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Waste Management Automating Thousands of Jobs

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If you, like many of us in North East, had problems with Waste Management recently and for those of you who still do, there have been some developments. It appears the company is planning to eliminate about 5000 jobs through automation by 2026. Many positions have a high attrition rate, like the guy on the […]

North East Water System Boil Advisory LIFTED

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The Borough of North East would like to announce that the Water Boil Advisory that was issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) on Friday, December 20, 2024 has been effectively lifted as of Thursday, December 26, 2024. The Borough has complied with all of the mandates of the Field Order issued as […]

Boil Water Advisory for North East Borough and North East Township

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North East Borough is issuing a Boil Water Advisory effective immediately for all residential, commercial and industrial customers of the North East Borough Water system. On December 20, 2024, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) issued a Field Order requiring the boil water advisory to the North East Borough Water Department as a result […]

What is Going on With Waste Management – Almost 4 Weeks Behind?

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Waste Management has now become one more example of a company with enormous management problems and terrible customer service. Our next scheduled pickup according to their website, is Friday, December 20th. That will be a full four weeks since it was last picked up. An email from the company says Tuesday, December 17. Contacting the […]

Waste Management Catching Up with Missed Pickups

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Yesterday and today, Waste Management has come through our neighborhood picking up the trash that had been left sitting for two weeks. I spoke to the driver and he said a personnel issue led to problems covering some routes. He also noted there are a number of new drivers in training which is great to […]

Is Waste Management Abandoning North East Garbage Pickup Service?

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Those of us in North East Township who use Waste Management for garbage pickup service have experienced steady and substantial price increases. In the past year or so, service has been less reliable and timely and now we have two consecutive weeks of no pickups. Service scheduled for November 8th was missed and rescheduled for […]

North East Township Adopts New Zoning Ordinance

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North East Township Supervisors, during their Monday meeting, voted to adopt the revised zoning ordinance under consideration for the last two months. Two public hearings resulted in some minor changes from the draft presented to supervisors by the planning commission. The previous ordinance had been in effect since 2014. North East Twp Final Zoning Map2024 […]

NE Township Still to Take Action on Zoning Updates

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During Monday’s NE Township supervisors meeting, the zoning ordinance update was discussed. Due to some confusion, the changes decided upon after the public hearing held before the last meeting had not yet been made to the ordinance and now will be made and completed before the next meeting on November 4th. The final version must […]

NE Township Zoning Update Hearing Results in Additional Change Requests

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Before the regular supervisors meeting, during the public hearing for the zoning updates, a presentation was made by Char Kerr explaining the process the planning commission followed along with a list of areas addressed. Afterwards, a number of requests were made for further changes or clarifications to the ordinance. Township resident Amanda Steeneck had questions […]