hearings on transmission lines The Express-Times, Easton, PA - Oct. 18, 2007 ...The designation, made possible under a 2005 energy law, now allows a board of presidential appointees -- the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission -- to exercise the power of eminent domain for new power lines... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Hanover to redo elementary school plans Evening News, Hanover, PA - Oct. 17, 2007 ...It also put a stay on eminent-domain proceedings while the borough and district work out an agreement for the field... County files a reply to Kohrs The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 17, 2007 ...Ruth said the filing is based on the premise that if a hearing did take place, it would end up with the parties in the same position they're in now - with county officials walking away, no longer interested in buying land that they once tried to take through eminent domain... This Morning: City Council OKs land transfer project The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Oct. 17, 2007 ...The School Board voted Aug. 13 to authorize eminent domain to acquire 18 acres from Lackawanna Energy Limited and 4.36 acres from John Emiliani and Emiliani Trucking Inc... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Opinions The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 16, 2007 ...For years, the county commissioners have tried to acquire Lauxmont Farms for use as a park. In November 2005, they used eminent domain to seize part of the Lower Windsor Township property... County may seize 107 acres via eminent domain for park The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 16, 2007 ...Luzerne County may have to use eminent domain to obtain 107 acres for the Ashley Planes Heritage Park, an official said at the county commissioners’ work session on Monday... More news The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 16, 2007 ...The county is allowed to seize the property through a legal process called eminent domain, which allows governments to condemn private property for a public purpose in exchange for fair compensation. The county commissioners voted in January voted to take ownership of the Ashley coal breaker. National power grid report to be released Centre Daily Times, State College, PA (Associated Press) - Oct. 16, 2007 ...The corridors encompass all or part of 10 states where officials say aging high-voltage lines are incapable of handling growing demand. Some lawmakers and community groups contend the corridors wrongly expand the federal government's potential use of eminent domain power... Camp Hill School Board might not resort to eminent domain The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Oct. 16, 2007 ...The board voted 6-3 on Aug. 20 to acquire the land, either through negotiation or eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, October 15, 2007
Candidates expect to inherit issue The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 14, 2007 ...Local attorney Harry McNeal Jr. said he thinks that once the deadline passes under the eminent domain code for returning the property to the owner, the county loses its ability to undo what it has done on its own.... Power line battle goes on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Oct. 14, 2007 ...The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 3 designated much of Pennsylvania, and the northeastern U.S. as a National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor, giving the federal government the ability to override state decisions on placement of electric transmission lines and to take private property through eminent domain, if necessary... Parking lot development next on health system's project list Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA - Oct. 13, 2007 ...The health system has been purchasing and demolishing properties in the adjoining neighborhood, and only about a half-dozen of the targeted properties remain to be purchased. Only one is expected to require eminent domain proceedings... Eminent domain delayed The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA - Oct. 12, 2007 ...The owner of land on a ridge overlooking Shippensburg made a new pitch to Shippensburg Borough Authority members Tuesday, convincing the board to delay eminent domain proceedings for at least a month... Camp Hill School Board to discuss land acquisition The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Oct. 12, 2007 ...The board voted 6-3 on Aug. 20 to acquire, either through negotiation or tahrough eminent domain, the two houses located at 350 and 356 N. 21st Street, which are next to Eisenhower... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, October 12, 2007
Talks to continue on Moul Field use Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Oct. 12, 2007 ...Plans by the school district to build a new school at Moul Field kicked off a back-and-forth legal battle in which the borough filed to seize the property by eminent domain, only to have the district file paperwork to take the property back... Preservationists will aid land search The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Oct. 2007 ...Lower Macungie supervisors tried to get the conservancy to allow active recreational uses on the land, but the conservancy balked. So, the supervisors began considering using their eminent domain powers to overturn the easement... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, October 11, 2007
County signs on to protect farm The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Oct. 11, 2007 ...County Executive Don Cunningham said in a phone interview after Wednesday's meeting that the county works hard to preserve farmland and that Lower Macungie's threat of using eminent domain undermines that process... Zoners OK new West Side school The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Oct. 11, 2007 ...The School Board voted Aug. 13 to authorize eminent domain to acquire 18 acres from Lackawanna Energy Limited and 4.36 acres from John Emiliani and Emiliani Trucking Inc... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Lauxmont Farms owners say county can't back out of case Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Oct. 10, 2007 Lawyers representing the Kohr family, owners of Lauxmont Farms in Lower Windsor Township, asked a court Tuesday to stop York County from backing out of an eminent domain case concerning the land... Somerset County Commissioner candidates focus on jobs, infrastructure Daily American, Somerset, PA - Oct. 10, 2007 ...said they support efforts to build a permanent Flight 93 memorial, but promised not to involve the county in land acquisition dealings for the project. “I would not support eminent domain or have any role in that for the county of Somerset,”... Council refers school land decision to Zoning Board The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Oct. 10, 2007 ...The School Board voted Aug. 13 to authorize eminent domain to acquire 18 acres from Lackawanna Energy Limited and 4.36 acres from John Emiliani and Emiliani Trucking Inc... Kohrs ask court to stop county move The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 9, 2007 ...For more than three years, the landowners have vehemently insisted that they just want the county to leave them alone. And now they're trying to block the county's attempts to do that very thing... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Farmland preservation an empty promise? The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Oct. 9, 2007 ...Even though Steele's mother, Mary Leister, had an easement placed on the land to keep it as a farm in perpetuity, Lower Macungie supervisors could override the family's wishes through eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, October 08, 2007
Warrington plans to take land The Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA - Oct. 7, 2007 ...Sugarman explained that only government entities can invoke eminent domain and must pay for the land when they do, but anyone can make an adverse possession claim or a prescriptive easement and not have to pay for the land... This morning The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Oct. 6, 2007 ...Dunmore Borough Council on Monday passed an ordinance that allows claiming land on the 500 block of South Blakely Street under eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, October 05, 2007
Power play The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 5, 2007 ..."Designating such a broad area of the Commonwealth as a transmission corridor would jeopardize our farmland and other natural resources while leaving Pennsylvania without state recourse," the letter said. "Moreover, seizing lands through eminent domain would cause further complications to government at all levels."... Editorial: Pittsburgh laurels & lances Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct. 5, 2007 ...But we must temper that in the knowledge that it was the heavy hand of taxpayer-financed government that ordained -- through the heavier cudgel of eminent domain abuse -- what type of theater the long-running X-rated venue should be... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Officials plan response to feds' power policy The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Oct. 4, 2007 ..."Designating such a broad area of the Commonwealth as a transmission corridor would jeopardize our farmland and other natural resources while leaving Pennsylvania without state recourse," the letter said. "Moreover, seizing lands through eminent domain would cause further complications to government at all levels." ... State opposes feds' plan to make PA a power cooridor WPSU-TV, State College, PA - Oct. 4, 2007 ...The designation means that, by using eminent domain, the U-S Energy Department could override local and state officials to construct additional power transmission lines where they have decided it's necessary to do so. And that, says McGinty, is "very harmful" for Pennsylvania... Council grants easement The Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA - Oct. 4, 2007 ...PPL is negotiating for the rest, and has stated clearly it will use eminent domain to condemn land if it fails to reach deals with property owners... Property owners worry about Renaissance Plan Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - Oct. 4, 2007 ...“No one is going to be pushed out,” she said, adding that eminent domain isn't an option.... Kiski railroad seeks land to expand line Leader Times, Kittanning, PA - Oct. 4, 2007 ...The court is being asked to grant the Kittanning-based railroad use of eminent domain to claim property along an almost 9-mile spur of rail corridor ... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Pa. loses power to feds in energy transmission corridor fight York Dispatch, PA - Oct. 3, 2007 The designation of a national transmission corridor that will give a federal agency broad eminent domain power through much of Pennsylvania, including York County, was approved by the U.S. Department of Energy Tuesday... Power lines pushed Evening Sun, Hanover, PA (Associated Press) - Oct. 3, 2007 ...Some lawmakers and community groups argue the government corridors wrongly expand the potential use of eminent domain power... Comments on new power line corridor designations Daily American, Somerset, PA (Associated Press) - Oct. 3, 2007 ...“This decision will unjustly strip private land owners of their property rights through the use of federal eminent domain... U.S. rule jolts power line foes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Oct. 3, 2007 ...The department designated a large swath of the northeastern United States as a National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor, giving the federal government the ability to override state decisions on placement of transmission lines and to take private property through eminent domain... Feds force power lines into region Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct. 3, 2007 ..The mid-Atlantic power corridor runs from Virginia and Washington, north to include most of Maryland, all of New Jersey and Delaware and large sections of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
City panel will vote on preserving Garden Theatre Pittsburgh Tribune Review, PA - Oct. 2, 2007 ...the once-grand movie house that showed X-rated films from the 1970s until the city bought the North Side building in March after a decade-long eminent domain battle... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, October 01, 2007
Film professor works to bring stadium, city to screen The York Daily Record, PA - Oct. 1, 2007 ...Two-thirds of his job is teaching, while the remainder is to continue his own creative work. So, he set off learning about the local eminent domain cases... Struble Trail supporters demand access Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Sept. 30, 2007 ...Unfortunately for the Sheltons, local residents are not exactly thrilled with the grab bag of possible uses the new owners have in mind. "We want the county to declare eminent domain and purchase it from them," ... County election interest 'low' Evening Sun, Hanover, Pa - Sept. 28, 2007 ..."I really thought the eminent domain thing was over in the primary, and now it's raised its ugly head," ... |
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