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Residents form group to oppose Newtown sewer plant; board says solicitor preparing response
Summary
A Swan Point resident described a grassroots effort to stop a proposed Newtown sewer plant and asked the Middletown board to keep the matter on future agendas; the board chair said the township solicitor and his environmental lawyers are developing a plan and expects to report back.
Bill Everett of Swan Point told the Middletown Township Board of Supervisors that a grassroots group called "Stop the Newtown Sewer Plant" is organizing to oppose a proposed Newtown Sewer Authority wastewater treatment plant, described in his remarks as a 2,500,000‑gallon‑per‑day facility and an estimated $28,000,000 project. Everett said the Sewer Authority purchased 17.5 acres adjacent to a Wawa site and that the proposed plant would be within about 1.5 miles of roughly 12,000 residents in northern Middletown and Newtown townships; he urged outreach and coordination with neighboring…
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