Zoning Board to rule on motel signs and Wendy's case
Adams County Zoning Hearing Board meets tonight to decide on motel sign variances along Route 30 and hear a Wendy's drive thru and impervious coverage requests for a site in Mechanicsburg. Also on the docket is a challenge to the interchange zoning ordinance and a billboard dispute on Route 30. The board meets at 7 p.m. in room 207 of the Adams County Courthouse.
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Adams County Zoning Hearing Board
144
U.S. Route 30
Strahan Township
Gettysburg
Donald G. Oyler
Best Western
Sarah James
Mechanicsburg
Trone Outdoor Advertising
John W. Trone
PennDOT
Trone
Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers
Columbus
Ohio
Wendy’s
Adams County
Paul Farkas
Farkas
Festival promoters sue township over new safety law
Park Avenue Promotions of Germantown Maryland filed federal and state suits Friday in Harrisburg and Gettysburg to block enforcement of Franklin Township’s public safety ordinance. The National Festival of the Arts is planned for August 23 to 37 on a Franklin Township farm, drawing potential crowds of hundreds of thousands. The federal suit claims civil rights violations and seeks a restraining order. the state suit argues the ordinance is overly restrictive. A hearing is set for August 3 with possible further review August 10. Burr Deming called the court process reassuring. Supervisor John White said the aim is safety, not denial of the event.
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Park Avenue Promotions
Germantown
Franklin
U.S. District Court
Harrisburg
Adams County Common Pleas
Gettysburg
Park Avenue
Franklin Township
William Caldwell
Burr Deming
John White
Tornados touch down in western Pennsylvania
Two tornadoes touched down in western Pennsylvania as a storm moved through Beaver and Butler counties. A trailer was split in Worth Township near Cooper's Lake, uprooting many trees with no injuries reported. Reports of ground contact near Aliquippa and multiple tornado sightings in Raccoon and Center townships followed as the National Weather Service issued warnings.
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Pennsylvania
Cooper's Lake
Worth Township
Annamarie Kiefer
Butler state police
KDKA
Aliquippa
Pittsburgh
Beaver County
Rac
coon
Center townships
National Weather Service
Beaver
Butler counties
Welcome Wagon Lady Sandra Beauchat Reflects on Life in Adams County
Sandra Louise Beauchat, a Welcome Wagon International rep, shares 30 years in Adams County with husband Tom, two children, and a grandchild. She enjoys bridge, tennis, skiing, reading, and travel, volunteers with the Chamber of Commerce, and dreams of nursing and space exploration while celebrating a zest for life and humor.
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Sandra Louise Beauchat
Tiffany Lane
Adams County
Giant Food Stores
Tom
Michelle
Pete
Mark
Alec
Chamber of Commerce
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sue Franklin
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Croquet Club of
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Joan Chandon
Roy Monsour
Sam Hartley
Jane Hoover Anderson
James Sixons
Charles Hockley
Kevin Robinson
Bruce Straub
Robert Weaner Jr
AARP
Welcome Wagon International, Inc
Mary Altier
Sally Ride
Jim Sexton
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