Monday, September 17, 2012
The Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners tabled the comprehensive plan after residents raised environmental concerns about land off E. Emmaus Avenue.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
In a surprise move, the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners tabled their vote on the township's updated comprehensive plan after a group of residents objected to the residential zoning of an environmentally sensitive area of South Mountain. The board had been expected to adopt the plan Thursday night, after the Planning Commission spent two years reviewing and updating the plan with the consulting firm Urban Research & Development and held two public hearings. The residents, which included members of the township's Environmental Advisory Council, want the area off East Emmaus Avenue rezoned conservation residential, as it had been years ago, instead of the current R3, medium density residential zoning. "It defies logic that we're not…
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E Emmaus Ave & Church Rd, Allentown, PA
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Fewer geese and therefore fewer droppings have been spotted at Laubach Park.
Problems with too many geese, and in turn, excess amounts of geese feces, have plagued Laubach Park over the past few years. But Salisbury Township residents will be happy to know there's good news. The township's treatment to make the geese leave is working, said Commissioner Robert Martucci Jr. "They're doing a great job," Martucci told the commissioners at the June 14 board meeting. "We've seen very few geese." Martucci said part of the treatment consists of oiling the goose eggs during the nesting season to prevent more geese from being born. The oil prevents airflow to the egg so that it never develops. In addition, Martucci said when the geese are molting, township workers "harass" them in hopes they will leave the park. If that does…
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William H. Laubach Memorial Park
1600 Lehigh Ave, Allentown, PA
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Salisbury Township Police Chief Allen Stiles says Allentown Police Department's new encrypted radios hinder communication with Salisbury police.
Salisbury Township Police Department may get three new portable radios due to an unforeseen communication problem with Allentown Police Department's new radios. Salisbury Township Police Chief Allen Stiles told the Salisbury commissioners that Allentown Police Department's new encrypted radios, which will be in use starting June 30, will make communication very difficult. Encrypted radios allow police communication to be kept from the public. Due to the encryption, Salisbury's police radios do not have the ability to communicate to Allentown's new police radios and vice versa. While Stiles called Salisbury’s police radios great, he explained they do not have the capability of going to the type of encryption Allentown has. “This poses a …
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Salisbury Township Police Department
3000 S Pike Ave, Allentown, PA
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A Salisbury Township resident said having to replace a shade tree would cause her sidewalk on College Lane to buckle again.
Many Salisbury residents might not know the township has a shade tree ordinance, but the eight-page document says trees in the public right-of-way are the responsibility of adjacent property owners. After removing a dead tree from the public right-of way in front of her house in the 900 block of College Lane, Annabelle Dittbrenner recently appealed the part of the ordinance that requires residents to replace shade trees if they are taken down. Commissioners reviewed conditions and agreed with her. Dittbrenner told commissioners at their May 25 meeting she did not want to replace the tree. Over the years, its roots grew into her lawn and had caused her sidewalk to buckle. “I didn’t know about this ordinance and I do not wish to plant …
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900 College Ln, Allentown, PA
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Salisbury Township Commissioners changed the township's sewer backup claims policy, making residents responsible for insuring themselves for damages.
Salisbury Township residents whose property continuously experience water or sewer backups will now be responsible for paying for damages, according to a new change to the township's policy. “The township will not pay for it,” said Township Manager Randy at the board of commissioners May 10 meeting. The board authorized the change to the township’s sewer backup claims policy. The township will send a letter to property owners notifying them they will be responsible for insuring themselves for water and sewer backup damages.
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Salisbury Township Municipal Offices
2900 S Pike Ave, Allentown, PA
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners granted homeowner a waiver from having to replace a shade tree because it posed a hazard to underground utility lines.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A Salisbury Township couple won't have to replace a tree on their property because it would be on top of a gas line and could pose a hazard, the board commissioners said last week. Bruce and Cynthia Schmauch, of 931 Bridle Path Road, asked the board for a waiver from the township's shade tree ordinance. "A crew came out to look at grinding the stump out, but when they looked at it they said they couldn't do it because all of the utility lines were going through the center and parts of the outskirts of the tree," Bruce Schmauch said. He said there were two PPL lines, a Verizon line and a UGI line running underground where the tree was supposed to be planted. Schmauch said he considered planting the tree nearby, but was told by a UGI …
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931 Bridle Path Rd, Allentown, PA
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
52 percent of voters in our Patch poll agreed that Salisbury commissioners made the right decision not to join the Neighborhood Improvement Zone lawsuit.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The results of our Salisbury Patch poll were close, but a majority 52 percent supported the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners' decision last week not to join the lawsuit filed against Allentown's Neighborhood Improvement Zone's special taxing district. The board said Salisbury and neighboring municipalities stand to benefit from Allentown's economic revitalization with the $158 million hockey arena and other projects planned for the downtown.
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Salisbury Township Municipal Offices
2900 S Pike Ave, Allentown, PA
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Do you agree with the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners' decision not to join the Neighborhood Improvement Zone lawsuit?
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Friday, April 27, 2012
On Thursday, the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners voted against joining the lawsuit filed against Allentown's Neighborhood Improvement Zone's special taxing district. The board said Salisbury and neighboring municipalities stand to benefit from Allentown's economic revitalization with the $158 million hockey arena and other projects planned for the downtown.
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Salisbury Township Municipal Offices
2900 S Pike Ave, Allentown, PA
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Arguing it would do more harm than good, the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners declined to join the lawsuit against Allentown's neighborhood improvement zone tax.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Arguing it would do more harm than good, the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners voted Thursday against joining the lawsuit against Allentown's neighborhood improvement zone and its plan to withold the township's earned income tax. Four of the five-member board voted against joining the lawsuit filed in state court by Hanover and Bethlehem townships. Commissioner Robert Martucci Jr. abstained from voting because he said his construction company, Framework Technologies, Inc., has done work and will continue to do work for some of the parties involved in the proposed hockey arena project. Township Manager Randy Soriano applauded the board's decision to take a regional approach and "for taking the time to think through this issue." …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Residents will have to pick up tab for new curbs on Lincoln and Flexer avenues, but Salisbury Township may be able to get better deal.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Property owners on Lincoln and Flexer avenues in Salisbury Township will have to pay for new curbs that need to be installed to prevent erosion, according to the Salisbury Township board of commissioners. Townhip Engineer Dave Tettemer told the board at a workshop meeting last week that about 2,100 feet of curbing needs to be installed on the two roads. The project would involve about eight residential property owners and Cedar Crest Bible Fellowship Church, 1151 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. "There is some minor erosion there and a curb would help stabilize that," Tettemer said. "Water is a big issue with road life. A curb would help give better life to the road." Cement curbing costs about $30 a foot and the entire project could cost about $14,…
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Lincoln Ave & S Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA
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John Franken
7:21 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012
The funny thing about this story is that every other police department in the area (Including Emmaus, Salisbury, South Whitehall, etc..) has the ability to directly communicate right on Allentown's main police frequency with the current radios they have. If there is an issue in Allentown and a fleeing felon is headed toward one of these other townships, Allentown PD does not have the same ability… more ›