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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, November 29, 2007
 
Residents hope to keep homes in West Reading
WFMZ-TV, Allentown, PA - Nov. 29, 2007
...Several homes in the Wyomissing School District could fall to eminent domain to make way for an improved school...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
 
Lauxmont Farms owners intend to sue county
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Nov. 28, 2007
...When negotiations failed, county commissioners Lori Mitrick and Doug Kilgore voted in 2005 to seize the land by eminent domain, the provision by which a government entity can take land against an owner's wishes if necessary...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
 
Clarion Area Authority hit with $8,600 late report fine
The Clarion News, Clarion, PA - Nov. 27, 2007
...After a short closed session to discuss litigation, the board voted to pay an award recommended by the board of viewers in the authority’s eminent domain proceeding to obtain sewer line rights of way. The owner of the Staples Plaza in Monroe Township will receive $8,300 for a right of way through their parking lot...

Upcoming budget keeps Diaz busy
The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Nov. 27, 2007
...Then-Commissioner Todd Vonderheid said eminent domain would save money and prevent critics from trying "to make political hay of the whole thing" because an impartial Board of View will determine fair market value. The county determined the property is worth $605,000, and Val-Mar claims it’s worth $787,000...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 26, 2007
 
In 250 years, Pittsburgh reinvents itself many times
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Nov. 25, 2007
...The city's use of eminent domain to create the Golden Triangle ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling from the high court laid out the parameters of eminent domain...

Rail-trail route up for vote
Evening Sun, Hanover, PA - Nov. 24, 2007
...The borough and district have been discussing the field's use since the two parties agreed to halt legal action stemming from a series of eminent-domain motions...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, November 21, 2007
 
Early details of Route 51 plan revealed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Nov. 21, 2007
...But still the group and its chairman, John Slater, realized several years ago that the difficulty of acquiring blighted properties through eminent domain required a revised strategy and a professional planning firm...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 19, 2007
 
Power line may trigger surge in rates
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Nov. 19, 2007
...It's work that is likely to set off a political firestorm -- building the 150-foot steel towers, widely regarded as eyesores, often require condemnation of private property through eminent domain...

School plan now facing a new snag
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Nov. 17, 2007
...Since the vote on Wednesday, the district has already begun to look at a property near Kennedy, Mr. Sheridan said. If the district cannot buy it, the district will take it through eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
 
Township eyes Hershey Trust land
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Nov. 14, 2007
The South Hanover Twp. supervisors voted to acquire -- by purchase or by eminent domain, if necessary -- 12 acres of Hershey Trust Company-owned land for a new municipal and fire services complex...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
 
Camp Hill School Board buys property
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Nov. 13, 2007
...When asked about the price after the meeting, district officials pointed to the section of the sale agreement saying the amount includes the fair market value and "special damages" allowed under the Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code, such as moving and relocation costs...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 12, 2007
 
Wringing out the new year
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA - Nov. 12, 2007
...At that point, at least in the Republican camp, the issue of whether or not change was needed in the courthouse had been decided, which meant issues like the controversial sale of the Conestoga View nursing home, unsuccessful legal battles, eminent domain problems and opposition to the $170 million hotel/convention center in downtown Lancaster -- all tied to Shellenberger...

Money pit on North Queen
Sunday News, Lancaster, PA - Nov. 10, 2007
...Commissioners Dick Shellenberger and Molly Henderson, who voted along with former commissioner Pete Shaub to take the property by eminent domain, last week said they still think 150 N. Queen was the best option for a county government desperately in need of more office space...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, November 09, 2007
 
Laurels & Lances
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Nov. 9, 2007
...The once grand performance and movie house was for years a porn theater effectively seized by the government holding high the cudgel of eminent domain...

Appraisal: Building not worth price tag
Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Nov. 9, 2007
...The Security Savings Bank building on West Broad Street in Hazleton is worth $182,000 less than what the property owner wants, a Luzerne County appraiser said Thursday during an eminent domain proceeding...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, November 08, 2007
 
Courtright and McGoff keep seats
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Nov. 8, 2007
...Mr. Piccolino, who owns Buona Pizza and is locked in an eminent domain battle with the city over the pizza shop, scored 4,065 votes or roughly 13 percent...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, November 07, 2007
 
Chronister, Reilly, Hoke to make up new board
York Dispatch, PA - Nov. 7, 2007
...The project, in Lower Windsor Township, is in limbo. Kilgore and Mitrick used eminent domain to seize about 80 acres of land for the effort and attempted to use the power again to seize about 410 more acres of land...

Editorial: First job for commissioners is the park
York Dispatch, PA - Nov. 7, 2007
...Had their zeal in pursuing the parkland project been more tempered, especially in the cavalier use of the power of eminent domain to achieve their goal, there is little doubt Tuesday's election outcome would have been different...

'Historic' tag likely for North Side Garden Theatre
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Nov. 7, 2007
...After a decade-long battle to acquire the building through eminent domain, the city's Urban Redevelopment Authority bought it this year for $1.1 million...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, November 06, 2007
 
Groups challenge corridor designation
News Blaze, Folsom, CA - Nov. 5, 2007
...Eight states are included in DOE's final Mid-Atlantic Corridor: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 05, 2007
 
State, county disagree on juvenile center lease options
The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Nov. 5, 2007
...The county could ultimately buy the facility through eminent domain, Luzerne County Commissioner Chairman Greg Skrepenak said. Eminent domain is a legal process that lets governments condemn private property for a public purpose in exchange for fair compensation...

As demand grows, it's either conserve or build new plants
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Nov. 4, 2007
...The U.S. Department of Energy fanned the flames last month when it created two National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, one of which covers all but 15 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, including Luzerne. The corridors would allow federal regulators to overrule states on transmission-line locations and permit builders to use eminent domain to acquire property...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, November 02, 2007
 
Airport looks to eminent domain to acquire property
Meadville Tribune, PA - Nov. 2, 2007
...The authority filed an "eminent domain declaration of taking" in Crawford County Prothonotary’s Office Thursday, seeking the easement that will eventually allow pilots to have a clearer view of the runway when landing...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, November 01, 2007
 
County faces $20M lawsuit over Highpoint
York Dispatch, PA - Nov. 1, 2007
...The county's move to take the land by eminent domain prevented the company from pursuing development that would have generated "millions of dollars in profits," according to the lawsuit...


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