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Do You Know What North East Township Has Planned for Zoning?

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The comprehensive plan we’ve been discussing has many parts, but we’re jumping ahead just a bit because there will soon be a public hearing to consider a rezoning request. As we noted already, during the last planning meeting, residents were told the rezoning request was in line with “the plan,” and what we were told […]

Public Hearing for North East Borough Block Grant Program

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First public hearing North East Borough FY 2015 Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) Notice is hereby given that North East Borough officials will hold a public hearing at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at the North East Borough Municipal Building, 31 West Main Street, North East, PA 16428. The purpose of the […]

Burch Farms Country Market Files for Bankruptcy Protection

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The Erie Times News is reporting this morning that Burch Farms Country Market has filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy protection. Burch Farms Inc., which operates Burch Farms Country Market on Sidehill Road, owes about $114,500 in employment and unemployment compensation taxes to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, according […]

Goals and Objectives of the North East Area Comprehensive Plan

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Every plan has a goal, whether it’s losing that last ten pounds, getting a college degree or finding a job, but the North East comprehensive plan is a lot more ambitious than that. The goals and objectives are to: … develop and preserve a pleasant, attractive, healthy, safe, efficient and convenient community environment for living, […]

What is the North East Area Comprehensive Plan?

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After attending many meetings of the planning commission and supervisors over the past two years, it was a bit unusual to hear “the plan” referred to in both meetings Monday evening during discussions of a rezoning issue. It has been mentioned before, though rarely, but Monday’s references by both planning commission alternate member Susan Sprague […]

Rezoning Issue Raises Tensions in Planning and Supervisors Meetings

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The Monday evening meetings of both the North East Township planning commission and the supervisors brought a group of residents from the neighborhood centered on South Washington street to air concerns over a proposed rezoning, from R2 residential to B1 commercial, of a property, owned by Lloyd and Joan Bemiss, adjacent to the Roberts Trucking […]

North East Borough Zoning Hearing Board Will Meet June 8th

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The North East Borough Zoning Hearing Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 8, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in the North East Borough Chambers, 31 West Main Street, North East, PA 16428. The Zoning Board will hear the following variance request: David L. Thornton, developer of Whistle Run Subdivision, requests a Minimum Rear […]

Robert Mazza Wins North East Township Supervisor Write In Vote

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Robert Mazza, running as a Republican primary write-in candidate for North East Township Supervisor, won the three way race receiving 182 votes from the 363 total Republican write-ins. The only official number reported by Erie County is the first place finisher. Mazza will face Democrat Godfried “Fritz” Holzhausen in the November general election. The write […]

North East School District Approves $10,000,000 Bond Issue

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In accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Unit Debt Act, the Act of December 19, 1996, notice is hereby given that on May 21, 2015, at a public meeting duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of applicable law, at 7:00 p.m., local time, at the Elementary Center Board Room, 50 […]