Reminder: North Shore Railroad Maintenance Activities along Railroad Tracks

Just a reminder that from Monday, August 19, 2024 – Friday, August 23, 2024, North Shore Railroad will be replacing the railroad track crossing at St. Mary Street in Lewisburg Borough.  St. Mary Street from North Fifth Street to North Seventh Street will be closed to vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian through traffic for this week.  The businesses along St. Mary Street will still be accessible during construction from the North Seventh Street side, but all traffic will be prevented from crossing the railroad tracks on St. Mary Street.

Hurricane Preparedness Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to provide you with easy-to-use tools to promote hurricane preparedness.

Hurricane Prep Toolkit

Proclamations: “Gun Violence Awareness” and LGBTQIA+ Pride Month”

See the Mayor’s “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” and “LGBTQIA+ Pride Month” Proclamations below.

Stories in Stone – Historic Cemetery Tour

Historic Cemetery Tour

LEWISBURG FLOOD MITIGATION STUDY

The Borough of Lewisburg (Union County, Pennsylvania) launched a Flood Mitigation Study in 2022 to improve the Borough’s ability to withstand a flooding event, regardless of the size of the flood event. Located within the floodplains of three watercourses; West Branch Susquehanna River, Buffalo Creek, and Limestone (Bull) Run – these floodplains make up approximately one third of the Borough’s land area and impact the Borough’s residences, businesses, institutions, and infrastructure. The Borough was devastated over 50 years ago by the Hurricane Agnes flood.  Since that time, Lewisburg has made significant strides in improvements to the community’s flood resiliency. The completed Flood Mitigation Study has provided new data, tools, and “next steps” to further our progress as a truly resilient community that will survive, adapt, and thrive under the continual threat of flooding.

The Lewisburg Borough Flood Mitigation Study was completed by the engineering firm HRG (www.hrg-inc.com) with the assistance of the SEDA-Council of Governments Flood Resiliency Department (www.seda-cog.org/departments/flood-resiliency) and Lewisburg Borough staff.  The Flood Mitigation Study was funded by Lewisburg Borough and through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (www.dced.pa.gov).

Lewisburg Flood Mitigation Study

NATURE PLAY AREA IN KIDSBURG CLOSED FOR THE SEASON

Beginning on Monday, October 10, 2022, the Nature Play Area in the Kidsburg Section of Hufnagle Park, Lewisburg Borough will be closed for the season.  With the hot, dry summer we experienced and the heavy use of the new playground this year by residents and visitors, the grass in the Nature Play Area has failed to properly root in many places.  The Borough Crew will be closing the Nature Play Area to reseed, fertilize, and mulch large areas of this section of Kidsburg.  Without foot traffic on the reseeded area, we anticipate that grass will root properly this fall and that the Nature Play Area will be ready for use again next spring.

The First Responder-themed destination playground donated by PlayPower/Playworld in the Kidsburg section of Hufnagle Park will remain open this fall as long as weather permits.  The Borough Crew will be undertaking the reseeding of some areas near the playground (and in other areas of Hufnagle Park) over the next few weeks.  We will not be closing the First Responder-themed playground, but we do ask that you please stay off areas with fresh straw as it is covering recently planted grass seed.