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LP approves dog, skateboard parks

Posted on 03 September 2008 by BB

As expected, Lower Paxton Twp. supervisors gave their OK Tuesday evening for citizens groups to develop a dog park at Kohl Park and a skate park at George Park. The approvals set the stage for fund raising to begin for both projects.The new recreation …

Residents get temporary reprieve LP vote

Posted on 01 September 2008 by BB

Dar Aurand, spokesman for Centennial Acres residents, issued a press release over the weekend on last-minute issues related to a mountainside, luxury housing development proposed by McNaughton Homes. To read it, click the post headline or the above link.

LP supervisors meeting preview

Posted on 31 August 2008 by BB

The Lower Paxton Twp. Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, Sept. 2, 7:30 pm at the Municipal Center, 425 Prince Street. If you can’t attend, consider tuning into a TV broadcast of the meeting on Comcast cable channel 20. The meeting agenda has been …

Labor Day weekend news and links

Posted on 30 August 2008 by BB

* Music at St. Thomas Roasters coffee house, located just west of the famous Linglestown flagpole, will feature Gale Gardiner, an artist from Connecticut who will be making a rare stop in the midstate, Saturday, Aug. 30, 8-10 pm, no cover.* CD topped C…

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Backyard news and links, 08.28.08

Posted on 28 August 2008 by BB

* Get to know Jesse Rawls Jr., new principal at CD East High.* In this week’s edition of The Paxton Herald, former Lower Paxton Twp. supervisor Jay Purdy (pictured) says the Central Dauphin School Board should do something about board member Christia…

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Backyard news and links, 08.27.08

Posted on 27 August 2008 by BB

* Remember the warnings signs (pictured) that showed up a few weeks ago around the perimeter of Koons Park? Well, our friend at The Patriot-News, beat reporter T.W. Burger, passed along word today that Lower Paxton Twp. police will not charge the perso…

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Harrisburg City Budget — A Surplus?!

Posted on 27 August 2008 by yosh

Harrisburg is really lucky to have a citizen like Darnell Williams.  Darnell dutifully attends city council and committee meetings, giving a voice to the concerns of average citizens and taking copious notes.  Afterward he posts these notes on the Pennlive forums and makes them available for download.  He always signs off on his notes with [...]

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