Blackthorne Investors are appealing a vote by Penn Township to deny construction of a new clubhouse in the Blackthorne Estates golf course community. The commissioners voted 4-1 on Aug. 16 against construction of a new facility, citing the possibility of increased traffic in a residential area near the proposed site.
Lisa Cegina likes the rural feel of her Salem home. But, as the township considers joining a growing countywide sewage authority, Cegina worries Salem will be subject to property development in the future. Since parting ways with the Crabtree Sewage Authority, the township has relied primarily on taps into the
A proposed personal care home in Unity passed the first step toward development Thursday as the township supervisors granted a conditional use request for the facility. Developer Policastro Properties is planning to construct two personal care buildings, connected by an enclosed breezeway, on a 5-acre parcel located behind the Quality
A complaint was lodged this week with the Westmoreland County Board of Elections asking it to investigation a claim that Southwest Greensburg improperly lobbied borough voters to support a referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot. If the referendum is approved, it would eliminate a 1-mill annual library tax. The complaint
The former Beckwith property, west of Route 66 near the northern end of the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass in Salem Township, will become a new distribution center for beer and soda. Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co., based in Pittsburgh’s South Side, is expanding and nearly doubling its storage capacity with