JT polling place changed to Marion Hose Co.
Jim Thorpe voters who used Phoenix Fire Company will now cast their votes at a new polling place come May.
On Thursday, the Carbon County Commissioners voted to change the District 17 fourth ward polling place from the Phoenix Fire Company to the Marion Hose Company 16 W. Broadway.
The move comes after Jim Thorpe consolidated its fire companies last year, moving Phoenix to Fairview Hose Company.
Marion Hose Company is now a bar, but the commissioners said that won’t be a problem on Election Day.
Commissioners’ Chairman Wayne Nothstein said that the establishment will be closed on Election Day because of a rule that states any bar that also is a polling place cannot operate during the election.
Commissioner William O’Gurek said the county has other polling places that are also bars and operate without a problem during elections. He used the Summit Hill American Legion as an example, which closes its bar to patrons while elections take place.
Other business
The Carbon County Commissioners also acted on the following items:
• Reappoint Wallace Putowski of Lehighton to another five-year term on the airport authority.
• Accept the resignation of Dorothy J. Reinhart of Lehighton from the housing authority. Reinhart had been a member of the authority since Sept. 23, 1986.
• Approve the retirement of Glenn R. Schoch of Lehighton, accountant II, human services, effective April 6.
• Approve the resignation of Samantha McCarthy of Coaldale, life guard at Mauch Chunk Lake Park, effective March 17.
• Approve the change of status for Brian D. Hawk of Bethlehem, from special deputy sheriff to sergeant in the sheriff’s office, effective March 26.
