THE
BOXHOLDER Presorted Standard
U.S.POSTAGE PAID WHITE HAVEN PA PERMIT NO. 18
POSTAL CUSTOMER
of PENN-KIDDER ©2023, All Rights Reserved
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 4
FREE 1st 2 copies
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2023
50¢ each additional copy
Fireworks sparked at Penn Forest Township meeting by Seth Isenberg
PennDOT has notified Penn Forest and Kidder Townships that they plan to begin replacing the Route 903 bridge over Mud Run starting in 2024. Traffic will be reduced to one lane, with a traffic signal to control the flow. The project could take more than a year to complete.
JPK: Seth Isenberg
Penn Forest supervisors met on Tuesday, September 5 due to the Labor Day holiday. A proposal to spend $16,000 on fireworks for next year’s township festival at the township park in July set off fireworks of sorts at the meeting, with supervisors dividing as to whether such an event should be paid for in part or entirely by sponsorships from local businesses. Supervisor Dr. Pat Holland felt this money would be better spent to make sidewalks near the park for safer access or walking and bike trails elsewhere in the township. Supervisors Holland, Scott Lignore and Jim Denier, all area businessmen, offered to be first in line to write a check towards the event.
Fireworks at this year’s event cost $10,000, paid for by the township. That fireworks show received high praise. The same show package for 2024 would be $10,700. The $16,000 price is for a longer show, with larger fireworks. For 2024, the fireworks are planned to be a big ending for a day-long festival at the park. Chairman Roger Meckes and supervisor Christian Bartulovich proposed for the township to pay for the same package at the 2024 price of $10,700, while also recruiting sponsorships to raise money for the event AND the bigger fireworks display. This proposal earned the grudging support of all five supervisors. In other business, supervisors were unanimous in renewing the winter roads See PENN FOREST TWP, page 2