Big Spring voters won't see a tax reform referendum on the ballot this fall. The district's Tax Study Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday against recommending adoption of Act 50 tax reform proposals for the district. The commission's recommendation will be forwarded to the school board. Act 50 sets up a complicated process that ultimately would allow school districts to eliminate so-called nuisance taxes, increase the earned income tax and use any revenue gains to decrease property taxes for some homeowners. Richard Mains cast the lone dissenting vote.
Property taxes do affect low income and older people.
Couple seeks OK for deer A North Middleton Township couple Tuesday asked for supervisors' permission to keep pet deer in their back yard. John George told the board he wants to move his pet deer from a Middlesex Township location to his one-acre home and lot on Cornman Road. The board made no decision, instead turning the matter over to the township codes enforcement officer. We just want to put our pet deer out there the way you would a dog or cat. It was an unusual sight at Cumberland Perry Area Vocational Technical School Tuesday.