Kidder Township residents, who requested to remain anonymous but identified themselves as "living directly in the path of the proposed PennEast Pipeline" addressed the Kidder Township Supervisors during public comment on Thursday evening.

"The pipeline is going through our home and our well," the couple told the supervisors. "We learned about this project from people who were walking through our property. We have since joined up with others whose properties will be affected in four counties.""We are concerned about the impact that this project will have on the township, the property values, the environment and the local economy," they said.The couple informed the supervisors that to the best of their knowledge, a compressor station was to be built in the township "somewhere between the turnpike and Jack Frost Mountain, on the 940 side."They also provided a paper they put together listing some of the impacts of having a compressor station in the area, including low frequency noise, which leads to sleep disturbance and blood pressure changes. The paper also identifies other compressor station health impacts such as nasal and throat irritations, frequent nausea, bronchitis and coughing, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, and irregular heartbeats.Sources mentioned for the information provided included the Pipeline Safety Trust, Vilma Subra (a MacArthur fellow) and a Duke University study.The couple submitted a resolution that was drafted for Kidder Township to review. The proposed resolution points out the various impacts that the PennEast project will have throughout the township and concludes with a resolution that the township would object to the project and would intervene on the part of its residents.The proposed resolution also requests PennEast to engage in public hearings and to consider rerouting the pipeline."I hear everything you are saying," Supervisor Larry Polansky said. "But my greatest fear is that we can't do anything."Another hot issue Thursday evening was the plowing of the post office in Lake Harmony. In the past the township plowed the post office as a public service.The post office, along with a private tenant, is located at a building belonging to the Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Company.In the most recent snowstorm, the township did not plow the parking area."We have always plowed the lot as a public service, since we do not have local mail delivery, residents have to come to the post office to get their mail. They have no choice," Supervisor Thomas Bradley said."The fire company receives rent from both tenants in that building. They should be responsible for the plowing," Supervisor Thomas Lafond said. "We have one guy who is responsible for making sure all the emergency vehicles can get out in case of a call."A motion was made that the township would continue to plow the post office as a public service, but that the township would bill the private business for the spots plowed in front of it. The motion passed with supervisor LaFond voting no.The township building will be closed on Christmas and Dec. 26. A reorganization meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Jan 5.