Love My Froggy | radioNOVO News for Lebanon: May 13, 2026

             THE PROPOSED, 1.7 BILLION DOLLAR DATA CENTER IN SOUTH ANNVILLE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWN AFTER MONTHS OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION AND RECENT SETBACKS IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS.           SOUTH ANNVILLE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS SAY THE DEVELOPER, 1235 MARTINA DRIVE OWNER LLC—A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN INCH & CO. AND EASTERN LAND & RESOURCES—PULLED ITS REZONING REQUEST AHEAD OF A SCHEDULED VOTE TONIGHT.           THE 99-ACRE PROJECT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED FIVE LARGE BUILDINGS AND AN ESTIMATED 50 TO 100 JOBS, BUT DREW CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS OVER POWER AND WATER USAGE.           THE SOUTH ANNVILLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.            THE LEBANON RESCUE MISSION RECEIVED WORD THIS WEEK THAT THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE THE RECIPIENT OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL GIFT TO HELP WITH THEIR AGAPE SAFE HAVEN PROJECT.          AS RADIO NOVO NEWS HAS BEEN CHRONICLING, THE RESCUE MISSION IS BUILDING A MULTI-USE FACILITY ALONG BITNER BOULEVARD THAT WILL HOUSE SENIORS, VETERANS, AND WOMEN WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.          EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUSAN BLOUCH TELLS US......... SHE RECEIVED A CALL THIS WEEK FROM CATHY BISHOP.......... LETTING HER KNOW THE BISHOP FOUNDATION IS PLEDGING ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT:          {BLOUCH0513-B}-------- :15 SEC........... IN OUR 81 YEARS         BLOUCH SAYS MS. BISHOP WAS PARTICULARLY MOVED BY ONE ASPECT OF THE PROJECT:          {BLOUCH0513-C}------- :11 SEC.......... ALL THE DIFFERENCE          THE MILLION-DOLLAR GIFT OFFICIALLY PUSHES THE MISSION PAST THE HALFWAY MARK OF ITS 8.5-MILLION DOLLAR FUNDRAISING GOAL.  THEY'RE ACTUALLY SITTING AT 5.5-MILLION CURRENTLY.            ONCE COMPLETE, THE AGAPE SAFE HAVEN FACILITY WILL PROVIDE NOT JUST BEDS AND MEALS, BUT MEDICAL CARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO HELP RESIDENTS TRANSITION BACK TO STABLE LIVES.          A Lebanon County man is facing charges for allegedly threatening state lawmakers.  Police say 42-year-old Adam Berryhill posted a hit list on social media of 20 members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, all of them Democrats.  Berryhill reportedly alluded to a "Memorial Day Operation."  He was taken into custody last week.