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Woodward residents speak out against proposed treatment facility

DUNNSTOWN — Residents packed the Dunnstown firehall during the May 6 Woodward Township Planning Commission meeting as officials and community members debated the proposed behavioral health treatment facility known as Project Transition. The meeting was a follow up to the April 1 discussion that was tabled due to lack of representation from Project Transition at that time. This meeting focused almost entirely on receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission to the Zoning Hearing Board regarding the special exception use application. Project Transition representatives ...

PC Twp. to consider data center zoning amendment

AVIS — In a move one of its supervisors is calling a proactive measure, Pine Creek Township officials say they are considering an amendment to their zoning ordinance to include data centers as a conditional use in its Industrial Zoning District. The topic was brought up at the ...

Who owns blighted homes? The answer is often unclear.

READING — One week into 2026, a 125-year-old Poplar Street rowhome collapsed, temporarily displacing four people in a house next door. The result in the months since: a hole where the home once stood and around $100,000 in emergency demolition costs the city is unlikely to recover anytime ...