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Friday, May 30, 2008
Many violations for property owner The Express-Times, Easton, PA - May 30, 2008 ...the city is trying to acquire the property through eminent domain. It's been on the city's blighted list for years, Bennington said... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tree farm keeps roots firmly planted as bypas withers The Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - May 27, 2008 The owners of Richards Tree Farm may be the last holdouts. When PennDOT snapped up land from home and business owners for the Marshalls Creek bypass congestion relief project, it used negotiation or eminent domain condemnation, whichever got the job done... Editorial: Find another way to acquire houses Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - May 27, 2008 Although the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 upheld the right of a city to seize through eminent domain private property and turn it over to a developer, many people on both sides of the political aisle questioned the wisdom of the decision... Trail decision in Robeson delayed Tri County Record, Morgantown, PA - May 26, 2008 ...Landowners brought up many of the same issues heard in other meetings, including safety, the use of eminent domain and privacy... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, May 26, 2008
Home's owners can't be found Erie Times-News, PA - May 25, 2008 ...Without a living owner, it appears the house is in limbo. Attempts to find relatives among the Cavanaughs listed in the Erie city directory were unsuccessful. The house might be easy for the Erie Redevelopment Authority to take by eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, May 23, 2008
State College won't realign S. Allen, S. Atherton Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - May 23, 2008 ...A 5-1 vote at Monday’s council meeting rejected a resolution that would have authorized the start of eminent domain procedures for about 3,000 square feet of land at 1300 S. Allen St... Antietam Lake settlement is close Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - May 23, 2008 ...While an unsuccessful suit filed by a council majority and M.B. worked its way through the courts, the commissioners started the process to take the property by eminent domain... Philly Express shop in York closes doors today The York Daily Record, May 23, 2008 ...After considering obtaining the property through eminent domain, the school board voted Wednesday to buy the property for $330,000. The property will provide 47 parking spaces for district staff and visitors... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Business, township avoid eminent domain Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - May 22, 2008 ...A Lower Southampton business has entered a sales agreement with the township to avoid eminent domain proceedings... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Berlin hears of UDC benefits; more research asked Wayne Independent, Honesdale, PA - May 21, 2008 ...The way it was set up, the Upper Delaware did not become a traditional national park. The federal government limited their own power of eminent domain... Study shows private land in Gettysburg park unprotected The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA (Associated Press) - May 21, 2008 ...The National Park Service has a policy not to use eminent domain to take private property inside the boundary. ... Commissioners want suit heard by local judge Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA - May 21, 2008 ..."The real thing in interest here is land," he said. "Traditionally, in eminent domain actions, the federal courts have deferred to the state courts which have a greater interest in what happens to land within their boundaries."... PennDOT's Mount Pocono plan irks business owners The Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - May 21, 2008 ...If the project goes through, several properties will be lost to eminent domain. One residential homeowner, who needs to sell her home now to avoid losing it, is on hold because of the project. In the meantime, she may lose whatever equity in the home she had... Union Township supervisors want to hear residents' thoughts about proposed trail Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - May 21, 2008 ...Berks County hopes to use eminent domain to acquire land for the proposed 9.7-mile trail through New Morgan and Union, Robeson and Caernarvon townships. To make the trail, the county wants 66-foot-wide easements along an old railroad bed... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Reading City Council asked to use eminent domain for project Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - May 20, 2008 ...On Monday night, the two authorities asked City Council to consider forcing the rest of the sales by taking the properties under the city’s eminent domain powers... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, May 19, 2008
Routes 11/15 project puts lives on hold The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - May 19, 2008 ...PennDOT says a few houses likely will be taken by eminent domain, but they won't know which ones until the alignment of the new bridge is determined... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, May 16, 2008
Enola line sale nears Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA - May 16, 2008 ...In 2004, Lancaster County Commissioners abruptly announced their intent to seize the line through eminent domain to establish a rail-trail. The Solanco townships quickly challenged the takeover in court and won... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rendell helps unveil project to redevelop block in downtown The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - May 15, 2008 ...The project, which has been at the center of an eminent domain battle between the city and three business owners in the block, is expected to be completed by the fall, Mr. Rinaldi said... City authority gets new chairman Connellsville Daily Courier, PA - May 15, 2008 ...Watson recommended the authority have the property at 256 N. Sixth St. appraised, as a step toward eminent domain. The property would be purchased at fair market price... Lackawanna Avenue revnovations celebrated WNEP-TV, Moosic, PA - May 14, 2008 ...He has a bone of contention with the project because he said his 42-year-old business is not included in the renaissance. The city plans to take it by using eminent domain... Philipsburg sewer project moves ahead The Progress, Clearfield, PA - May 14, 2008 ...He also recommended council move toward acquiring the 22 main line easements not yet in the borough's possession for those two contracts by way of eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hay Creek Trail decision is imminent Tri County Record, Morgantown, PA - May 13, 2008 ...Commissioner Christian Leinbach reiterated his stance on eminent domain, which has been an important topic in this discussion. "I believe that eminent domain has been abused over the last few years," he said, explaining he would not support using eminent domain to create a trail... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, May 09, 2008
Eatery's owners fight for fair price The Express-Times, Easton, PA - May 9, 2008 ...The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in October laid claim to the Ginny's property through eminent domain. PennDOT needs the property to realign the on-ramp to Route 378 North... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Berks County leaders meet on trail plan Reading Eagle, PA - May 8, 2008 ...The county has proposed using eminent domain to secure a 66-foot-wide easement through properties along the route for the trail. As at earlier meetings on the trail, opponents said the project is too expensive and would violate their privacy... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Proximity to pipeline key to wealth The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - May 7, 2008 ...Gas companies do not have the right to use eminent domain to lay pipelines between a wellhead and the interstate transmission lines, so they have to negotiate with landowners for easements. The resulting deals have the potential to be very lucrative... Opinion - Monica Yant Kinney: Combating the quarry Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - May 7, 2008 ...The Brewster case caught my eye given the national discussion about eminent domain and the dwindling rights of property owners. Seizing a home to build a school or widen a road, I get. Telling a retiree he can't play horseshoes on his property because it interferes with private enterprise, I don't... Blight committee to establish policies The Derrick, Oil City, PA - May 7, 2008 ...Property will go to the Redevelopment Authority if it appears that the re-use of the site has the potential to be economically viable and would best help the neighborhood. The authority has the legal power to acquire property by purchase, gift and eminent domain... Board sets new tone in courthouse Lancaster New Era, PA - May 6, 2008 ...In 2004, the county paid $8.3 million to take the property by eminent domain, estimating it would take some $16 million more to renovate it. But the project's total cost is now estimated at around $48 million, having risen recently thanks to a ruling from a court-appointed panel that required the county to add $7.8 million to the purchase price... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, May 05, 2008
Opinion - Julie Brink: Excavation work tests gardners patience Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - May 5, 2008 ...As eminent domain issues go, this is a small one. But I am the child of long line of freeholders -- people who fought in every war from the Revolution forward for the right to live as they pleased on their own land... Butler County officials fund bus service Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - May 4, 2008 ...A major obstacle to expansion will be the purchase of adjacent land from the Butler Auto Auction, which has been unwilling to sell its property. The Transit Authority has the legal ability to take the land by eminent domain... Power to the people Sunday News, Lancaster, PA - May 4, 2008 ...Study commissioner Heidi Wheaton proposed requiring a referendum for any purchase or sale of a major asset -- referring to the sale of the Conestoga View nursing home, the approval of the convention center project and the eminent domain taking of 150 N. Queen St... Attorney urges landowners to be savvy when signing gas leases Lancaster Farming, Ephrata, PA - May 2, 2008 ...In answering questions from the floor, Ehmann noted he is not certain if the recently passed Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain will affect mineral rights... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, May 02, 2008
Eminent domain may come into play Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - May 2, 2008 ...Because time is ticking and the fields will need watering soon, the board voted on April 24 to authorize the taking of the easement by eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Country club deaths are a trend Reading Eagle, PA - May 1, 2008 ...But the Exeter Township board of supervisors acquired the course through eminent domain. The township currently owns the club, which enters its third season as a public golf course... Township pushing for a different water-main route The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA - May 1, 2008 ...Myers is also authorized to use eminent domain to acquire rights-of-way from property owners who won’t cooperate... |
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