The Chinchilla Hose Company of South Abington Township will be holding a chicken BBQ on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at the firehouse on Shady Lane Road in Chinchilla.
The drive thru fundraiser will begin at Noon until 4:00 pm.
The dinner will consist of ½ chicken, coleslaw, corn on the cob, dinner roll and desert. The fundraiser is being organized to purchase new equipment for our tower truck.
Tickets are $12.00 each and advanced sales are highly encouraged. Please see any member for tickets or stop at the Township building Monday thru Friday between 8am – 4pm.
CHINCHILLA HOSE COMPANY CHICKEN BBQ FUNDRAISER DRIVE THRU ONLY MAY 29, NOON TO 3:00PM 113 SHADY LANE ROAD ADVANCED TICKETS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, $10.00PP CONTACT FIRE CO MEMBER OR S. ABINGTON TWP OFFICE MON-FRI 8AM-4PM
Lackawanna County CDBG Coronavirus CARES Mortgage and Utility Assistance Program (MUAP) is being administered by the Lackawanna County Department of Human Services. MUAP was established as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to disburse funds in Lackawanna County to provide financial assistance on behalf of low- and moderate-income homeowners experiencing difficulty making mortgage payments and/or utility payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistance will be made available in the form of a grant, and funds will be paid directly to the mortgage and/or utility provider. Applications will be available on the Lackawanna County website https://www.lackawannacounty.org or https://www.RELIEF.LACKAWANNACOUNTY.ORG Thursday, March 11, 2021.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Homeowners who have experienced job loss or a reduction in annual income due to the Covid-19 pandemic and need assistance with past-due mortgage payments and/or assistance with past due utility bills, including electric, gas, water, and/or sewer may be eligible.
ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
Assistance may be provided to support homeowners who are at least 30 days past due on their monthly mortgage payments and/or utility expenses and can verify job loss or loss of income related to COVID-19 rendering them unable to pay mortgage and/or utilities. All MUAP assistance is subject to the availability of funding. MUAP funds may only be used to cover mortgage and/or utility expenses incurred after March 1, 2020. The maximum amount of monthly assistance for mortgage and utility payments will be equal to the actual mortgage payment and/or actual utility bill amount not to exceed three (3) consecutive months. For a household to be eligible, the household income cannot exceed 80% of “median income” as defined in the guidelines published annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Scranton-Wilkes Barre MSA. See application for further guidance.
This program is available to the following municipalities: the Townships of Benton, Carbondale, Clifton, Covington, Elmhurst, Fell, Glenburn, Greenfield, Jefferson, LaPlume, Madison, Newton, North Abington, Ransom, Roaring Brook, South Abington, Spring Brook, Thornhurst, Waverly, West Abington and Scott; and the Boroughs of Clarks Green, Dalton, Jermyn, Mayfield, Moosic, Moscow, and Vandling, Archbald, Blakely, Clarks Summit, Dickson City, Dunmore, Jessup, Old Forge, Olyphant, Taylor, and Throop.
Note: The Cities of Scranton and Carbondale are direct entitlements of HUD and receive their own funding, therefore they are not included within this Program.
***For additional information regarding this program please call 211***
LACKAWANNA COUNTY SCRANTON-ABINGTONS PLANNING ASSOCIATION ZONING ORDINANCES UPDATES PUBLIC INFORMATION FORUM
The Lackawanna County Department of Planning and Economic Development, on behalf of the nine municipalities of the Scranton-Abingtons Planning Association, will hold a virtual public forum on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, from 4 PM to 5 PM to inform the general public on the updating of nine local zoning ordinances in general conformance with the Scranton-Abingtons regionalized comprehensive plan.
The nine municipalities of the Scranton-Abingtons Planning Association are: Clarks Green Borough, Clarks Summit Borough, Dalton Borough, Dunmore Borough, Newton Township, City of Scranton, South Abington Township, Waverly Township, and West Abington Township.
Representatives from the county planning department, the nine local municipalities, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and the consultant assisting with the project, Environmental Planning and Design of Pittsburgh, will provide an overview of the process for updating the local zoning ordinances as part of the regional planning collaboration. General questions or comments regarding the SAPA project are welcome from the public attending the forum. Questions or comments regarding specific items in the municipal ordinances should be directed to the pertinent municipality.
If you are interested in attending the virtual meeting, please email Joseph Rovinsky at RovinskyJ@lackawannacounty.org by Tuesday, March 16, at 3 PM for instructions on how to log-on.
General questions regarding the forum can be directed to Mary Liz Donato, Regional Planning Manager, at DonatoML@lackawannacounty.org or 570-963-6400 by Tuesday, March 16, at 3 PM.
