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Perhaps you drove by the Hershey’s Mill Dam recently and you were concerned.  You didn’t see any water flowing over the spillway (waterfall).  Or, you saw mud flats where the pond used to be.  Don’t worry…

This is a Test! This is Only a Test!

The Township opened a valve that drains water from the pond and diverts the water around the spillway.   The Township and the Engineers wanted to understand better the depth of the pond.  They also wanted see how much silt was in the pond.  Photographs were taken and will be helpful with future designs to bring the Dam within … Continue Reading

Hopefully by now you’ve heard that the East Goshen Township (EGT) Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted NOT to accept a Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)  Grant for Long Term Contracted Assistance through the Emergency Watershed Protection – Floodplain Easement Program. 

For those of us that were at the meeting it was tense evening.  After sitting through some normal BOS business (introductions, police report) and a brief separate hearing on a new parking ordinance, we finally got to the Hershey’s Mill Dam.  We then had to sit through a recap of the issue and the various options on the … Continue Reading

This week saw a lot of activity and traction on the legislative front in our efforts to save the Hershey’s Mill Dam.

On Tuesday, East Goshen Township Residents met with State Senator Andy Dinniman and his assistant about the Hershey’s Mill Dam.  Sen. Dinniman was very encouraging and supportive.  The residents believed that he concurred with their hope to save the dam.  Sen. Dinniman promised to speak to the DEP on behalf of the concerned residents.

On Friday, Sen. Dinniman sent an e-mail to the residents to inform us that he spoke with administrators at the Department of Environmental Protection and made the case as to … Continue Reading