Also, the borough's code is heading online, a junkyard update and other notes from a May 16 council meeting.
Route 51 'Safety Center' The Whitehall Borough base of Medical Rescue Team South Authority (MRTSA), now found on Borough Park Drive, is in the process of moving to the old Whitehall Fire Company station across from Baldwin High School along Route 51. The old fire station sits directly next to the newest Whitehall fire station, which opened this spring. MRTSA's soon-to-be-former Whitehall base will be used by the borough's public works department. "The road crew will finally have more space," Councilman Philip Lahr, a former firefighter, said after a Whitehall Council meeting on Wednesday night, "which they need very badly. Now, they have two garages to store equipment in. "The (new) firehouse (project) was a win-win thing. If you built the…
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A South Hills resident wants to turn a longtime eyesore into a storage facility.
By the end of spring, Whitehall Borough residents may find themselves rid of a neighborhood blemish—finally. At a Whitehall Council meeting on Wednesday night, businessman Tom Kesten told the council that he wants residential zoning changed on a property between Provost and Weyman roads formerly occupied by an auto salvage company. The junkyard had been there when the borough was formed in 1948, but for years, it has sat unused and has been an eyesore. Kesten hopes to change that. He wants to buy the property and turn it into a high-end storage facility. "Without any help with zoning, it's a stalemate," Kesten said, adding that he's eager to clean the site up. "I don't want to buy it and be stuck with something I can't use." Council …
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Frank
10:33 am on Friday, December 9, 2011
Storage facility. That's exciting..... more ›