Lehman Township

From left to right: Sarah Matusick, Founder and Executive Director of Serendipity Therapeutic Riding Center; Lisa Urbanski, Founder and President of Brighter Journeys; Stacy Garrity, State Treasurer; Birch, a horse; Grace Siegfried, Serendipity employee;

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WVIA 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW: Economic development, environment key in rural areas

Isabela Weiss | WVIA News | Report for America

Rural Pennsylvania’s 2024 was punctuated by lawsuits over environmental issues. Municipalities, residents and developers all seem to be asking, ‘How do we protect the environment while not interfering with economic growth?’

Jon Culp, who's family owns a home next to the proposed solar farm, describes for the Lehman Township Zoning Hearing Board the geography of the area. The zoning board denied Susquehanna Solar's application for a 46-acre solar project on Aug 19.

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Lehman Township rejects solar farm land use request

Isabela Weiss | WVIA News | Report for America

Lehman Township’s Zoning Hearing Board denied Susquehanna Solar's application for permission to build panel farm in agricultural zone.

Residents crowded into Lehman Township's municipal hall and into the parking lot for a conditional use hearing on a solar project on July 15.

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Lehman Township solar project hearing tabled as hundreds turn out to raise concerns

Isabela Weiss | WVIA News | Report for America

About 170 residents crammed into Lehman Township’s municipal hall and parking lot to debate the region’s newest solar project.

Residents from Lehman Township and surrounding communities came to hear about a potential solar project in Luzerne County on July 15. Township supervisors moved the hearing to a later date because the municipal building can not accommodate the 170 residents who came to the meeting.

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Lehman Township solar meeting overflows into parking lot

WVIA News

Over 170 residents crowded into Lehman Township’s municipal hall and the parking lot for a hearing on the township’s first solar project.