Capello also encouraged residents to come to enjoy the fireworks show at Coleman Park on the Fourth of July starting at 9:00 p.m. She advised that although the state now allows people to purchase aerial-type fireworks, there is nowhere in the city where a rocket may be set off because the city ordinance does not allow them to be used in proximity to structures. Councilman Richard Wertz also noted that current dry conditions increases the risk of a fire being started.
City Council members had a first reading of an ordinance that would offer a potential buyer of the property located at 900 Maple Street an additional year of Lebanon City property tax reduction, onto the five-year reduction that would normally be offered pursuant to the Local Economic Development Revitalization Assistance Act (LERTA).
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February 24, 2021 2 min read
Artists s conception of proposed office development at 9th & Maple Streets, site of the old Northwest Elementary School (Bennett Williams Brokers)
The Lebanon School District has an agreement to sell the old Northwest Elementary building at 9th & Maple Streets to a developer, and is seeking court approval to finalize the $900,000 deal.
The 40 year-old building and grounds, actually two separate tracts totaling 3.6 acres, have been vacant since the end of the 2017-18 school year, when the district opened a new Northwest Elementary school at 1315 Old Forge Road.
The old Northwest pictured along N. 9th St/Route 72 through Lebanon. (Will Trostel)