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MAHONING TWP. - Township officials will ask the planning commission for Mahoning and Cooper townships for recommendations for regulating ground-mounted solar panels, they said at Monday s Mahoning Township supervisors meeting.
They also will encourage supervisors in neighboring Cooper Township to make the same request.
Zoning Officer Dean VonBlohn told the Mahoning supervisors that he and fellow Zoning Officer Jim Dragano have been seeing an increasing number of solar panels, both on roofs and ground-mounted in Mahoning Township.
Permits are only required to install them on roofs, he said. Right now there is no ordinance to put in a large ground-mounted solar farm, VonBlohn said, adding the ordinance should not be to prevent them but to administer them.
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A popular tourist paddlewheeler should be able to get out of drydock thanks to a funding stream from Lycoming County.
Commissioners at their weekly meeting approved $100,000 for the Hiawatha to make journeys this season down the Susquehanna River.
The funding will assist with operations and budget shortfalls experienced by Hiawatha Inc. due to COVID-19, according to commissioners.
“We were faced with it being out of operation this season,” Commissioner Rick Mirabito said.
Commissioners noted yearly Hiawatha costs amount to $50,000, including for insurance, even if it doesn’t operate.
The county funding is expected to be a one-time allocation.
Thursday, May 13, 2021 by The Associated Press (AP)
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida will spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to protect against coastal flooding under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis was joined by Republican legislative leaders at a bill signing ceremony Wednesday in Tarpon Springs.
The new law will require the Department of Environmental Protection to prepare a flooding and resiliency plan and will provide up to $100 million annually to local communities who identify areas that are at risk to sea level rise.
Conservation Commission considers Carver solar projects
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CARVER – The parade of solar project proposals in Carver continues, with several projects under review by the Conservation Commission at its last meeting.
The Planning Boards in Carver and Wareham have granted approval for the 3-megawatt dual use solar project with battery storage on six acres at 370 Tremont St. in Carver and on 26 acres in Wareham. Of the 3 megawatts, approximately 30 percent would be located in Carver.
Sarah Stearns, an associate with the consulting firm Beals and Thomas, presented the plans for solar panels over owner Brett Meredith’s cranberry bogs to the Conservation Commission during the May 5 public hearing. A notice of intent and a variance have been requested from Carver.
Coast Guard responds to diesel fuel spill in South Jersey river
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
An MH-65 Dolphin aircrew from Coast Guard Atlantic City conducts an overflight of a marine diesel fuel spill from a motor vessel operating in the Maurice River, N.J., May 12, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Released)U.S. Coast Guard photo/Released
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Crews on Wednesday were working to contain a marine diesel fuel spill in the Maurice River in Cumberland County, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The spill from a vessel was reported in Leesburg, a section of Maurice River Township, according to officials.