Styer Orchards is a beloved institution in Lower Bucks.
Kids who grew up here will tell you about their first school trip to the orchard and if they re old enough they ll tell you about making their own cider on the old press. Families flock there on October weekends for pumpkins and apples. And their cider doughnuts are a treat any time of the year and their pies are a staple on many holiday tables here.
But, a new lease agreement approved last week peels back that warm narrative, revealing and reopening a 20-year feud between the two families that have run the orchard and farm market on the township-owned property.
Middletown Supervisors Shuffle Leadership
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The Middletown Township Board of Supervisors shuffled their leadership positions Monday evening.
At their annual reorganization meeting, Supervisor Tom Tosti was appointed to the chairperson seat and Supervisor Anna Payne was set to serve as vice chairperson.
Last year, Supervisor Mike Ksiazek served as chairperson and Supervisor Amy Strouse served as vice chairperson.
Law firm Curtin and Heefner was appointed to continue as township solicitor.
Attorney Paul Lang of Parlow and Lang was appointed as township conflict counsel, and attorney David Truelove of Hill Wallack LLP was set as labor counsel.