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Thursday, February 28, 2008
McKeesport Area board proposes two new schools Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Feb. 28, 2008 ...Property acquisition might be a problem. But most of it is low density residential. We might be forced to consider eminent domain," he said.... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Council backs projects' financing Lebanon Daily News, PA - Feb. 26, 2008 ...Appraisals of about 65 properties that will be purchased under eminent-domain laws and demolished to make room for the bridges crossing the tracks on Ninth and 10th streets is well under way, Anspach said... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
York County heritage park dispute under mediation The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Feb. 26, 2008 ...Meetings with lawyers to resolve the eminent domain case and lawsuit are planned for this week, according to the York Dispatch... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 25, 2008
Golf courses go green The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Feb. 25, 2008 ...Pennsylvania lacks a similar program, but several of its towns acquired golf courses to prevent unwanted development. Among them are Bensalem in Bucks County, Lower Providence in Montgomery County and Exeter in Berks County, which acquired the Reading Country Club through eminent domain to block more than 500 houses... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Petrilla: Annex work scaled back Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Feb. 21, 2008 ...The county acquired the building through eminent domain, and a court had to decide the building’s value... Editorial: Sticker shock for courthouse annex Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Feb. 20, 2008 ...After first offering to buy the building from Val-Mar Holdings LLC, the county initiated eminent domain proceedings. Last week, a court judgment set the purchase price at $700,500... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Opinion - Bob Ilisevich: Preserving the past through local history Meadville Tribune, PA - Feb. 19, 2008 ...Under pressure from urban sprawl or the need to raise more tax dollars, governments find it expedient sometimes to use the power of eminent domain to demolish historic structures in blighted areas for new development. We call it progress... Opinion - Michael Leone: Oppose the power cooridor The Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - Feb. 19, 2008 ...Once a permit has been issued, the utility will have the power to obtain land from private property owners through eminent domain enforced in federal courts. Such an iron-fisted use of federal power should be a last resort... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 18, 2008
Anti-blight legislation fills the bill Sunday News, Lancaster, PA - Feb. 17, 2008 ...I understand people are concerned about due process and eminent domain, but it seems to me we have to bend over backwards to work with people who simply aren't taking care of their properties."... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, February 14, 2008
PPL files for transmission line approval The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Feb. 14, 2008 ..."If we can't reach agreements, then concurrent with the PUC review, we would start eminent domain proceedings," Wirth said... Bright idea or bolt from the blue? The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Feb. 14, 2008 ...PPL has bought easements from 29 of 39 Richland Township residents whose properties are in the path of the transmission lines. It plans to acquire the rest, if needed, by eminent domain -- in Pennsylvania, public utilities have a limited right to condemn property... Luzerne Borough council members, residents battle over land deal The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Feb. 14, 2008 ...alleged that after deal was made, the amount of land increased, sometimes through eminent domain, a road was built, and thousands of dollars worth of grant money were used to make the land more appealing... Petrilla wants to cut back annex project The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Feb. 14, 2008 ...The panel got involved because Val-Mar challenged the price set by Commissioner Greg Skrepenak and former Commissioner Todd Vonderheid when they voted to take the building through eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Judge orders county to pay building owner The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Feb. 13, 2008 ...Vonderheid said eminent domain would save money and let an impartial Board of View determine fair market value. During eminent domain proceedings, the county claimed the building had a value of $605,000... County pays $700G for city building Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Feb. 13, 2008 ...The county acquired the building through eminent domain, which lets governments take private property for a public purpose in exchange for fair compensation... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Companies eyeing Johnstown airport The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Feb. 12, 2008 ...To clear the title, the authority authorized Leventry to file condemnation under eminent domain -- the government’s power to purchase property for public use... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 11, 2008
UDC keeping eye on gas leasing issue Wayne Independent, Honesdale, PA - Feb. 8, 2008 ...if an issue proved to be a "clear and direct threat" to the river, there is a provision for eminent domain that could be invoked by the Park Service if necessary. "You don’t want to go down that path," he stated, adding in the case of the high transmission power line concern in New York, it would mean a great deal of condemnation, a scenario not likely to ever happen... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Task force begins tackling OC's complicated, emotional blight issue The Derrick, Oil City, PA - Feb. 7, 2008 ... If the problem persists, the committee can take the property by eminent domain, buy it at tax sale or arrange a deed transfer for minimal dollars... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Widening proposal gets boost by board Public Spirit, Fort Washington, PA - Feb. 5, 2008 ...She said the municipality would be willing to use eminent domain to take a property for the widening.The municipality would have to pay fair market value for any condemned land... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 04, 2008
Inventors eye biomass chances The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Feb. 4, 2008 ...Through negotiations with landowners and use of eminent domain, electricity-generation companies clear miles of roughly 200-foot-wide rights-of-way across the country to construct transmission lines from their generating sites to substations to eventually be distributed to consumers... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, February 01, 2008
Borough businesses won't be kicked out Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - Feb. 1, 2008 ...It is not a forerunner to acquiring property through eminent domain or doing anything to infringe on the property rights of owners. You have every right to control your property and maintain your business.”... |