TodayReporter's Notebook: Trailer drop lot approved for South Middleton Township
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South Middleton Township supervisors have signed off on the final plan to build a trailer drop lot on the Pinto property along Allen Road and Interstate 81.
The plan was originally submitted by Nesbit Development to accommodate between 350 and 500 trailers and would be fenced in and secured. Access would be off Logistics Drive.
One of the concerns raised throughout the planning process was what to do about a deer herd that lives on or near the property, which is adjacent to the Exel Logistics site, where the deer herd has been of great concern.
Nesbit Development, led by Dave Nesbit of Mechanicsburg, had planned to build on the site from back to front, in an attempt to encourage deer to move on naturally. Nesbit said he had looked into relocating the deer but said that plan violated state Game Commission regulations because of the chance that any sick deer could contaminate the herd where the deer ended up, resulting the a considerable loss of wildlife.
Meanwhile, Nesbit has sold his interest in the plan to LIT developers, leaving Supervisor Tom Faley to worry what will happen to the deer.
Faley and the board urged Nesbit to encourage LIT to develop with the safety of the deer and residents in mind.
Bids awarded
South Middleton Township supervisors awarded bids for the public works building project. The contract for general construction went to ECI, $2,543,000; plumbing went to Carl Frantz, $175,994; fire protection to Simplex-Grinnell, $65,239; HVAC to Midstate for $999,400; and electrical to Kolva for $516,950. A general construction manager, Cor Construction of Mechanicsburg, was hired at $161,280 to oversee the project.
Leaf pick-up
Leaf pick-up continues in South Middleton Township through the first week of December. Leaves must be bagged (untied) and left curbside. Or residents may drop leaves off at the township compost site on Lindsey Road. The compost site will be open in December from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.
Pork up for the holidays!
The Kniselys Holiday Ham Collection is coming Dec. 5 and 13. Ed and Steve Knisely of K&K Carriage Company of Boiling Springs will be traveling through neighborhoods in South Middleton Township to collect holiday hams and non-perishable food items. Carolers will join them each evening.
Flyers have been distributed in the Indian Hills, Forgedale, the Oaks and Springville Terrace communities. Collections will be Dec. 5 in Indian Hills and Dec. 13 in Springville Terrace and The Oaks. Irv from Irv’s Carriages will travel through Forgedale Dec. 13 to collect items. All donations will be given to Project SHARE.
Mt. Holly trio
The Eaken Trio will perform at 3 p.m. Dec. 14 at Wilson College in the Jensen Dining Hall.
The trio is now in its 23rd season of critically acclaimed concert appearances across the United States, Europe and Canada, and its their music is heard regularly on classical music radio, including National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and “Performance Today.” The trio’s holiday radio program, “I’ll be Home for the Holidays,” has been aired on more than 150 radio stations nationwide for the past 10 years and will be heard across the country again this holiday season.
The “Home for the Holidays” concert will benefit the Franklin County Homeless Shelter, an emergency lodging facility in downtown Chambersburg that is equipped to assist individuals and families.
A donation of $40 per person or $75 per couple is requested of those who attend the Dec. 14 performance. Tickets are available by calling 709-0990.
Love a parade?
The 21st annual Gettysburg Christmas parade will be held at 7 p.m. today in the downtown. Santa’s Shanty will be open on the square after the parade. The event includes the tree lighting on Lincoln Square and Christmas caroling. Kids for Christ will be singing before the parade on the steps of the Gettysburg Hotel at 6:30 p.m., and at the Gettysburg Train Station immediately following the parade.
Celebrate like Ike
The National Park Service is hosting Christmas with Gettysburg’s First Family at the Eisenhower National Historic Site Dec. 1 to 31. The Eisenhower home will be decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition. The celebration includes a holiday reception on Saturday, Dec. 13, featuring refreshments provided by Gettysburg Tours Inc.
Andrea Ciccocioppo covers Cooke, Dickinson, Penn, South Middleton and West Pennsboro townships, Newville and Mt. Holly Springs for The Sentinel. You can read her Reporter’s Notebook covering news and events on her beats every Saturday. You can contact her at aciccocioppo@cumberlink.com
