ARM Group of Middletown will make a recommendation to supervisors at their Feb. 16 meeting. The seepage was identified after the state Department of Environmental Protection received a telephone call. Carlisle Suburban Authority Superintendent Lee Koch has said there is no problem with the township's drinking water even though the seepage off Cranes Gap Road is near the water plant. North Middleton bought the dump in 1979 or 1980 using grant money, township Manager Deb Steffee says. Carlisle stopped using the dump in the late 1960s or early '70s, township officials say.
Specific conductance is the ability of a solution to conduct electricity.
A Harrisburg man was arrested Friday on charges he stole thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment from his former employer, Qualitech Computer Center in Lemoyne. Distenfeld allegedly sold, bartered or gave away the equipment to friends, family members and others. A majority of the stolen computer parts were allegedly given to fellow members of an international educational and social organization, police said. Distenfeld allegedly led people to believe he had obtained the computer equipment legitimately through his employer. Police also allege Distenfeld stole Qualitech Computer Center business records.