Thursday, August 2, 2012
Borough leaders convened on Wednesday night.
New Storage Facility The Whitehall Borough Council learned more at Wednesday night's borough meeting about the self-storage facility coming to Weyman Road at the spot of an old junkyard. Speaking on behalf of the facility's management, Kim Gales-Dunn, of the civil engineering company J.R. Gales & Associates, Inc., officially requested that they be permitted to build nine steel buildings on the Weyman property. That plan was not met with much resistance by borough leaders; though, Whitehall police Chief Donald R. Dolfi expressed concern with vehicles exiting the site onto Weyman. "Maybe the exit could be drawn back into the property versus coming out to the road to avoid obstructing traffic," Dolfi said. "It's about perception/reaction time…
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
A heated debate on Wednesday night regarding Whitehill Circle. Also, several other discussions over environmental issues.
As the Whitehall police headquarters gears up to go green with a new, environmentally friendly roof, residents of Whitehill Circle plead for the Whitehall Borough Council to return to green by restoring an island in the middle of their cul-de-sac. A Circular Discussion Whitehill Circle residents Regina and Anthony Frankenfield and Lucy Buzzeo made impassioned speeches to the Whitehall Council on Wednesday to restore the Whitehill island and to put back up a red dogwood tree that was the showpiece of their neighborhood. Councilman Philip Lahr was the first to apologize to the residents; though, Lahr believed that the residents were duly notified about the change in the way that their cul-de-sac would look. The residents, however, claimed …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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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Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Whitehall Council decided on Wednesday to issue a letter backing opposition to Act 13.
The Whitehall Borough Council voted on Wednesday night to issue a letter in support of a local lawsuit challenging Act 13, the recently inked Pennsylvania law that bars local governments from regulating Marcellus Shale drilling and that goes into effect on April 14. The letter of support, which came on the heels of a similar gesture by the Pittsburgh City Council, has no legal implications for Whitehall, where zoning regulations limit Marcellus Shale drilling to four locations in the borough. Whitehall's South Hills Country Club has leased part of its land for drilling to Chesapeake Energy, but country club officials have said that no such drilling has occurred. Seven area municipalities, including Cecil and Peters townships, have signed …
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
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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Eric Bosloor
11:26 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Whenever I scout for good locations for our self-storage business, it is also very important to get the local council’s approval, and ensure that it does not disturb the peace of the locality. It is very important to have several considerations and assure the local council that it will not cause more damage to the locality. One of the councils I have met, I was faced with indignation, but … more ›