York county Pa 48th Senate District Redistricting
My Name is Bernadette Flinchbaugh and I have lived in Newberry township, York County for 35 years. I moved here from Springettsbury township because I worked for a large electronics company in Dauphin Township and wanted to shorten drive times. This township is part of the 92nd State House District and the 48th State Senate District. It is located in Northern yore County bordered on the east by the Susquehanna river on the West and North by Fairview township on to the South by East Manchester and Conewago townships. As you can see on the attached map Newberry township is amazingly part of the 48th State Senate district. And although I appreciate getting Senator Gebhard’s newsletter my neighborhood has nothing in common with Lebanon county. Most of us have never gone there. We don’t shop there. We don’t go to the libraries there, nor do we go to church there. And we don’t work there. Our highways aren’t the same. Our infrastructure is different. So where do we do all these things. Not necessarily where you think. Lets start with shopping. Major shopping areas nearby are located in CampHill and Lemoyne (along route 11). There is limited shopping at two shopping centers in Newberry township and some in Manchester. I go to Costco in Harrisburg not to Sam’s club in York. I shop at Karns and West Shore Farmers Market (Lemoyne). There is a Karns now in Newberrytown and I do go there. But I also shop in Camp Hill at the Giant..its better than the one in Manchester (which is way smaller and does not carry as much). I bought my car at LB Smith (Lemoyne) and have it serviced there. My tractor is serviced by Smith implements Along route 11 outside Carlisle. And where did I work? Dauphin county. And Obviously I use 83 a lot that’s the highway infrastructure, traffic etc I am interested in not route 422. So what I am trying to convey to you? That Newberry Township is not a community linked to Lebanon County. We don’t hop into our cars to run to Lebanon county for entertainment, for shopping or for work. But we do align ourselves with Cumberland County along with other Northern York county townships. Newberry township like fairview is becoming an extended bedroom community for Dauphin county where a lot of us worked myself included. Take a look at the traffic patterns from Newberry in the morning going North and returning South in the evenings. So please consider r changing the 48th State Senate district. Link us with Fairview Township and parts of Cumberland we have more in common with them then we do with Springettsbury township even though we are both in York county. And our School Districts (West Shore School District) are linked that way as well to Fairview and to Areas in Cumberland county. Thank you for your time and considering this input and please consider redrawing the 48th State district and pull the 4 townships in York county from that district and put us where we belong. I can’t speak for the other 3 townships but I have explained that Newberry township belongs with Fairview and other areas in Cumberland county. Sincerely, Bernadette Flinchbaugh