Lighten up

The West Marlborough township meeting on March 1 was all about lights in the night.

• A Springdell resident told the supervisors that the light coming from Richard Hayne's greenhouses one night was so bright that "it was like we had a UFO land in the middle of the field."

(You'll recall that Richard Hayne, the billionaire founder of the Urban Outfitters chain, is installing large greenhouses and "potting sheds" on the former Tony Young property.)
The township engineer, Al Giannantonio, said he would check into what screening was supposed to be installed around the site to block the light.
Bright lights, small village.

• And then a representative from the owner of a large farm on Route 82 asked if the township could install a street light at the end of the farm's long driveway to discourage criminals; the owner's car was stolen recently. The supervisors suggested that the owner could install a pole light herself, or perhaps could provide illumination for the farm's outbuildings. (Police Lieut. Robert C. Clarke added that there have been a few car thefts recently along Route 82 in both East and West Marlborough, and some of the vehicles have been found in Reading.)
• In other business at the meeting, township building inspector Eddie Caudill reported that it was a "really busy" month for him: he issued permits for Lockwood Rush to install solar panels at his Newark Road home and for Mr. Hayne to demolish a house on the former Thouron property (which he also owns) and to gut the interior of a stable and to convert it into a dining room and kitchen.