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East Allen Supervisor David Miller To Jaindl: ‘Some of Honored What I have to vote on Page 5 Disgusts me’ Illegal Dumping
By KERI LINDENMUTH Tensions were high when developer David Jaindl and his team of consultants and engineers appeared before the East Allen Township Board of Supervisors on Thursday, December 13 to discuss the relocation of Seemsville Road following JaindlWatson’s warehouse project in neighboring Allen Township. Jaindl and his team appeared before the board to discuss waiver requests for the project, among which included roadway and storm water requirements. The first waiver request was for relief from a 25-foot right-of-way on the side of the road. However, supervisors quickly voiced their hem Christmas Pageant was held concern about the utilities along in the Bethlehem Rose Garden at the side of the road and the poEighth Avenue and Union Boule- tential for future development. “Who knows if we will have to vard on December 8 and 9. do more in that right-of-way?” Continued on page 14 said Supervisor Mark Schwartz. Jaindl’s experts are also proposing a swale at the northern end of the old Seemsville Road, but nothing else in regards to curbs or drainage. However, the northern and southern ends of the old road will be turned into cul-desacs, which made some supervisors concerned about flooding. “How do we know it [the swale] is going to work?” asked Supervisor Georgiann Hunsicker. She cited flooding at the FedEx Ground site. “[Flooding] causes a lot of accidents and stress on homeowners,” she said. Supervisor Roger Unangst
40th Annual Live Bethlehem Christmas Pageant held in Bethlehem Rose Garden by KERI LINDENMUTH A Bethlehem holiday tradition once again came to life in the Christmas City. The 40th annual performance of the Live Bethle-
asked Jaindl to prepare contour lines and grading plans for a visual representation. Unangst also made it clear that the board had no intention of voting on any of the waiver requests until January. He asked the township’s solicitor and engineer to make a list of concerns for review. Another waiver request Jaindl made was for trees and shrubbery along the retention basin. Instead of vegetation, they asked for a fence. However, East Allen Supervisors said they do not want residents of old Seemsville Road to have to look at the basin, even if those residents are citizens of Allen, not East Allen, Township. It was at the mention of Allen Township that tensions between supervisors and Jaindl started to rise. Allen Township approved the warehouse plan.
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----------------------There are five supervisors here [angry] as hornets. Supervisor Roger Unangst ----------------------“There are five supervisors here [angry] as hornets,” said Unangst. “You had every opportunity to work with Allen Township to put traffic through Howertown Road,” he continued. “[But] Allen Township does not want Continued on page 3
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