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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
TribLIVE's 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 House on the issue of giving residents the option of obtaining a conditional use permit if they want to...
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 transferring $1.14 million from the fund balance to provide enough money to cover expenses in 2021. Atwood...