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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Hearing Board of Lower Macungie Township will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at the Township Municipal Campus, Meeting Room "A" - 3400 Brookside Road, Macungie, PA 18062. Appeal No. 04-2026 of August Fix Jr. & Maria Fix, 927 Flexer Ave. Allentown, PA 18103. Property is located at 2025 Dougherty Circle. in the "S" Suburban Residential Zoning District-Lehigh County Tax Parcel No. 548510515824 1. Appellant requests relief under Ordinance 2019-10, Chapter 27, Part 7, Section 27-707 to allow a front yard setback of 13 feet where 25 feet is required, for the purpose of constructing an in law suite. All applicants must appear at the hearing and any interested parties are invited to attend the hearing. The Lower Macungie Township Municipal Building is accessible to the physically handicapped. Any person that requires special assistance to understand the nature of the business conducted at the above hearing because of visual, hearing or other impairment is requested to contact the Township Secretary at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled hearing to arrange for the necessary assistance. All documents are on file in the Township Zoning Office for public inspection during regular business hours. Kris Russo, Zoning Officer May 6-7,13-14
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ESTATE of Kathleen Meyers, deceased, late of Bethlehem, County of Northampton, PA.
Letters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned, who requests all persons having claims or demands against the state of the Decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the Decedent to make payments without delay to:
ESTATE OF KATHLEEN MEYERS
c/o Sandra Blake, Executrix
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NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Notice is hereby provided pursuant to Subsection 1601(a) of Pennsylvania's Second Class Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No. 69, that the Board of Supervisors of North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the "Township") intends to consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 2026-4 (the "Ordinance"), during the Board's regularly-scheduled public meeting commencing at 7:00 P.M. on MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026, at the Township's Administrative Building located at 3256 Levans Road, Coplay, Pennsylvania 18037.
The following constitutes the full text of Ordinance No. 2026-4:
ORDINANCE NO. 2026-4
NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP
LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
AN ORDINANCE OF NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP PROVIDING FOR A QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP BY REFERENDUM AT THE GENERAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 2026, ASKING WHETHER THE ELECTORS FAVOR THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL EARNED INCOME TAX AT THE RATE OF 0.15% TO BE USED FOR FINANCING THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE AS AUTHORIZED BY THE ACT OF JAN. 19, (1968) 1967, P.L. 992, NO. 442, AS AMENDED
SECTION 1 – LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
WHEREAS, North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the "Township") is a township of the second class organized and existing under and pursuant to the Second Class Township Code and various other laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and governed by a three (3) member Board of Supervisors (the "Board"); and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has adopted an Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and local government units thereof to preserve, acquire, or hold land for open space uses, Act of Jan. 19, (1968) 1967, P.L. 992, No. 442, as amended, 32 P.S. § 5001 et seq. (the "Open Space Act"); and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the Open Space Act to authorize local government units, including the Township, to preserve land in, or acquire land for, open space uses; and
WHEREAS, the Open Space Act provides for the acquisition of certain interests in real property including, without limitation, fee simple interests, easements, leases, and restrictive covenants; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.1 of the Open Space Act (32 P.S. § 5007.1) authorizes the Township to enact an ordinance authorizing a referendum on the question of the imposition of a specific rate of additional earned income tax to, inter alia, retire debt or otherwise pay for interests in real property acquired for purposes authorized by the Open Space Act; and
WHEREAS, the Board concurs with the legislative intent and findings contained in Section 1 of the Open Space Act (53 P.S. § 5001); and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to submit to the electors of North Whitehall Township a referendum on the question of the imposition of a 0.15% additional earned income tax to generate funds to be used in accordance with the purposes authorized by the Open Space Act; which tax shall remain in effect unless repealed in accordance with the Open Space Act no earlier than five (5) years from the date of imposition of the tax.
SECTION 2 – AUTHORIZATION OF REFERENDUM.
1. In accordance with Subsection 7.1(a.3) of the Open Space Act (32 P.S. § 5007.1(a.3)), the following ballot question shall be placed upon the ballot for the November 3, 2026, General Election:
"Do you favor the imposition of an additional earned income tax at the rate of 0.15% by North Whitehall Township to be used to finance the acquisition of interests in real property to preserve open space?"
2. The Township Manager or his or her designee shall file an attested copy of this Ordinance with the Lehigh County Board of Elections no later than Monday, August 3, 2026.
SECTION 3 – SEVERABILITY. If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this Ordinance is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, then such unconstitutionality, illegality, or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections, or parts thereof. It is hereby declared as the intent of the North Whitehall Township Board of Supervisors that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid sentence, clause, section, or part thereof not been included herein.
SECTION 4 – EFFECTIVE DATE. In accordance with Subsection 1601(a.1) of the Second Class Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 1601(a.1), as reenacted and amended, 53 P.S. § 66601(a.1), this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon enactment by the Board of Supervisors of North Whitehall Township.
DULY ENACTED AND ORDAINED, this 13th day of April, 2026, by the Board of Supervisors of North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in lawful session duly assembled.
NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
DENNIS KLUSARITZ, CHAIRMAN
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In the Matter of Petition for Change of Name Ariel Sue Derr: Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of April, 2026, a Petition requesting an order to change the name of Ariel Sue Derr to Ariel Elizabeth Koch was filed with the Carbon County Court of Common Pleas – No.26-FC-0712.
The Court fixed June 19, 2026, at 1:15 p.m, in Courtroom 1, of the Carbon County Courthouse, 4 Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, as the time and place for the hearing, and when and where all interested parties may appear and show cause why the request of the petitioner should not be granted. David M. Sebelin, Esq, Sebelin & Sebelin, 301 S 3rd St., Lehighton, PA 18235 (610)-379-4499
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