Pennsylvania Senior Judge Richard A. Lewis of Dauphin County has granted an injunction to bar further mulch manufacturing, and to ban continuation of festivals and carnivals, on a 112-acre property on York Road known as Froehlich Farm. The injunction was sought jointly by Buckingham Township and Bucks County, which purchased an agricultural easement from the farm in 1999. They argued before the court that the farm’s solid waste facility and its festivals violate the terms of the easement. The judge also ordered the farm to stop conducting festivals and carnivals on the property. Lewis wrote that the activities violated both a 1999 agricultural conservation easement on 106 acres of the property and township zoning ordinances. The farm is expected to appeal the decision. Judge Lewis was called in to hear the case after every Bucks County judge recused themselves because a member of the Froehlich family works for the court system.
Source: Bucks County Herald; 4/3/2024 & Doylestown Patch; 4/8/2024