Pennsylvania
Newtown Township Approves $3.5M PFAS Water Treatment Facility
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors at its Nov. 27 meeting voted to waive the land development process, clearing the way for a proposed expansion at the Newtown Artesian Water Company on Frost Lane.
The company will be spending $3.5 million to construct a new building containing two massive filters designed to remove PFAS (also known as forever chemicals) from the water supply. PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are toxic compounds linked to cancer, thyroid disorders, and other life-threatening health conditions.
Dan Angove, the CEO of the Newtown Artesian Water Company, said part of an 11.5 percent rate increase recently approved by the Pennsylvania Utility Commission, will go toward paying for the upgrade.
The increase, the first for the water utility since 2019, equates to an $11.94 increase per quarter or $4 a month more for the average consumer, according to Angove.
Water company officials said the new filters will bring “the acceptable level” of contamination down to zero to meet the new federal drinking water standards coming next year.
“We’re asking for the waiver to expedite the process and reduce the cost that we have to pass on to our ratepayers and your township residents and also be ready so we can start construction as soon as possible,” water company officials told the supervisors.
“That doesn’t mean we haven’t gone through a review process. We still went to the zoning hearing board to obtain zoning relief. We have had conversations with township staff. We have received letters from the township planner, the county planning commission, the township engineers and the planning commission. This project has been pretty thoroughly vetted at this point.”
In addition to a waiver for land development, the supervisors approved waivers for lighting, trash collection, and sidewalks.
“Very rarely will anybody be there,” water company officials told the supervisors of the new building. “If they are there it will probably be for maintenance or replacement of the filters. Nobody goes to this facility. It’s unmanned so there’s no need for trash collection, sidewalks and lighting. Essentially all we are doing is taking the existing facility, building a big box that will be attached to it, and putting two really big filters in there.
“We’re being told by the federal government that we have to do more to clean your water so we have to build a new box to put the filters in there,” said the water company.
During the discussion, the supervisors briefly debated whether to asked the company to pay a $20,000 fee in lieu of providing sidewalks at the site. The board eventually decided against the idea, which had been suggested by the planning commission.
Newtown Artesian provides water service to approximately 11,167 residential, business, public fire protection and private fire protection customers in Newtown Borough, Newtown Township, and the northern portion of Middletown Township.
RADNOR TWP., Pa. (WPVI) — Three winning scratch-off tickets totaling $7.5 million were sold in Pennsylvania, lottery officials announced on Monday.
One winning “MONOPOLY Own It All” ticket worth $5 million was sold in Delaware County at the GIANT on the 500 block of East Lancaster Avenue. The grocery store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
“MONOPOLY Own It All” is a $50 game that offers top prizes of $5 million.
In Erie County, a $1.5 million-winning “Cash Spectacular” scratch-off was purchased at a Sheetz on Perry Highway. “Cash Spectacular” is a $30 game that offers top prizes of $1.5 million.
And in Luzerne County, a $1 million-winning “Millionaire Loading” scratch-off was sold at Schiel’s Family Market in Wilkes-Barre. “Millionaire Loading” is a $20 game that offers top prizes of $1 million.
Scratch-off prizes expire one year from the game’s end-sale date posted at palottery.com.
Winners should immediately sign the back of their ticket and call the Pennsylvania Lottery at 1-800-692-7481.
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A new report from U-Haul shows where Pennsylvania residents are leaving to and where new residents are coming from in 2025. Here’s what to know about U-Haul’s top 10 states with the most and least growth numbers.
Eight warm weather states made U-Haul’s top 10 growth list for 2025, while eight states in the colder Northeast and Midwest filled out the bottom 10, including Pennsylvania and neighboring New York, New Jersey, and Ohio. Delaware ranked 21 out of 50 states in growth for 2025.
U-Haul also noted besides geography, that seven of the 10 states with the most growth featured Republican governors, nine of which went red in the last presidential election, and 9 out of 10 in the bottom growth states featured Democrat governors, seven of which went blue in the last presidential election.
“We continue to find that life circumstances — marriage, children, a death in the family, college, jobs and other events — dictate the need for most moves,” said John “J.T.” Taylor, U-Haul International president in press release. Adding, “But other factors can be important to people who are looking to change their surroundings. In-migration states are often appealing to those customers.”
U-Haul ranks states growth based on their one-way customer transactions that rented trucks, trailers or moving containers in one state and dropped it off in another state. Their growth index included over 2.5 million annual one-way transactions across the United States and Canada.
Texas holds the number one U-Haul growth state for the seventh time in the last 10 years while California ranked last for the sixth year in a how.
Pennsylvania’s growth rank for 2025 remained at a low 46 out of 50 states, same as 2024, and compared relatively similar to its growth numbers over the last 10 years, according to U-Haul’s data, with the exception during 2022-2023 when its highest growth numbers hit 24 out of 50 in 2022 and 38 out of 50 in 2023.
Oregon, Mississippi, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Louisiana and Montana were among the biggest year-over-year gainers in 2025 compared to U-Haul’s 2024 rankings, while Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Iowa, Delaware and Nebraska saw the biggest drops.
While the national average rent in the U.S. sits at approximately $1,623 per month (0.4% higher than this time last year) the Keystone State boasts a lower rent average at approximately $1,526 per month (1.9% higher than last year), according to Apartments.com. It is ranked 34th least expensive rent by state.
Here’s what to know about Pennsylvania and what states saw the most and least growth in 2025 according to U-Haul.
Top 10 U-Haul growth states of 2025
In 2025 Pennsylvania ranked 46 out of 50 states on growth as reported by U-Haul.
- Texas
- Florida
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- South Carolina
- Washington
- Arizona
- Idaho
- Alabama
- Georgia
U-Haul reported the 10 states with the lowest growth numbers were lead by California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, and Michigan.
Where are Pennsylvania residents moving to and from?
According to the company’s semiannual U.S. migration trends report, based on the one-way rental data after the summer’s high moving season, it revealed that while Pennsylvania remains a top destination, Pennsylvanians are also packing up and heading out. Here’s where they moved to:
- New York
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Massachusettes
- Ohio
- Michigan
- Florida
- California
- Washington D.C.
According to this report, here’s what states new residents came from:
- New Jersey
- New York
- Maryland
- Florida
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- Delaware
- Massachusetts
- Ohio
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Michigan
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