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Proposed Cell Phone Tower Creates Controversy

Proposed Cell Phone Tower Creates Controversy - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 6:03PM EST

Reported by: Mike Trim
Thursday, May 22, 2008 @ 06:03pm EST
OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY- A small patch of woods in Old Forge is going to be home to a big controversy.

That's what neighbor Lindsey Stevens says. "So what happens if you know, they do put it up? God forbid something happens to my son," she said.

Verizon Wireless wants to use the land behind Stevens’ house for a wireless communication facility, which could include a new cell phone tower. it's leasing about 100 feet of property from Mag Realty. The land is zoned “Commercial Industrial.”

"Of course towers are needed but I don't feel that they're needed so close to a residential area because of the health risks," she added.

Stevens says the health risks include higher rates of leukemia and other cancer. She plans to bring the argument to Thursday night's Zoning Board meeting at Old Forge Borough Hall at 7:30.

Neighbors say they're not only worried about a new cell tower, but one that's already here. Another one sits just a few hundred yards away from the proposed site.

But Stevens says that's a fight for another day. "If we have to deal with that later, we do. But I want to stop this one now before it's put up," she said.

And Stevens says she has most of her neighborhood behind her.
 


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