CHOCONUT TOWNSHIP

 

Fire Protection, Ambulance -  Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Company - dial 911

Police - PA State Police - dial 911 (Gibson, RD 1, Box 227B, New Milford, PA 18834  570-465-3154)

 

Location: Endless Mountains region of NE Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, south of Vestal, NY.  PA route 267 is the major road in the township, running north to south. 

 

Township Supervisor Meetings:

Date/Day of Meeting: 1st Monday of the month,  

(If the first Monday falls on a holiday, the meeting is the first Tuesday following the first Monday.)

Meeting Place: Township Building next to Choconut Market
Time: 7:30 p.m.  A workshop to discuss agenda items starts at 7:00 PM.

 

Municipal Phone:(570) 553-2780               

                    Fax:  (570) 553-2096 

Email: choconutpa@stny.rr.com

 

Supervisors:
Rudolph Mattes                       553-2463

William R. Stewart  Chair       553-2163

William A. Dovin                      553-2469

 

Secretary: Linda Gittoes   553-2678                       

 

Choconut Emergency Management Coordinator

Roger Doolittle                      553-2146

 

Schools: Choconut Township residents attend schools in the Montrose Area School District.  Contact Mr. Michael Ognosky, superintendent of schools,  for new student information.  For information about bus schedules,  contact the Transportation Office, at 278-6227.

 

Planning Commission - members,  what we are working on.

 

Documents - Township Supervisor Meeting Minutes, Comprehensive Plan, Building Permits, Map

 

History  Where did the word Choconut come from?  Pictures and points of interest. 

 

News - As of July  2004, Choconut Township has adopted the Uniform Construction Code, this program will be administered by the Code enforcement office of the Council of Governments (COG)  office in New Milford. There have been several changes made recently to this law and the supervisors will answer any questions you have relative to what is covered and what is not. Please start the permit application process by first calling your supervisors at 553-2780.

 

Pictures - new, images of Choconut Township

 

Services - Roads, Sewage enforcement, garbage collection

 

Choconut Creek Watershed Association:

 

Links

 

This site is evolving.  Suggestions, corrections, and ideas for new subjects should be sent to ccwa@epix.net