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The Board of Supervisors, at its April 23, 2008 meeting, presided over the promotion ceremony for Corporal Hippensteel to Sergeant, Officer Lindsay to Corporal and Officer Burger to Corporal. Congratulations to all. (Please see picture above)

The Land Preservation Committee is updating and intends to reissue a publication on the History of Silver Spring Township. This booklet was last published in 1976 and details both the early and more recent history of the Township. It is requested that anyone having historical information that may be of value in this effort contact the Township office for distribution to the Committee.

The Land Preservation and Growing Greener Committees have reactivated the Township's Adopt-a-Highway Program that was created by the Board of Supervisors in 1995. This program provides an opportunity for residents and businesses to take an active role in keeping our community clean by picking up litter along Township roads. Participants will be recognized by signage to be located along their adopted highway.

Please contact the Township office if you have an interest in becoming involved in this program.

The Land Preservation Committee is pleased to announce that Stephanie Williams, Cumberland County Greenway and Open Space Coordinator, and Becky Wiser, Cumberland County Farmland Preservation Program Coordinator, will make presentations at the Committee's June meeting. The topics will be the County's open space strategy and the importance of farmland preservation.

The meeting will be held at the Township building at 5:30 pm on Monday June 2, 2008.

All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

For a $10 per skid loader scoop (2 cubic yards), Township residents can now have their vehicle loaded with processed leaf mulch or tan bark at the Composting Facility located off Church Road in Mechanicsburg, behind the wastewater treatment plant. The processed material is still available free of charge if you want to self load. Please contact the Mechanicsburg Borough office at 691-3310 for additional information.

Residents may also drop off leaves or brush at the compost site.

(click here for map)

The rehabilitation of nine bridges over I-81 in Cumberland County will begin this spring and summer and will force detours on two main Silver Spring roads, Rich Valley and Bernhiesel Bridge Roads.

Traffic will be detoured on Rich Valley Road from June 9 to August 25. The detour on Bernhiesel will begin July 7 and end on August 25.

The Township Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance and Storm Water Management Ordinance are now available on the Township website. Go to Municipal Services/Community Development/Planning and Zoning to download.

Please (click here) to see the 2008 Approved Silver Spring Township Budget.

The Building Department has temporally relocated to, Suite 201, 1300 Bent Creek Boulevard in the Perfect Order building. Office hours have been established from 8:00 am to noon and by appointment in the afternoon. Any items to be dropped off after that time can be taken to the municipal office at 6475 Carlisle Pike. Arrangements can be made for pickup as well by contacting the Building Department. The new telephone number for the Building Department is 591-9067. Email addresses stay the same. The Building and Code Department will return to the municipal campus upon completion of the new administration building.

 (click here for map of 1300 Bent Creek Boulevard)