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Friday, February 26, 2010
Perkins site owner sues Easton Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Feb 26, 2010 ...In October, Easton officials announced they intend to use eminent domain to take two S. Third Street parcels -- the vacant Perkins site and the former Marquis Theatre beside it -- to build a city complex that would include a parking garage, a bus depot and the proposed National High School Sports Hall of Fame Museum... Mediation sought to resolve bypass impasse Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA - Feb 25, 2010 ...In September, the Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board denied PennDOT's request to condemn about six acres of Kline's land needed for the bypass. The board's approval was required for PennDOT to initiate the eminent-domain process after Kline refused to sell his land... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Muhlenberg residents question improvements planned for Tuckerton Road, Reading Crest Avenue Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Feb 25, 2010 ...Township Solicitor Christopher J. Hartman confirmed that Muhlenberg wants to negotiate a fair settlement with the homeowners, but will pursue taking the land by eminent domain if agreements cannot be reached... Examining Ed Bacon's visions for Philadelphia Weekly Press, Philadelphia, PA - Feb 24, 2010 ...There were concerns, continued Knowles, "that neighborhoods like Mantua would be claimed as ‘eminent domain,’" and its buildings would be gutted to make room for parking lots for the fair... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Landowners rejecting plan for gas pipeline The Ithaca Journal, NY - Feb 23, 2010 ...Pennsylvania officials are expecting 5,200 new permits to drill in the Marcellus Shale this year, nearly three times the number of permits issued in all of 2009, according to information from the state Department of Environmental Protection... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Easements delaying Blough water project Our Town, Johnstown, PA - Feb 22, 2010 ...In the event easements are not obtained by the next meeting, the board could choose to pursue those property rights legally through eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 22, 2010
Braddock officials reconsidering redevelopment proposal for hospital site Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Feb 20, 2010 ..."I think the county will be a good partner," he said. "They have committed to finding money for things like eminent domain," he said... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, February 19, 2010
Black history museum in Reading gets $238,000 boost Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Feb 19, 2010 ...The facility's ultimate goal is to expand along North 10th Street to Washington Street, incorporating educational and meeting space into the bigger building. That project would cost about $7 million, and would need to involve the city taking several residential buildings by eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
County stimulus stories Intelligencer Journal/New Era, Lancaster, PA - Feb 17, 2010 ...The city took the Queen Street house and three others through eminent domain. It then partnered with two contractors and Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology to rehabilitate the properties for sale as owner-occupied homes... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 15, 2010
Haverford YMCA plans hit snag in fundraising The Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA - Feb 15, 2010 ...The township acquired the property through eminent domain after efforts to purchase it from former owners, the Fenimore family, reached a stalemate... Conshohocken developer lands missing piece Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Feb 14, 2010 ...In 2001, Commonwealth Court found that the Redevelopment Authority had transferred its condemnation power to a private citizen, Pulver, in violation of the Urban Redevelopment Law. The authority's attempt to appeal that decision to the state Supreme Court was rejected... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Opinion - Bryan Lentz: Regional authority needed at PHL The Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA - Feb 10, 2010 ...My bill, House Bill 2138, never mentions the term “eminent domain” in any of its language. We here in Delaware County know the majority of the Philadelphia airport sits on our land... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 08, 2010
Huber Breaker Preservation Society has plans for park Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Feb 8, 2010 ...Luzerne County began eminent domain proceedings several years ago to acquire the property but the cash-strapped county has not moved forward. According to Clarke, the eminent domain action has lapsed and Roman again has sole control... Opinion: Saturday's sound off The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Feb 6, 2010 ...How upsetting that Spring-Ford School District wants to use eminent domain to take a cemetery, a sacred resting place of many of the residents in this local area... Centralia, Pa.: How an underground coal fire erased a town The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA - Feb 5, 2010 ...Still, a few diehards remained, squatting in houses they no longer own after the government seized them through eminent domain in the early 1990s... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, February 05, 2010
Pa. wants last Centralia holdouts gone as town's coal mine fire, ignited in 1962, smolders on Los Angeles Times, CA (Associated Press) - Feb 5, 2010 ...But dozens of holdouts, Lokitis included, refused to go — even after their houses were seized through eminent domain in the early 1990s. They said the fire posed little danger to their part of town... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Planners endorse sewer overflow tank Sun Gazette, Williamsport, PA - Feb 4, 2010 ...Two neighboring businesses were acquired by the authority last year through eminent domain and subsequently were demolished to make way for the two new structures. Construction is to begin as soon as the weather allows... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
School opens on Valley Forge park grounds Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Feb 2, 2010 ...They had moved to the farm in 1972 but lost it in 1978 when the property was acquired by eminent domain. She was allowed to live on the park land for up to 25 more years, but left in 2002... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, February 01, 2010
Spring-Ford may use eminent domain for high school driveway The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Feb 1, 2010 The Spring-Ford School Board is planning on using eminent domain to create a driveway from the back of the high school leading out to the 10th Avenue bypass. The goal is to alleviate traffic on Lewis Road... Downtown Pittsburgh redevelopment starts to bear fruit Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Jan 31, 2010 ...If Murphy had gotten his initial way, however, Downtown could have been forever damaged, said Scott Bullock, a former Pittsburgher and senior attorney at the nonprofit Virginia-based Institute for Justice, which opposes government use of eminent domain... Minersville Bridge targeted for repairs The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Jan 31, 2010 ...Letters mentioning eminent domain have been sent to some property owners in the area. But officials said those simply are notices that workers will have to enter properties for surveys... Lentz's airport authority plan under attack The Delaware County Times, Primos, PA - Jan 31, 2010 ...Giancristoforo cited the power of eminent domain listed in the House bill, which he said means the authority would be able to acquire private property it deems necessary for purposes of the airport... |