Olivia Marble

Sep 6, 2024 | lehighvalleynews.com | Olivia Marble

UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. — A new noise law in the township will need more work. Upper Macungie Board of Supervisors on Thursday discussed a new noise ordinance for the township. But supervisors disagreed on exactly how the new ordinance should be enforced — and who should have to follow it. Supervisors voted 2-1 to revise the draft. In the new version, existing businesses would be “grandfathered in,” meaning they would not have to follow the new rules.

Sep 5, 2024 | lehighvalleynews.com | Olivia Marble

SOUTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — A popular casual sports bar chain is set to open a new location in the township. But there’s one problem: the place it would occupy is too small for the restaurant. South Whitehall Board of Commissioners on Wednesday heard a proposal for a new PJ Whelihan’s Pub and Restaurant in Ridge Farms, an under-construction mixed use housing development at Cedar Crest Boulevard and Walbert Avenue.

Aug 29, 2024 | lehighvalleynews.com | Olivia Marble

UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. — A revised warehouse plan in the township is one step closer to construction. Upper Macungie Zoning Hearing Board on Wednesday unanimously approved a revised plan for a warehouse at Nestle Way and Schantz Road, across the road from the municipal building. The warehouse would be just over 82,000 square feet and employ about 60 people. The developer is Real Deal Management Inc.

Aug 28, 2024 | lehighvalleynews.com | Olivia Marble

NORTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — A major intersection in Schnecksville soon will become a traffic circle. King’s Real Estate Management & Development Company is building King’s Route 309 Business Park, a commercial development on 12 acres at Schneck Road and Route 309. The development will have a Wawa with gas pumps, an AutoZone, a medical office building and a commercial building. It also would replace the intersection of Routes 309 and 873 with a two-lane traffic circle.

Aug 27, 2024 | lehighvalleynews.com | Olivia Marble

(Third of five parts)LOWHILL TWP., Pa. — When George Wessner first signed an agreement of sale with a warehouse developer for his property two years ago, he said he never imagined it would cause an uproar. “I really didn't think in a million years it would be like this,” Wessner said. Wessner is a member of the board of supervisors in Lowhill Township, a small, 2,100-person municipality in northwestern Lehigh County. The township is full of rolling hills, with views of mountains in the distance.