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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, November 28, 2008
 
Palmyra to remove some no-parking signs
Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA - Nov 28, 2008
...In a related issue, Powl said there are nine properties in the borough that are expected to be taken via eminent domain because officials have not been able to reach an agreement with the owners...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 24, 2008
 
Haverford balks at price to buy former gum factory
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 24, 2008
...Instead, township commissioners will decide by early next month whether to use eminent domain to acquire the Philadelphia Chewing Gum Co. property, a 6.3-acre parcel at Eagle and Lawrence Roads...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, November 21, 2008
 
Bangor residents get look at bridge construction plans
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Nov 21, 2008
...Rettaliata's family owns a party rentals company located underneath the current viaduct, part of which may be condemned by PennDOT under eminent domain laws...

EMTA outlines $30 million garage plan
Erie Times-News, PA - Nov 21, 2008
...Elliott said the Redevelopment Authority will negotiate with property owners and would use eminent domain only if an agreement can't be reached on a price...

Clarion Area Authority flushes out

The Clarion News, Clarion, PA - Nov 20, 2008
...The authority also gave the borough some of its land back, adopting a resolution to return four acres of land taken by eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, November 20, 2008
 
Lots bought as flood insurance
Springfield Sun, Fort Washington, PA - Nov 20, 2008
...suggested that had the land acquisition not come through, the township would have looked to improve storm-water management in another fashion. "This allows us to avoid some kind of eminent domain thing to get retention basins under someone else's property," he said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
 
Borough files to take land under eminent domain
Times Chronicle, Fort Washington, PA - Nov 19, 2008
...Borough officials hope constructing a 68-space parking lot will revitalize a slumping business district; one of the two landowners will likely file preliminary objections. Borough council voted to enact its power of eminent domain Oct. 21 to take land in the corner of Leedom Street and Greenwood Avenue to construct a level, 68-space, metered parking lot...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 17, 2008
 
Chesco pipeline battle not over
The Bulletin, Philadelphia, PA - Nov 16, 2008
...Area officials and residents have already given thought to filing a lawsuit asserting Williams Transco does not have authority to exercise eminent domain over local lands because they feel the project does not sufficiently serve a "public purpose." No litigation has yet been initiated...

Commissioner: County can't consolidate
The Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Nov 16, 2008
...For the building at 25 W. Broad St., the county paid $700,500, a price set through the eminent domain process that includes a board of viewers. The seller, Frank DeGaetano, bought the building three years ago from Security Savings for $335,000...

Editorial: County's purchase of former Security Savings was bad move
The Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Nov 16, 2008
...Despite strong objections, including by this writer, Commissioner Greg Skrepenak and then-Commissioner Todd Vonderheid, both Democrats, voted about two years ago to purchase the building through eminent domain for eventual use as a county government annex...

Kline Township condemns property
The Republican & Herald, Pottsville, PA - Nov 15, 2008
...Township supervisors authorized the condemnation by adopting a resolution on Oct. 20, according to the lawsuit. “Kline is authorized to acquire title to the blighted property through eminent domain proceedings,” according to the resolution...

Officials slam airport expansion plan
The Delaware County Times, Primos, PA - Nov 14, 2008
...In order to proceed with the CEP, said Sestak, the airport needs to expand using the land in Tinicum. But Philadelphia, which owns the airport, cannot simply seize that land through eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, November 14, 2008
 
Nuangola considering ordinance limiting where sex offenders live
The Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Nov 14, 2008
...The property owners want the line to be moved to another part of their properties that would have less impact on their land. The sewer authority, which is seizing the land through eminent domain, has said DEP will not allow the route change because it would delay the project and cost more money...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, November 13, 2008
 
Bellefonte eminent domain
WTAJ-TV, Altoona, PA -- Nov 12, 2008
David Litke could lose his land in about 2 weeks. That's because of emminent domain. He says he's not very happy about it...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
 
Board to use eminent domain to get land
Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - Nov 12, 2008
...At its board meeting Tuesday, the school board authorized its solicitor to begin eminent domain procedures if the land's owner, David J. Litke, doesn't resume negotiations within 10 business days. If his land were seized, Litke would be compensated...

Exeter Township hopes to stem losses at its country club
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Nov 12, 2008
...Exeter Township paid $11.8 million to acquire the country club by eminent domain in 2005 to block a proposed housing development. The money the township borrowed for the purchase and future improvements led to a 0.65-mill real estate tax increase...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
 
County considers selling planned Hazleton annex
Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA - Nov 11, 2008
...Almost two years ago, Commissioner Greg Skrepenak and former Commissioner Todd Vonderheid decided to buy the building through eminent domain, a legal process that lets government agencies take private property in exchange for fair compensation...

Luzerne County may sell proposed annex in Hazleton
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Nov 11, 2008
...had voted to purchase the former Hazleton bank building in May 2007 from Val-Mar Holdings for $605,000 through eminent domain, but a court panel later ordered the county to pay $700,000. Their original plan to lease the building for $2.58 million over 10 years was scrapped after public outrage...

Earth moving begins for bypass at Strasburg; work to take 1 yr.
Lancaster New Era, PA - Nov 10, 2008
...Eventually, Historic Strasburg gave six acres of land to Lapp in exchange for just over one acre of his land needed for the bypass. "Unless there's a way to get across Amish farmland without using eminent domain, this road could not have happened," Ryder said...

Editorial: Will they weep for Sweet Willows?
The York Daily Record, York, PA - Nov 10, 2008
...He said he was trying to come to grips with the fact his expansion plans could all be for naught and he might have to move. If so, the state would pay for his property, as dictated by eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 10, 2008
 
Chesco townships unite for talks about natural gas pipeline
The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Nov 10, 2008
...She said a meeting will be held with officials from the three townships in the next three weeks. She said she's trying to arrange for an eminent domain specialist to attend...

Editorial: An extra $66,000?
The York Daily Record, Nov 7, 2008
...The saga began when York County paid Mr. Alecxih $2 million in estimated just compensation when it employed eminent domain to take possession of the 79-acre parcel known as Highpoint to establish a county park in Lower Windsor Township...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, November 06, 2008
 
Hope coming for Hilltop Apartments?
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA - Nov 5, 2008
... couple of years ago, the owner went bankrupt and the city condemned them. Johnstown leaders said they haven't been able to do anything about the blight because they don't have eminent domain, but now there's new hope that something can be done...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, November 05, 2008
 
County rejects home rule
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA - Nov 5, 2008
...Their administration was marred by one controversy after another, including the secretly negotiated sale of the county-owned Conestoga View nursing home to a private operator; the botched taking by eminent domain of the Enola Low-Grade Line, which a county judge ultimately overturned...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, November 03, 2008
 
Lauxmont payout to pay off debt
The York Daily Record, PA - Nov 2, 2008
...The land sale was part of a $23 million settlement reached last month with the Kohrs, which owns Lauxmont Farms, over the county's use of eminent domain...


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