The Covington Township Recreation Committee will be hosting an End of Summer Event on Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 11am to 5pm. Live music will be featured by Robbie Walsh and Kenny Moss. Free hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and drinks will be available while supplies last. This is a free event open to all residents of the North Pocono community.
The Covington Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at the Municipal Office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 6:15 p.m. for the consideration of adopting Ordinance #2024-02, An Ordinance Approving the Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement for the North Pocono Planning Association (NP). This ordinance may be adopted at the conclusion of the hearing.
The Covington Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at the Municipal Office, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. for the consideration of adopting Ordinance #2024-01, An Ordinance to Repeal Ordinance #2005-01 (Originally Ordinance No. 2003-06), an ordinance imposing a tax on admissions to amusements; establishing the rates of taxation and requiring payment of tax due; requiring permit, fee, and application; establishing the expiration date thereof; establishing the duties of the designated tax collector; requiring a confidential return; and prescribing penalties for violations. This ordinance may be adopted at the conclusion of the hearing.
Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging is hosting Fridays in the Park to be held at Covington Park on the following Fridays: July 19th, August 16th, and September 13th. This event is for Adults 60 and over and features Crafts, Entertainment, Bingo, Lunch, Nutrition Education, Local Resources and More. Space is limited to 50 people, reservations are required. To make a reservation call 570-963-6710 ext. 1450.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Hearing Board of Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania at 5:00 p.m. on July 11, 2024 at the Covington Township Building, 20 Moffat Drive, Covington Township, PA 18444 for the purpose of receiving evidence and hearing testimony concerning the Application for a Variance-Sign by Applicant 2025 Bochicchio Covington/Owner B&B Realty Co. for the use of the real property located at Drinker Turnpike and Bochicchio Boulevard (Covington Township), PA 18444 with Tax Parcel No. 21202-030-003. At issue are the requests for relief under the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance sections 404.4 titled C-1-General Commercial District, 504-Signs, 504.3.A.3-Business Signs, 504.3 A.4 Business Signs and 608.3-Variances. The property is located in a C-1-General Commercial District of the Covington Township Zoning Ordinance
If you have any objection to said requests for relief, you should be present at said time and place as stated above to make your objection known to the Zoning Hearing Board or be represented by an attorney at that hearing.
Robert P. Sheils, III, Esquire
Attorney for Covington Township
Zoning Hearing Board