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Halloween and Christmas celebrations are coming to the square, Frank Pulli with the Palmyra Lions Club said at the Oct. 8 Palmyra Borough Council meeting.
The organization is sponsoring the following events:
- Trick-or-Treat on Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m., when kids can play games and enjoy chocolate milk and apple cider. If there is rain, the event will not be held.
- Christmas tree lighting on Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. In a letter to the council, Pulli said they are looking to have a band and a chorus to play songs and carols.
- Reindeer night on Dec. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m., when Santa will bring one of his reindeer in training to the square along with food trucks and games.
- Santa will be in his house on the square on Fridays and Saturdays starting Nov. 29 until the weekend before Christmas. Hours have not been determined.
“We loan Santa’s house for the night and we have a witch in there,” Pulli said about the Oct. 31 event. “We do not hand out candy to the kids. The only thing food-related would be the apple cider and chocolate milk that the witch hands out — aka her special brew — but nothing scary.”
Council will need to vote to approve the closure of South Railroad Street at the square for Reindeer Night at its Oct. 22 meeting, but the other events are “good to go,” according to borough manager Roger Powl.
Powl said these events typically require fire police support due to the possible crowd and traffic changes, but fire police staffing has become more scarce lately.
The Western Lebanon County Regional Police Department may have to provide support if fire police aren’t available, he said.
Powl also discussed the ongoing switch to a new refuse and recycling contract that will increase costs for residents and provide carts for trash.
Read More: Palmyra council accepts trash bid that includes 96-gallon carts for residents
He said the new carts should be delivered when the trash is typically picked up during the week of Oct. 28. If residents want to get rid of their old trash cans, they can leave them out with a note saying to remove them, and workers will take them to be ground up and recycled.
The typical size provided by Casella is 96 gallons, but a smaller 32-gallon cart is available upon request.
Assistant borough manager Brenda Pera said anyone wanting the smaller cart needs to call the office by Thursday to make a request.
In other business, council voted for the borough solicitor to amend an ordinance to disband the Palmyra Borough Police Department and name the Western Lebanon County Regional Police Department as the official police department. Western Lebanon has been the police force for Palmyra since May when Palmyra’s and Annville’s squads merged. Powl said the move is to make sure ordinances reflect reality.
Read More: Annville-Palmyra police merger is on track to go live on May 27
Palmyra Borough Council will meet next at 325 S. Railroad St. on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
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