Vol. 124 No. 21
THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889
July 28-Aug. 3, 2013
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AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER
Sikers, motorists
Issue of cyclists on narrow Lakeside Dr. in
Harveys Lake discussed at council meeting
DOTTY MARTIN
dmartin@mydallaspost.com
Clarence Hogan and Sid
Halsor are on the same page.
They both want bicyclists
to continue riding around
Harveys Lake but they also
want them to be safe.
As mayor of Harveys Lake
Borough, Hogan wants cyclists
to know they are required to
follow the same rules of the
road as motorists. Halsor, a
cycling enthusiast who par-
ticipates in weekly rides at the
lake, wants the same.
“I am not against bicycling,”
said Hogan, who doesn’t cycle
LEHMAN TOWNSHIP
Paving
work
bids
awarded
CAMILLE FIOTI
Dallas Post Correspondent
The Lehman Township
Board of Supervisors award-
ed a paving contract on July
15 for $140,324 to Asphalt
Maintenance Solutions, which
was the only bidder.
Roadmaster doug Ide said
the project includes paving
a portion of Jackson Road,
ortion of Fedor Road up
Mountain View Road, all
®. Mountain View Road, a
portion of Old Route 115 to
Market Street and Market
Street up to Route 118.
In other business, Super-
visor Ray Iwanoski anounced
work to renovate the new Back
Mountain Regional Emergency
Management Agency building
is ready to bid.
The project, which is
being funded by two gaming
grants, includes construc-
tion a building where the
EMS trailers will be housed,
restorative work on the main
building and the addiiton of
a meeting/training rooms.
The facility is located adja-
cent to the Luzerne County
Fairgrounds.
“I think this is a positive
step for Lehman Township,”
said Iwanoski. “It is centrally
located and it’s state-of-the-
art.
The board voted to appoint
rian Doran as a full-time
mber of the Zoning Hearing
Ward and Bob Margellina as
an alternatve.
The next board of supervi-
sors meeting will be at 7 p.m.
Aug. 19.
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RULES OF THE ROAD
According to the Pennsylvania
Bicycle Driver's Manual, the
general rule is that “every person
riding a pedalcycle (the legal term
for a bicycle in Pennsylvania) upon
a roadway shall be granted all the
rights and shall be subject to all of
the duties applicable to the driver
of a vehicle.”
Copies of the Pennsylvania bike
law are available at the Harveys
Lake Municipal Building.
but walks the road around the
lake. “I just don’t want to see
something happen.”
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before heading to Sweet Valley.
sv Ba
ABOVE: Seniors Dustin Jones, left, of Dallas, and Peter Borum, of Shavertown, work
on a car at the Lake-Lehman Football Booster Club car wash at Cook’s Pharmacy in
Shavertown. RIGHT: Lake-Lehman sophomore John Thomas of Harveys Lake tries to
attract customers to the car wash.
Photos by Bill Tarutis | For The Dallas Post
Lake-Lehman cheerleaders and football players mix work and fun at the Booster Club’s car wash at Cook’s Pharmacy in Shavertown.
~ Workin’ at the car wash
The Lake-Lehman
Football Booster C.lub
held a car wash July 21
at Cook’s Pharmacy in
Shavertown. For a donation
of $5, drivers had their cars
washed by Black Knights
football players and cheer-
leaders. All proceeds will
be used for equipment,
camp and much more.
encouraged to work together
Photos by Bill Tarutis | For The Dallas Post
ABOVE: A few members of the Wednesday night bicycle riders travel along Lakeside Drive at Harveys Lake. LEFT: Bicycle riders travel along Lakeside Drive
X-Cell
given OK
to build
cell tower
SUSAN BETTINGER
Dallas Post Correspondent
X-Cell has been given approval to
lease a 100 x 100 ft. property off of
Cliff Street in Harveys Lake Borough
with the purpose of constructing a 195
ft. cell phone tower.
The initial meeting regarding the
tower took place in April of this year,
but has experienced delays with final-
izing the plans, mainly due to a con-
flict concerning the leasing of the
land where the tower is to be built.
X-Cell only wanted to lease the 100 x
100 feet of property where the tower
is to be constructed. The property is
located on an area totaling 30 acres,
which is owned by a private resident
who would have legally been respon-
sible for all taxes on the property if it
were not separated into a subdivision
status. X-Cell was informed it would
need to obtain permits and submit a
revised land development plan in order
to apply for the subdivision status.
All documents, plans and permits
have now been satisfied, enabling
X-Cell to move forward with the proj-
ect.
Mario Calabretta, engineer for
X-Cell and Eric Goldman, an attorney
representing X-Cell were present at
the initial meeting where Calabretta
introduced the potential plans for the
tower and Goldman answered the legal
inquiries.
Several residents voiced opposition
to the tower’s construction, stating it
would disrupt the area’s natural beau-
ty, as well as possibly lower property
values. There was also concern about
how truck traffic would burden the
area during construction. Calabretta’s
response was that there would not be
any extremely large trucks needed for
the construction and the drilling rig
and concrete trucks would be the only
trucks utilizing the road. When ques-
tioned as to why the tower needed to
be built specifically in Harveys Lake,
Goldman responded that about half of
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