i Dallas, Pennsylvania The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 July 25 to July 31, 2003 SPORTS National boys Little League, Jr. Softball girls knocked out of playoffs. Pg 9. SCHOOL Local students earn honors at Wyoming Seminary. Pg 4. 50¢ PEOPLE Misericordia professor will present paper in London. Pg 5. ~ Housing boom in Back Mountain & Angelicola, who intends to build an By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff BACK MOUNTAIN — A development may be coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Ten housing developments and hundreds of homes are currently planned in areas throughout the Back Mountain. Here's a look at where they are and what municipal officials think about them. Calls to seven Back Mountain municipal- ities found that 312 housing units are being developed, within 10 projects, in five mu- nicipalities. Ranked in order of the munici- pality with the most activity, they are: Dal- las Township, Kingston Township, Harveys Lake, Jackson Township and Lehman Township. Those surveyed but reporting no major developments were Dallas Bor- ough and Ross Township. Dallas Township leads the way with a whopping 134 planned units. The 42-unit Dakota Group Townhome community has been approved for Route 309 across from Country Club Apartments. Construction has already begun on the 32-home Over- brook Farms on Overbrook Road. In addition, Greenbriar Estates, a combi- nation assisted living and independent liv- * ing facility At Route 415 and 42nd Street, was recently approved by the Dallas Town- ship Planning Commission. The develop- ment is expected to be completed by Janu- Overbrook Estates in Dallas Town- ship is only one of sev- eral residen- tial develop- ments un- derway or approved. ary 2004. See HOUSING, pg 8 By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff JACKSON TOWNSHIP — The gasoline leak at the Ameri- can Asphalt plant in Jackson Township may be significantly larger than originally thought. The Department of Environ- mental Protection (DEP) said Friday that gas tanks at the American Asphalt plant in Jackson Township could have leaked as many as 2,000 gal- lons of gas. On Tuesday, DEP officials said the leak is proving much worse than was initially reported. Contamination of groundwa- ter in the area is feared and By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff HARVEYS LAKE — Mem- bers of the Harveys Lake Pro- Storm cleanup College Misericordia maintenance worker Larry Denlea and lead custodian Dave Stuart removed a large branch from Lake Street in Dallas Borough. The branch came down during a storm Monday evening that brought down trees and power lines throughout the Back Mountain. POST PHOTO/ERIN YOUNGMAN tective Association are calling for Harveys Lake Municipal Au- thority board members to re- sign. The 130-member organi- zation will vote August 6 on whether to formally adopt the position. According to minutes from Sign draws outcry from neighbors By CAMILLE FIOTI Post Correspondent LEHMAN TWP. - A sign an- nouncing the construction of a mo- bile home park at West 42nd Street and Route 415 has brought a flurry of calls from concerned residents to Lehman Township Zoning Officer Charles Bartlett . The sign is on a 40-acre parcel of land owned by developer Richard independent-living facility for senior citizens at the site. Part of the facili- ty will be in Dallas Township. The sign reads “Coming Soon! 42nd Street Mobile Home Park: Phase I —- 9 sites, Phase II — 22 sites.” The assisted-living portion of the project was approved by Dallas Township. In March, the Lehman Township Supervisors change the property from A-1 Agri- cultural to R-3 Multi-Family Resi- dential. voted to ot pha Squirrel proof, maybe, bear proof, no vr: WN Talk about cooperation! Two issues ago, The Dallas Post asked anyone who had seen a bear or other wild creature in their yard to send in a photo. So, Wednesday morning, a bear ambled into the back yard of Post correspondent M.B. Gilligan, posed for photos while snacking at a bird feeder, then crossed Westminster Drive and cut through a yard and over to Kingswood Drive, all in Orchard View Terrace, Dallas Township. If you've had a similar experience, please send the evidence to The Dallas Post at 607 Main Rd., Dallas PA 18612, or by e-mail to dallaspost@leader.net. A large number of residents at- tended a recent zoning hearing to protest construction of the proposed senior citizen’s development, citing increased traffic, loss of privacy and destruction to the environment. The zoning change has heen ap- pealed and is still pending. According to Supervisor Douglas Ide, “If the property reverts back to A-1 Agricultural, mobile 42nd Street homes See LEHMAN, pg 8 Mobile Home Park Phase I - 9 Sit Phase II - 22 Sites (570) 696-4092 Developer content to wait for roundabout approval By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff DALLAS — Last week the Dallas Borough Council put off a scheduled vote on whether to add the round- about to the state Department of Transportation’s 12-year plan. The de- veloper of the possible “big box” re- tail store in Dallas Township says the delay is fine with him. “Were getting closer and closer. Things take time,” said developer J. Naparlo. Naparlo purchased the former Yal- ick property in 1998. Last November he presented preliminary plans to Dallas Township for a 155,000 square foot big box and other stores, as part of a routine application to gain a high- way occupancy permit and start con- struction. Since then he has been unable to - gain the permit and move forward be- cause he and Dallas Borough Council have been unable to come to agree- ment on how to accommodate ex- pected additional traffic. Borough Council disapproved of his proposal to turn Lake Street one-way. The roundabout has been proposed as an alternate plan. For Naparlo to gain the permit needed to start con- struction, Dallas Borough needs to approve the addition of the round- about to PennDOT"’s long-range plan. Council had planned to vote on whether to add it last week. “We're not going to take further ac- tion on the roundabout until we have advice from our solicitor,” said Kathy Kupstas, council president, after the meeting postponing the vote. Although he called the borough See ROUNDABOUT, pg 3 Gas leak worse than first thought Nearby neighborhood threatened again. Pg 3. wells are being tested. On July 15, American As- phalt workers discovered two underground 10,000 gallon tanks were leaking. A cleanup, containment and investigation effort is underway. Mark Carmon, spokesperson for DEP, said the department received a call from the compa- ny July 15 reporting the leak. He said a team from DEP re- sponded to the site where two 10,000 gallon tanks were found See LEAK, pg 3 Sewer board members may be asked to resign the July protective association meeting, a letter to its presi- dent, Mark Sobeck, from mem- ber Jay Niskey that was read to those in attendance suggested the Municipal Authority Board be asked to resign and interest- ed citizens of the borough ap- pointed in their place. The letter states: “Based on their past inactions when di- See SEWER, pg 3 16 Pages, 2 Sections Calendar.........c......ou... 16 Classified.................11-15 Crossword............cxsveee: 10 ECHONAIS..........cconinreasnse: 6 Obituaries.........ccccccveene.. 7 SCHOOL... adn 4 SPOONS... ici rb vn 9-10 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING E-mail: dallaspost@leader.net Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post P.O. Box 366, Dallas, PA 18612-0366
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