A work release center for nonviolent offenders could be up and running this fall along Route 22 next to the West Hanover Township municipal building, a location not far from the West Hanover–Lower Paxton border. WHP CBS 21 has more, including a video report.

Click the headline above for a news brief from The Patriot-News about burglaries this week in the Pennswood apartment complex.

Important meeting tonight ... The Lower Paxton Twp. Zoning Hearing Board will review Triple Crown Corporation's request for a special exemption to operate a car wash at the former gas station on N. Mountain Road next to the First National Bank of Marysville branch (pictured), 7 pm at the Municipal Center. Township supervisors somewhat reluctantly changed local land-use rules earlier this year to allow a car wash at this location if the developer can jump through a few regulatory hoops. If the proposed facility were OK'd by the zoning board, Triple Crown still would need to get a plan approved by the supervisors. Supervisors Bill Seeds and Bill Hornung were skeptical that a car wash could be crammed into the half-acre lot. Lower Paxton news ... Police are trying to track down crooks who ripped off residents at Pennswood Apartment Complex. ... LP Republicans will hold a meet-and-greet and nomination petition-signing event for local candidates Saturday morning at St. Thomas Roasters, 10 am–noon., and Democratic county judicial candidate Lori Serratelli will be gathering petition signatures Sunday at the coffee house, 5–6:30 pm. Life with B² ... Thanks go out today to the residents association at Blue Meadows Farm for plugging the Gazette in their January newsletter. ... St. Thomas Roasters coffee house is a satellite office for the Gazette. Geez, I sure hope Java Geof doesn't see this AP video report. ... Need a B² fix between blog posts? Gazette junkies should seriously consider following me on Twitter. ... I'll be a face in the crowd Friday night at Giant Center when the CD Lady Rams compete for the District 3 Quad-A championship against Wilson, a Berks County school. Tip off is slated for 8:30 pm. Hope to see you there. Go Rams! Contests ... The give-away announced Monday on this post ended with no winner. The St. Thomas Roasters gift certificate will be returned to the prize bin. ... I still have $40 of Bon Ton coupons to give away for the department store's Community Day this Saturday, and I'll try to deliver coupons to last-minute winners. To win you have to send some friendly spam to at least three people in your address book. According to one reader, no one should fear spamming friends to help get more eyes on the Gazette.  

FREE stuff ... I still have $60 of Bon Ton coupons to give away courtesy of Lower Paxton watchdog group SWAN. CD sports ... CD High Lady Rams blew out Carlisle Monday afternoon to qualify for district tourney final against Wilson out of Berks County, Friday, Giant Center, 8:30 pm. Earlier this season, the Rams beat Wilson by 13 points in a Christmas tournament game. ... CD East Panthers boys b-ballers topped Red Land Tuesday and will compete in the district championship game Saturday against undefeated York High, Giant Center, 1 pm. News links ... CD School Board won't close the elementary school in neighboring West Hanover Twp. ... Lower Paxton resident shares her story of being a Holocaust survivor with students. ... Linglestown-based District Judge Wenner is seeking re-election. ... Attention wine lovers: Linglestown blogger and wine connoisseur Erica Streisfeld shares her wine-of-the-week pick. B² musings ... Gotta tell you that my neck and shoulder are feeling like new thanks in large part to the care I've received at Homza Chiropractic, a new Gazette sponsor. If you're in pain, e-mail me and I'll make arrangements for you to get a FREE consultation. ... As you probably have noticed, I'm messing around with a new webcam. The camera and associated software streamlines the process of producing video clips by a bunch, but the video quality is crappy. I'll try to fine-tune the settings a bit to put a better face on this low-budget news operation – no promises I'll be successful. ... I'm trying to figure out the workings of an interest rate swap that Central Dauphin School District recently entered into with Deutsche Bank.

Good vibrations about roundabouts … Gazette reader Lance Zaring submitted a link to a Times magazine article that is sure to make you a believer in using roundabouts instead of stoplights. As most of you know, a pair of roundabouts is included in planned improvements in the village of Linglestown. Probe of baby’s death in LP continues … More charges might be filed against a Brazilian nanny whose son recently died in the basement of a Lower Paxton Twp. home, says Dauphin County District Attorney Edward Marsico Jr. Citizens leaflet neighborhood … Centennial Acres residents, with the help of watchdog group SWAN, distributed leaflets urging homeowners to attend a Lower Paxton Twp. meeting Tuesday that will include a discussion about a controversial housing community proposed by McNaughton Homes. The residents will present a list of changes they want incorporated into the plan to protect their properties from potential problems posed by the location of storm water basins. Grass mowing contest update … BB's yard-mowing count has been stuck at 21 since way back on August 4. The contest ends on November 1 and then the big prize will be awarded to a lucky someone.

The upcoming workshop meeting of the Lower Paxton Township supervisors (Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 pm at the Municipal Center) will feature discussions on some notable topics. In addition to continued deliberations on a proposed mountainside housing development, the meeting agenda includes items about Koons Pool and the proposed cable TV franchise with Verizon. ____ Workshop sessions are held once a month and feature in-depth discussions of issues before the township. The supervisors usually do not vote on issues during these meetings. Unlike regular Board of Supervisors business meetings, workshops are NOT televised. The public is invited to attend.

According to a legal advertisement in today’s edition of The Patriot-News, the starting time for the Lower Paxton Twp. Board of Supervisors workshop meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 9 has been changed from 6 pm to 7 pm at the Municipal Center, 425 Prince Street. The meeting agenda had not been posted on the township’s Web site at the time this post was published. A key agenda item is expected to be a discussion on the Estates of Autumn Oaks, a mountainside, luxury home development proposed by McNaughton Homes. Residents of Centennial Acres, a large housing community located between Colonial and Patton roads at the base of Blue Mountain, are seeking last-minute changes to the plan.