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The North Lebanon Township supervisors met Monday night to discuss newly adopted Municibid procedures, a newly awarded Marcellus Shale Grant, and various Park & Recreation Board recommendations.

In a long line of cases, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Supreme Court) has held that the Code generally preempts the field of public utility regulation.

In February 2021, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued a declaratory order finding that a utility did not need to pay certain municipal permitting fees because those...

Property issues involving roads and paper alleys are fact-specific and require an analysis of the facts and circumstances of your situation. This blog series will provide an overview of the various topics that affect road analysis in Pennsylvania.  

Property issues involving roads and paper alleys are fact-specific and require an analysis of the facts and circumstances of your situation. This blog series will provide an overview of the various topics that affect road analysis in Pennsylvania.  

Credit Anne Danahy / WPSU David Pribulka, manager of Ferguson Township in Centre County, stood on a suburban street in late February, as snow melted and ran down a drain. The township recently adopted a stormwater fee, and he was pointing to one of the projects the fee will help pay for: a badly needed improvement to a drainage way.  "A lot of these storm pipes are undersized. So they become overwhelemed with stormwater particularly after significant rain events and flooding," Pribulka said. ...