Coming Events
Community Weekend
August 20-23, 2009
Fairview Park
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Household Hazardous Drop-Off Event
October 10, 2009
Northampton Community College
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The township office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd to observe the Fourth of July.
The Board of Supervisors meeting scheduled for July 6th has been cancelled. A special meeting will be held July 8th. Click here for details.
Norhampton County has requested that we notify our residents of a new Emergency Alerting System which has been put into effect by the county's Emergency Management Services. This system will allow residents to receive severe weather alerts, transportation delays, Amber Alerts and other public safety information on their email, text messages to cell phones, smartphones and pages. Click here to get further information and how to sign up.
On June 24th, the Business, Industrial and Professional Association of Palmer Township (BIP) dedicated a new playground at the Charles Chrin Community Center. This playground has been funded by the BIP along with a donation from Mr. Clifton Morris which paid for the tables, benches and fence. Also, Charles Chrin Company, Gray Connective, Palmer Nursery and the Palmer Public Works Department assisted in the construction of the playground area. This is the latest in the many community projects that the BIP has done for the benefit of the township since its establishment in 1976.
Senator Rob Wonderling secures a $5,000 grant for Palmer Township to be used for to purchase a piece of equipment for the Parks Department. Click here for details.
The contractor building the Target Project in Lower Nazareth will be closing Northwood Ave. from Rt. 248 to Newburg Road in Lower Nazareth to through traffic beginning approximately June 15th and finishing around June 30th. The road will be open to local traffic from Rt. 248 to Brentwood Ave., Northwood Raquet Club and the Hampton Inn. The detour will be south on Rt. 248 to Newburg Road west.
The township provides free loading of free mulch at the Berks Street Yard Waste Recycling Facility (as long as the mulch lasts) on the first Saturday of each month during the spring and summer months. The first Saturday in July is July 4th and the facility will be closed. The free loading for July will take place on July 11th.
The annual stormwater report for the reporting year March 2008 to March 2009 has been added to the site. Click here to view the report.
Senator Wonderling's office has announced that they will have a representative at the municipal building on Tuesday - June 30th from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. If you have any question please call the Senator's office at (610) 250-5624.
The
ecycling event held on May 9th had a steady stream of vehilces from 9 am
to 2 pm entering and leaving the EAHS parking lot. Many tons of electronic
waste was again removed from the waste stream. The Two Rivers Council of
Governments (TRCOG), sponsors of the event, thank the Palmer Township Environmental
Steeirng Committee, EAHS S.A.V.E Committee for their assistance in planning
and their assistance on the day of the event. The TRCOG also thanks Tom
Dittmars, Environmental Conservation Coordinator for Northampton County
for his work on the event and AERC the company who ran the event for their
efficient process flow again this year.
Through the efforts those noted above and the many residents of the TRCOG area we were able to keep 54,164 lbs of electronic waste out of the landfills. For more details click here.
If you missed this event and have electronic "junk" to recycle there will two more events held in Northampton County this year. Click here for details.
The
waste and recycling graphs
have been up dated for the first five months of 2009.
The
Pennsylvania Legislature passed legislation in 2008 to change the open records
law in the Commonwealth. These changes went into effect on January 1st and
as a result information to comply with the changes are now included on this
web site. To access the information go to the Administration button to the
left and this will lead you to the open records information.
Have some free time? Care about the environment? Wish to be part of the green movement? Join the Palmer Township Environmental Steering Committee! We need a few new members to replace those who have moved away. Be part of a team of dedicated individuals that make a difference by creating and hosting local events such as e-cycling collection day, household hazardous waste collection day, composting seminars, on-going public education and much more. If interested, call Tom Ganssle, Co-Chairperson of ESC at (610) 442-7781.