In less than 15 minutes Monday, Hempfield Township Planning and Zoning Commission recommended rezoning the residential area as a business zone to accommodate the giant retailer. Wilmington Area School Board's negotiating team will recommend that school directors voluntarily agree to nonbinding arbitration, as requested by the teachers' union. There are, however, some strings attached. Negotiating team spokesman Fred Kingery said Wednesday negotiators will recommend nonbinding arbitration to the full board Oct. 20. Mercer County Regional Planning Commission Tuesday night concurred with Hempfield Township planners' recommendation that township supervisors rezone 18 residential acres to make way for a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
Construction is hoped to start in the spring with the store opening next fall.
Sheila Buckley is leading the charge for action against the dangers of residential lead poisoning. The terms recommended by Wilmington Area School Board's negotiating team as conditions for agreeing to nonbinding arbitration are unacceptable, teachers' union president James Grunenwald said Wednesday, and the union will strike if the terms stay in place. The family of 1967 murder victim Ada Lumley is frustrated in the wake of a week-old state Superior court ruling that statements of one of the accused killers are inadmissable. The family expressed frustration at the fact that the case is 20 years old and needed to come to a conclusion. The story ran on Saturday.