Jackson Township - Dauphin County

05/25/2026

05/12/2026

Horse Drawn Carriage Signs ("Amish Buggies")
From PennDOT to Jackson Township Supervisors:

April 14, 2026
This is in response to your email dated March 5, 2026, regarding the installation of Horsedrawn Vehicle signs on Armstrong Valley Road (SR 0225) and Enders Road (SR 4001), in Jackson Township, Dauphin County.
A traffic engineering and safety study was conducted by a PennDOT. As a result of the study, Horsedrawn Vehicle signs will be installed on Armstrong Valley Road (SR 0225) and Enders Road (SR 4001). Work orders have been issued to our PennDOT Dauphin County Maintenance office to install the requested signs. Please allow 60 days for the scheduling and completion of this work.
We appreciate your concerns for safety on our state roads.
Traffic Studies/Signing Section Supervisor

March 5, 2026
The Horsedrawn Vehicles sign (W 11-14) is a sign that PennDOT installs and maintains. We will review the sign locations from the drawing you submitted. Once we verify the sign locations (they may be a little different depending on field conditions) we will create a work order and send it to our Dauphin County Maintenance Office to have the signs installed. Due to scheduling and weather delays, it may take up to 60 days for them to be ordered and installed. If you have any questions please let me know.

04/17/2026

We will be holding a Wings & Things Fundraiser on Friday, May 8th, 2026, at the fire hall from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

You can either get your meal to go as a Take Out, or if you want to sit down and enjoy your meal, you can choose to get it as an Eat In and dine at one of our tables in our fire hall.

We sell both Bone In and Boneless wings, cheese steaks, bacon cheeseburgers and French Fries. We now sell Jumbo Bone In Wings.

Our prices are:
Jumbo Bone In Wings - $12.00 a dozen/$6.00 a 1/2 dozen
Boneless Wings - $10.00 a dozen/$5.00 a 1/2 dozen
Cheese Steaks - $10.00
Bacon Cheeseburgers - $6.00
French Fries (Regular & Old Bay) - $5.00

Cheese steaks options include: Just Meat (No toppings); Cheese; Marinara Sauce; Peppers & Onions.

Wing sauces available include the following:
Mild
Hot
BBQ
Honey BBQ
Old Bay
Honey Mustard
Ranch
Garlic Parmesan
Butter Garlic
Sweet Heat
Riverfire

We are willing to mix any of the above wing sauces that the customer may request.

Drinks will also be for sale at $1.00 a piece.

Drinks include:
Water
Pepsi
Coke
Diet Pepsi
Sprite
Mt. Dew
Orange Soda
Root Beer

A special thank you to Rise Street Beverage of Halifax for the donation of the Coke products for this fundraiser.

We look forward to seeing everyone there and we thank you for your continued support.

04/17/2026

CLARKS FERRY BRIDGE, EAST BOUND

*Roadway Open*

The Squad and Chief are currently operating on the Clarksferry Bridge with an overturned tractor trailer. The eastbound lanes of 22/322 will be closed for the duration of the morning commute.

04/15/2026

We would like to offer some important information in regards to our pool fills for 2026. Please read this entire post.

This past Sunday our tanker was sent out to have a leak in the tank repaired. This is an issue that we must have addressed and this time frame was when the repair shop could get our tanker in. The repairs to the tanker are needed to help insure it's readiness and that it is fully functional to provide water at rural fire scenes in our first due area of Jackson Township and the surrounding municipalities that we serve.

What does that mean about pool fills? Yes, we will be doing pool fills this year once our tanker comes back from being repaired. Currently we are not sure what date that will be, that is dependent on how long it takes to repair our tanker.

Once our tanker has come back from being repaired, we will start filling swimming pools for the year and we will post our pool prices and locations at that time.

In the meantime, if you would like to get on our pool fill list to have your pool filled once we get our tanker back, you are more than welcome to call the fire station at 717-362-9031 and leave a message and someone will get in touch with you.

If you are unable to wait until our tanker gets back to have your pool filled, we can offer you some suggestions when you get in touch with us for alternative places to get your pool filled.

We thank you all for your understanding with this matter.

04/06/2026

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02/13/2026

Wonderful news!

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 $𝟐𝟕𝟐,𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭, 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧

HARRISBURG – Rep. Joe Kerwin (R-Dauphin) announced more than $272,500 in grant funding was awarded to support fire companies and emergency medical services in the 125th District.

“This grant funding will support the first responders who answer the call to keep our communities and families safe,” said Kerwin. “These dollars will be essential in allowing fire and emergency medical services to operate in our district. I am always proud to support these brave men and women.”

Established by the Legislature, the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program is administered by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Office of the State Fire Commissioner. The grant money comes from state gaming proceeds as required under state law. It was first initiated in 2000 and is open to volunteer and career fire companies, emergency medical services and rescue squads in Pennsylvania. Grant awards can be used for construction or repair of facilities, purchase or repair of equipment, debt reduction, recruitment and retention, public education about fire safety and training. The funding amounts are contingent on the recipients filing their grant agreements with the Office of the State Fire Commissioner.

Recipient companies in the 125th District include:
➡️ Berrysburg and Community Fire Company: $14,899.86.
➡️ Carsonville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1: $12,632.59.
➡️ Dauphin Middle Paxton Fire Company No. 1: $13,663.17.
➡️ Fisherville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1: $13,869.28.
➡️ Gratz Area Fire Company: $15,724.32.
➡️ Halifax Area Ambulance and Rescue Association: $15,000.
➡️ Halifax Fire Department: $13,869.28.
➡️ Liberty Hose Company No. 1: $12,014.25.
➡️ Liberty Hose Company No. 2: $12,014.25.
➡️ Linglestown Fire Company No. 1: $16,136.55.
➡️ Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Fire: $13,663.17.
➡️ Millersburg Area Ambulance Association Inc.: $15,000.
➡️ Millersburg Fire Company No. 1: $16,136.55.
➡️ Paxtonia Fire Company: $14,693.75.
➡️ Pillow Fire Company: $13,663.17.
➡️ Reliance Hose Company No. 1: $15,724.32.
➡️ West Hanover Township Fire Company No. 1: $16,136.55.
➡️ Wiconisco Fire Engine Company No. 1 Inc.: $12,700.
➡️ Williamstown Area EMS Inc.: $15,000.

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01/29/2026

PP& L system shows that power was restored around 11 21 a.m. Today, January 29. The outage cause is under investigation. The outage was reported at 11 19 a.m., January 29 and affected 2391 customers. If you are still without power, please report it at PPLelectric.com or call 1800-342-5775.

01/22/2026

**Winter Storm Warning**
Shared from National Weather Service/NOAA
Please stay safe, if you can stay home- plow drivers will be out and about. Please do your part to keep them and you safe... be kind, be patient. Stay warm!

09/04/2025

From Pennsylvania Department of Transportation:
PROPOSED Superstructure Project
State Route 4013 (Powells Valley Road) Superstructure (bridge) Replacement Over Rattling Creek
See bottom of post for link to virtual plans
Image of proposed project included in this post, inside the Jackson Township building and will be posted on https://jacksontownship17032.com/
Comments and concerns must be shared via PennDOT's Virtual Plans Display Comment Form, which will also be posted on the website.
Forms may also be picked up at Hoover Financial Services 3733 Peters Mountain Road Monday - Thursday 9-4 or you may request one via email [email protected]

Virtual plans will be posted 9/8/2025-10/8/2025
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/penndot/projects-near-you/district-8-project -copawpcounty=Dauphin%20County.