A Street Road resident told the West Marlborough supervisors at their monthly meeting that vines and weeds from the abandoned property next door are invading her yard, and she's concerned that the swimming pool may be a breeding ground for mosquitoes. She said the house, at the corner of Sportsman's Lane and Route 926, has been sitting empty for about seven years and is owned by the mortgage company.
The supervisors told her they'll ask the township's zoning officer to see if he can persuade the mortgage company to improve maintenance and resolve the issues.
I stopped by to check out this property and the neighbor is not exaggerating. Although the front lawn is mowed, an enormous stand of pokeweed blocks the garage doors. Overgrown shrubs and vines covered the front of the ranch house, obscuring the windows and the front door. I would have needed a machete to inspect the back yard.
In other business at the brief September meeting:
1. The supervisors announced that London Grove Friends Meeting had obtained both a zoning permit and a building permit to install a storage shed for the kindergarten.
2. Police officer Bob Clarke reported that he issued 12 citations in August, 11 for speeding and one for driving without a license. He said the worst violator was a vehicle traveling "in the mid-60s" in the 40-mph zone of Newark Road.
3. The supervisors named Tom Brosius, a West Marlborough native and one of the owners of Marlboro Mushrooms, to fill the Planning Commission vacancy created when Jeb Hannum moved to Virginia. (For lack of any business, the Planning Commission hasn't met since the spring.)
4. The board announced that it will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, to discuss the township's fee schedule for permits.
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