The township meeting on January 29th included a quasi-judicial hearing about the 186-foot antenna tower Sprint wants to build on the property at the northeast corner of the intersection of Rt. 611 and Center Hill Road in Ferndale. Since I live on that corner, I was there and became party to the proceedings. Sprint handed out photos simulating what the tower would look like, and folks, it isn't pretty. We’re all hoping that the Sprint people will take into account the genuine historic value of our little crossroads and find a less visibly intrusive place to put their tower. Sprint is exploring another location, and will resume the hearing at the next township meeting.

On a more positive note, the possibility of improvements in our official township communications, which I mentioned last column, has become a reality. The official website, www.nockamixon.com, is in active development by township resident business Martin T. Focazio, LLC, who is donating his professional services. He is enthusiastic about the township having an up-to-the-minute information avenue to offer residents, and reports the site will go live by mid-February.

The township newsletter has indeed moved to a quarterly schedule. It will be produced on an annual contract basis by another township business, The Word Forge. (Yep, that’s me!) The publication process is being streamlined, with the initial issue targeted for sometime in early March. After that, residents can look forward to receiving their issues regularly, about mid- month in February, May, August and November of each year.

Elsie McHale says an AARP volunteer tax aide will be doing FREE tax consultations for senior citizens and low-income residents from 9:30 am-1:00 pm, every Thursday from today until April 10. They handle federal, state, local, PACE and tax rebate forms at the Eastern Bucks Senior Center on Rt. 611 in Ottsville.

Mary Lou at the Pipersville Free Library thanks those who stepped up to the request for volunteers in my last column. They’re always hoping for more part-timers so they can avoid another critical shortage, but the emergency opening has been filled. (Thanks, Linda!) Sally, one of those volunteers, adds that the library is soliciting donations of first quality books for their circulating collection. They are especially in need of biographies and audio books. Other donations for their annual book sale will be accepted starting in April.