A Slatington farm was one of six from across the commonwealth to receive the Century Farm award from Russell Redding, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Redding presented the awa.
North Whitehall Township approved an extended deadline to Feb. 7 for preliminary development plans for the Strawberry Acres retirement community, frustrating residents.
North Whitehall Township farmers will be able to use agritainment and agritourism, including farm festivals and pick-you-own operations, after supervisors gave it the OK.
Nearly a decade ago, a standing-room only crowd watched North Whitehall Township supervisors reject a New Jersey developer’s proposal for a retirement community on 25 acres of the 140-acre former
A New Jersey developer got conditional approval for a 55-plus active adult residential community in North Whitehall Township on the former Strawberry Acres farm, which he's been seeking since 2013.