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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 31, 2010
 
See-click-fix? Not so easy for Lower Pottsgrove gas station
The Mercury, Pottstown, PA – May 31, 2010
…In fact, in the wake of several residents coming to a commissioners meeting to complain about the eyesore last month, the commissioners voted to have the township solicitor, R. Kurtz Holloway, look into taking the property by eminent domain…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, May 27, 2010
 
Acid mine reclamation to be discussed at meeting
The Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA – May 27, 2010
…The association also will examine issues regarding eminent domain. "Six pipeline companies are registered in Pennsylvania as utilities, which allows them to install pipelines over the objections of property owners," an association spokeswoman said.


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 24, 2010
 
City houses rehabbed
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA – May 23, 2010
…The painted brick house had stood abandoned for more than a year before the work began. The city stepped in and took it through eminent domain in June…

Lauxmont Meadows’ phasing-in plan gets OK
York Sunday News, York, PA – May 23, 2010
…As part of a settlement between the family and York County to rid the county of lawsuits filed in response to its use of eminent domain to build a park, a sewage treatment plant is permitted on a nearby parcel owned by the county…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, May 18, 2010
 
PennDOT takes 3 more properties for Route 61 project
Republican - Herald, Pottsville, PA – May 18, 2010
…In a declaration of taking filed in Schuylkill County Court, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it was partially taking the properties, two in Deer Lake and one in West Brunswick Township, under the authority of the state's Eminent Domain and Administrative codes…

Barn being demolished for upgrades to Routes 183-222 interchange
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – May 18, 2010
…Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 5 spokesman Sean Brown said the state bought the barn through a right-of-way acquisition, meaning that it was acquired by eminent domain…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 17, 2010
 
Laser Marcellus Gathering seeks public utility status
Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA – May 17, 2010
…"I fear that drilling companies would utilize the power of eminent domain that would indirectly be granted to them in order to circumvent discussions and negotiations with property owners on the issues of land easements, property and mineral rights."…

Resident refuses gas company’s right of way request to run pipeline
Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA – May 17, 2010
…Sallitt said Mahan told her if they turned the company down, they wouldn't hear from him again - and they haven't. But she's worried about the company taking her property through eminent domain…

Grass grows as Mon-Fayette Expressway project idles
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – May 16, 2010
… Project Engineer Greg Bednar said the turnpike commission has been making offers to property owners along the segment of the Southern Beltway between Route 22 and Interstate 79, but isn't pressing the issue or seeking to use eminent domain if they're turned down, he said…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, May 14, 2010
 
Martin’s details expansion
Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA – May 13, 2010
…The license will be issued to Giant Food Stores LLC and transferred from Carol Crides, and it was from an establishment taken by eminent domain during a project for Route 22 in West Wheatfield Township…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
 
Commuter train possibility mulled
The Times Herald, Norristown, PA – May 11, 2010
…I don’t know that I favor government stepping in and starting to talk about condemnation, but I would hope that with technology, and greater understanding, that CSX would entertain a discussion about it.”…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 10, 2010
 
Commuter train possibility mulled
The Times Herald, Norristown, PA – May 10, 2010
…“If CSX doesn’t cooperate, simply use the power of eminent domain to condemn the necessary easements to operate passenger trains on the rail line.” In legal terms, an easement is the right to use the real property of another without possessing it…

Pipeline looks at eminent domain
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – May 9, 2010
Laser Marcellus Gathering LLC of Houston has applied to the Public Utility Commission to be declared a utility in Pennsylvania, a designation that would give the company the power to condemn any property it needs and use eminent domain to obtain easements for pipelines…

Companies seek eminent domain status to lay gas pipelines
Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA – May 8, 2010
…"The company would be able to say 'negotiate with us or we'll just take your property through condemnation,'" Saunders said. "There's no requirement for a utility to negotiate at all. Eminent domain is a nice tool for a company to have in its back pocket."…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, May 07, 2010
 
Easton sports museum looks like slam dunk to county officials
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – May 7, 2010
…City officials intend to build the complex on the sites of the vacant Perkins Restaurant and Marquis Theatre. Kirpal Saini, owner of the Perkins site, filed preliminary objections to the city's eminent domain proceedings April 20…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, May 05, 2010
 
State Briefs
Morning Call, Allentown, PA – May 4, 2010
…A $42 million government relocation program was largely completed by 1993, when officials invoked eminent domain to get dozens of holdouts to leave. Most did, eventually, but a handful of residents have mounted a last-ditch legal effort to stave off eviction…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, May 04, 2010
 
Judge says Centralia’s case merits hearing – but not in his court
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – May 4, 2010
…The state declared eminent domain in 1993. By 1996, the state Supreme Court had ruled against the remaining 53 homeowners and the borough in lawsuits seeking to overturn the state's condemnation of the town…

Pa. town above mine fire dealt legal setback
The Associated Press – May 3, 2010
…A $42 million government relocation program was largely completed by 1993, when officials invoked eminent domain to get dozens of holdouts to leave…


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, May 03, 2010
 
Centralia residents seek eviction halt
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA (Associated Press) – May 3, 2010
…A $42 million government relocation program was largely completed by 1993, when officials invoked eminent domain to get dozens of holdouts to leave…

Centralia’s last 9 residents fight eviction
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – May 2, 2010
…The federal government in 1984 allocated $42 million to relocate the town. In 1992, with 53 homeowners remaining, the state declared eminent domain, but it didn't begin evicting people until recently…

Members named to Flight 93 commission
Daily American, Somerset, PA – May 1, 2010
…They are replacing Somerset County Commissioner Pamela Tokar-Ickes and Stonycreek Township Supervisor Gregory Walker who resigned one year ago this month when the federal government announced it would use eminent domain to acquire property for the memorial…


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