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Election Results for Newton Twp.
Kevin Carr wins supervisor position with 490 votes to James Norton with 406 votes.
The people of Newton voted for less government. Home Rule was defeated in Newton Twp. by a wide margin with 560 No and 353 Yes.
State law will wipe out local drilling ordinances
From House Bill 1950
“All local rules, regulations, codes, agreements, resolutions, ordinances and other local enactments that regulate oil and gas operations are hereby superseded and preempted.” More...>
Gas Lease Update
Update 1-16-2012:
None of the gas companies were interested in leasing land at this time and the consultant is no longer accepting sign-up agreements. More information...>
Local property owners can still use the Landowners Registration link (top left) to be notified should there be any change.
Notice to all farmers and property owners in Newton Township! Updated 9-16-11
SAPA is at it again trying to get the City of Scranton to go along with it. The plan would be detrimental to property owners and farmers in Newton. We need to get Newton out of SAPA
The land use proposal as adopted would severely limit land use and its value. Click here to signup and to be kept updated.
Note: look for your property on the map. The green area is private property but it was declared open space and resource conservation areas to restrict its use.
Related Files: Land Use Map Jpg version 623 kb Land Use Plan small PDF file 67 kb
The Entire Plan Very Large PDF file 27 megabytes
Plan has not been updated since North Abington and Scranton pulled out.
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