Whitehall, Heidelberg voters consider open space taxes

Whitehall and Heidelberg township residents look to be on track to pay more in taxes next year, after voting for separate open space tax referendums during Tuesday’s primary. Whitehall’s tax proposal, which is the first of its kind in that township, would add .05 mills of real estate tax for farmland preservation and maintenance of recreational and open space. With 125 of 158 precincts reporting, there were 1,895 votes in favor of the tax, and 1,536 against it. The open space tax is indefinite but could be reversed in a...