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CONTINUING: THE WHITE HAVEN JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1879–145th YEAR, NO. 44

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White Haven adds police officer, works with Blueprint committee hiring by Ruth Isenberg A new part-time officer was added to the White Haven Police Department at the White Haven Borough Council meeting on September 23. Danilo Garcia was sworn in by council president John Klem at the close of the meeting. Police committee chair Bob Lamson said he is an experienced officer, so he will be on the street as soon as his firearms testing results are received. The September meeting was brief. Work is progressing with the engineer on applications for a state LSA grant, a PennDOT multi-modal grant, and a Main Street Matters grant. Because the multi-modal grant has a 30% match, the other two grants are important to serve as part of the match. Solicitor Don Karpowich reported that the façade

Danilo Garcia, left, is sworn in by John Klem. JH: Ruth Isenberg

ordinance is in its final form, including a list of historic buildings in the community. The ordinance will be sent to both the White Haven and Luzerne County planning commissions for comment, then advertised for a public hearing at the November meeting. Council will enter into a mutual agreement with the Greater White Haven Chamber of Commerce to allow the Blueprint Committee to hire Holly Potance for 20 hours per week to assist with grants and paperwork. The Blueprint Committee has received a $10,000 anchor grant for this purpose, from which she will be paid $17 per hour from October through March. At the end of that time, an application can be made for another six months. The borough will process the payroll, but borough manager

See WHITE HAVEN, page 4

Curative amendment adopted by Kidder Supers by Seth & Ruth Isenberg At a special meeting on September 12, the Kidder Board of Supervisors passed the warehouse curative amendment into the township ordinances. The vote was 4-1, with Bruce Berger opposed. Voting in favor were chairman Ray Gluck, Wilson Klotzman, Noel Torres and Louis Pantages. While the changes apply only to any new warehouse, representatives of LOVE Kidder Township praised the decision, seeing it as a step toward gaining

control of the warehouses that are proliferating in the area. Chief spokesman Beth Hurley has been taking the message on the road, appearing at the Department of Environmental Resources hearing at Jim Thorpe High School on August 29. About 70 people attended to request rejection of the stormwater permit for the possible third truck terminal in Kidder Township. Over 20 people spoke, including many LOVE Kidder Township and SAVE Carbon County members, attorneys from PennFuture,

environmentalists from surrounding townships. Blue Ridge represntatives did not speak, but reserved the right to file written responses. In the weeks to come, DEP will review and respond to the numerous comments they received and will consider any changes needed to the Draft stormwater permit currently issued for the truck terminal. Hurley also attended the Tobyhanna Township Board of Supervisors meeting on September 16, noting that this is a regional situation, and working together is one way to

limit the facilities. Also passed at the special Kidder session on the 12th was approval of an application for an LSA grant (local share account under the PA Gaming grant program) for the Albrightsville Fire Company, in the amount of $461,726. Among the items to be funded are 20 portable radios, and 5 dual band 2-way radios to communicate with both Carbon and Monroe County Comm Centers.