Top Five Stories of the Week: Jan. 22 through 28

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The Corner Bakery Café, a casual dining spot that is opening at the old Blockbuster Video on West Road, will seek impervious surface and signage relief from the township’s Zoning Hearing Board.

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Newtown Township decided Wednesday it will seek the state’s support to implement noise reduction measures along the Newtown Bypass, specifically in the areas of Brookside and Newtown Place. 

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Developer Allan Smith, who has submitted three conditional use applications to Newtown Borough for the development of the former Stockburger Chevrolet site, this week released a sketch of the public piazza included in one of those proposals.  

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In a move to throw support behind the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, the Newtown Township Supervisors passed a resolution Wednesday backing reform of the prevailing wage act in the state House of Representatives. 

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A conditional use hearing for the Stocking Works II proposal that originally began in December and resumed Thursday evening has been continued until Feb. 23. The hearing in front of Newtown Borough Council is the first step in an approval process for the redevelopment of the former Stockburger Chevrolet site off South State Street.