West Pikeland Township Newsletter August 2022

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WEST PIKELAND TOWNSHIP NEWSLETTER

AUGUST 2022

NOTICE ALERT

Alert from Chester County

"We understand that many Chester County residents have received a trifold “Chester County Opinion Survey” in the mail, sent by Sequoia Research, LLC. The County of Chester was never consulted about this survey, and the survey is not connected with Chester County Government. The Better Business Bureau notes the actions of Sequoia Research, LLC in a number of states, and advises “extreme caution in completing this and similar survey offers”

Open Space Committee Volunteer Needed

Do you have a passion for protecting open space in our township? West Pikeland Township Open Space Committee has an opening!

Interested? Contact us at office@westpikeland.com or fill out our Volunteer Form here

Historical Architectural Review Board Volunteer Needed

Our HARB board has an opening. HARB reviews changes to buildings in our village, an excellent volunteer opportunity for contractors, architects or realtors.

Interested? Contact us at office@westpikeland.com or fill out our Volunteer Form here

Since Pennsylvania changed the firework laws in 2018 loosening regulations, we have received many calls from our residents, especially those with pets and livestock, concerned for the safety of their animals. Under this previous law there was very little our Police Department could do; however, that changed on July 11, 2022, when Governor Tom Wolf signed HB 2157 into law which will go into effect after 60 days. The following changes are:

 Fireworks may not be used between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. except on July 2-4 and December 31 when consumer fireworks may be used until 1 a.m. the following day.

 Allow local municipalities the ability to specify distance requirements from occupied buildings, animal housing facilities and / or livestock paddock areas.

 The law requires people to give written notification to livestock owners and/or managers a minimum of three days notice before fireworks are set off.

 New penalties include a $500.00 fine for a first offense. For repeat offenders, anyone cited a second time within three years of prior conviction, the fine is $1000.00. The law also provides the immediate seizure of any unused fireworks if there is unsafe firework use.

CHESTER SPRINGS LIBRARY NEWS

Big End of Summer Prize Drawing Planned at Chester Springs Library

By: Susie Hawkins

First of all, thank you so much to everyone who donated prizes for the library’s Summer Reading program. We have over 100 awesome prizes to choose from! A complete list and photos are available here. What would you love to win? There are prizes for all ages! Babies to seniors can participate. You just need to keep track of your reading to enter.

If you haven’t been keeping track, it’s not too late! Count all the reading you know you’ve done from June 11. Last day to count minutes is August 13. Stop by the library to pick up a reading log or download one from our website here. Children and teens count minutes. Parents reading to young children, siblings reading to each other, and listening to audiobooks counts too. Adults keep track of individual books read.

There are still some great things to come in August. Here are a few dates to remember:

August 3 – final Summer at Pine Creek Park family show, A Visit from Mother Goose

August 3 – A Caregiver’s Guide to Managing Money - Alzheimer's Association (Virtual)

August 8 – Fairy Tale Faire for toddlers and preschoolers (win extra tickets for the prizes)

August 12 – Annual Bubble Festival

August 16 – All entries for the prize drawing must be in by 6PM

August 17 – Ice Cream Social for Summer Reading participants. Stop in for a treat and see if you won a prize.

Visit our e-calendar here for details and registration information.

UPCOMING MEETINGS