HBA Newswatch
February 21, 2008
REEVES DEVELOPER ANNOUNCES PLAN CHANGES
By Brian McCarthy, bmccarthy@phoenixvillenews.com
SCHUYLKILL — Applicants of the proposed 51-lot subdivision on the Reeves Property updated township planners Wednesday night on the status of the development.
Todd Pohlig attended the meeting on behalf of the applicants, Pohlig Builders, to explain the status of the development’s preliminary plans.
He told the planners a series of revisions “mostly technical in nature” were made to the plans, and a letter from Pohlig’s engineers would be soon be mailed to the township outlining the revisions.
Since the last planners meeting in January, Pohlig met with the historical commission last Monday, and said he will meet with the environmental advisory council on Tuesday to update them as well.
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RESIDENTS MUST CLEAN SEWER EASEMENT
TREE ROOTS HAVE ENVELOPED AND PENETRATED SEWER PIPE, FORCING THE REPLACEMENT OF 500 FEET OF THE LINE
By ANNE PICKERING, Staff Writer
WEST CHESTER — Four West Goshen residents in the Kirby Woods subdivision will have to do a little yard work to clean off a West Chester sewer easement in their backyards.
The borough needs to replace about 500 feet of an old sewer line that is in poor condition.
One resident will have to remove some sections of a fence. Two others will have to move or lose some landscaping. Two of the homes will lose about 10 large trees that formed woods at the back of their properties.
Roots from the trees have enveloped and penetrated the old terra cotta clay sewer pipe and what was once a 12-inch-diameter pipe is now more like a 6-inch-diameter pipe, said Bob Wilpizeski, director of the West Chester Department of Public Works. The residents are cooperating, although “a couple residents have expressed disappointment.”
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POHLIGS PLAN LIFESTYLE CONDOS IN HAVERFORD
By Jeff Cobb
As developer Todd Pohlig walks around the sample of his pending "55-plus lifestyle" condo community, demonstrating features catering to affluent, aging baby boomers, he exudes restrained confidence that his is an idea whose time is now.The floor sample is built into a storefront in Bryn Mawr to make it easy for well-heeled boomers to imagine what a new condo at "Athertyn at Haverford Reserve" in Haverford Township could feel like. Pohlig and his younger brother, Don, are co-principals of Pohlig Builders, which - partnered with The Goldenberg Group of Blue Bell – was selected over 19 other bidders develop about 40 acres on the grounds of the former Haverford State Hospital.
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KESSLER WANTS ANOTHER TERM
Throws hat in with organic farming
By Matthew Reichl, Special to The Mercury
State Rep. David Kessler said property tax and preserving farm land are two of the most important issues he will focus on if he is re-elected this year.
"That was what i focused on when I was originally campaigning," he said.
Elected in 2006, Kessler has spent years as an Oley Township supervisor and kept the position when he joined the state House of Representatives, to the anger of some who felt he was spreading himself too thin.
"By staying as a township supervisor, it has kept me in close touch with the needs of townships and boroughs and I've introduced two bills that will tremendously help throughout," he said. "As far as time is concerned, the majority of township supervisors have a full-time job. Oley Township is a very quiet township because we have lots of preserved farmlands."
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