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Due to the forecast for up to two inches of rain, Trick or Treat in Hampden Township has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. Hampden Township does not sponsor any Halloween or Trick or Treat related activities. The Township merely establishes a uniform date and time for residents who wish to participate. Residents, with children, may decide if they wish to participate in door-to-door Trick or Treat activities and individual property owners may choose whether or not they wish to distribute treats from their residence. Participants are reminded to use COVID related safety practices.

Parents who choose to have their child(ren) participate in Trick or Treat are urged to have them wear any costume masks so they are large enough to see through easily, have a flashlight and wear bright reflective colors. Parents should also inspect treats before allowing their children to eat them.

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With summer festivities and the Fourth of July approaching, it is important for residents and visitors to know, understand and abide by Pennsylvania's Fireworks Law.

The law, which generally permits use of fireworks that were previously prohibited, has provisions that make it virtually impossible to legally discharge fireworks in Hampden Township.
•They cannot be ignited or discharged on a public or private property without express permission of the property owner.
•They cannot be discharged from or within a motor vehicle or building.
•They cannot be discharged toward a motor vehicle or building.
•They cannot be discharged within 150 feet of an occupied structure, whether or not a person is actually present.
•They cannot be discharged while the person is under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or another drug.

If you are in a position to legally discharge fireworks, please consider the following things in order to be a considerate neighbor:
•The time of day and neighbors who may have small children.
•Local pets who may be terrified by a long, sustained fireworks display.
•Wind and weather conditions blowing your aerial rockets into neighbors yards.
If you discharge a firework and cause a fire, YOU can be held criminally liable (responsible) for the damage and any injury caused.

Finally, due to the increase in complaints, this law will be strictly enforced and citations will be issued for violations of the law.

If you have additional questions on the law, you can visit the Pennsylvania State Police website which further explains the law and provides some additional information.

Pennsylvania State Police:  https://www.psp.pa.gov/public-safety/pages/fireworks-safety.aspx

In order for paid members to reserve, please check calendar and complete form at the Pavilion Park page.

Wanted to share a few pics and thank everyone that helped. The park looks great and we have more plans to improve it over the next few weeks. Special thanks to the following helpers: the Manning family, the Perva family, the Mayberry family, the Kessler family, the Sumko family, Dave Chajkowski, Garrison Price, Maeve Gleason, Dan Shuckers and Katie Heidelbaugh.

The front of the entrance we will be planting some grass seed there where there is no mulch. Please try and be careful when entering, although we know it will be tough.

If you haven't heard from us yet, there will be a letter going out shortly about annual dues!  PBCA appreciates your timely consideration, thank you!

You will be receiving either an email or a letter requesting confirmation and/or edits of the information we have for your household for the 2020 Pine Brook Civic Association Directory in early January.  Be on the lookout for this, and please provide any changes so we can make the 2020 publication as accurate as possible!

We just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone that volunteered yesterday at the picnic. Thanks to Ashlee Kessler and Nic Miller for planning and organizing it. Brad Perva, Garrison Price and anyone else that power washed and stained the pavilion. It looked beautiful!

We had over 40 families attend. I encourage anyone who didn't make it, to try and come out to the next event. It was a beautiful day and pavilion park was full of kids running around and people having a good time. Our community is a dying breed but we are all so fortunate to live in this beautiful development.

Katie Manning

(photo courtesy of Len Graff)

The August 2019 PBCA Newsletter is here (PDF version).

Big thanks to PBCA Board members Garrison Price and Brad Perva for all the work they have done for our neighborhood. They cleaned up the front park, mulched the Pavilion area, examined the Pavilion for repairs, got bids, recommended the roofers, and reviewed the work as well as adding necessary boarding. We now have a new roof and much needed gutters. You can view some photos of the work below.