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The North Huntingdon commissioners reaffirmed their decision to deny a request from the Norwin School District to waive a $15,755 building permit fee needed to make necessary repairs to a school roof. The commissioners voted 6-1 to deny the district’s request as it is facing $1 million in needed roof

Norwin will pay a $15,755 building permit fee for a school roof project, unless the North Huntingdon commissioners reverse a 4-3 decision last week that rejected the school’s request to waive the fee, as has been done in the past for non-profits. The commissioners cited what they said was the

The Westmoreland County Housing Authority cleared another hurdle this week toward building a 50-unit four-story apartment building in Irwin for low-income senior citizens by winning North Huntingdon’s approval of plans for a 1,300-foot roadway to connect the complex to a township road. Despite strong and impassioned opposition from several residents

North Huntingdon officials this week narrowly approved permits for two residents to keep chickens, with a warning from one council member that it could open the floodgates for more backyard hens. By 4-3 votes, the commissioners approved permits for Megan Javor of Lancelot Drive and Sarah Helzlsouer of Adams Drive

The latest chapter in whether North Huntingdon residents are permitted to raise chickens could end next week. Commissioners are likely to vote on a request from Megan Jovar of Lancelot Drive for a conditional-use permit to keep the seven hens she has in her backyard and a request from Sarah

The Westmoreland County Housing Authority’s plan to build a 50-unit senior citizen apartment building in Irwin hit a snag this week when the North Huntingdon commissioners tabled a vote on approving the project’s 1,300 foot road intended to connect the site to a township street. The commissioners voted 4-3 to

With apologies to English novelist Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities,” it was both the best and worst of times last week for Westmoreland County Housing Authority’s plans to build a 50-unit senior apartment in Irwin, with an access road through North Huntingdon. The good time for the four-story Grand

A hike in residential garbage collection rates in North Huntingdon next year that is part of a new deal was almost inevitable, given the “below-market rates” charged by the current hauler, township officials said. The four-year contract commissioners approved Wednesday with Waste Management Inc. will boost residential rates to $77.25

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The controversy over regulating backyard chickens in North Huntingdon was back before the township commissioners Wednesday when the seven-member board once again split over whether to amend existing rules governing poultry in a neighborhood. The board majority on Wednesday let stand a decision to hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 at the North Huntingdon Town Hous...

North Huntingdon property owners will not have to pay more in real estate taxes in 2021. The commissioners on Wednesday approved setting the tax rate at 11.55 mills for the $14.7 million general fund budget. Commissioner Jason Atwood was the lone opposition to setting the tax rate at 11.55 mills; Atwood and Commissioner Eric Gass opposed approving the budget. Atwood said last week during a special meeting he had wanted to raise taxes by about 2 mills to cover a budget deficit rather than transf...