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Home:Easy to Surf Directory:Southern Stretch: North Manheim Township
Businesses grow along busy Rt. 61
Formed from Manheim Township in 1845, the earliest settlers were Germans.

The township, south of Pottsville and bordering Schuylkill Haven, Cressona and Orwigsburg boroughs, has a strong agricultural history but has seen considerable development along Route 61 in recent years as well.

The Gordon Nagle Trail, stretching from Pottsville’s west end to Cressona, also lies within the township.


Population: 3,287  Founded: 1845

Government
Three-person board of supervisors.
Members: Harry W. Eckert, chairman; Gary L. Brensinger, vice chairman; Barbara G. Miller, secretary

Municipal Address and Phone Number
303 Manheim Rd.
Pottsville, PA 17901
Phone: 570-385-2778

Office Hours
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; Wednesday and Friday by appointment.

Regular Meeting Time
6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month.

Part of the Blue Mountain School District
DISTRICT OFFICE:
685 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-0515
Fax: 570-366-0838
Superintendent: William H. Hall

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 3055

HIGH SCHOOL:
1076 W. Market, Schuylkill Haven, Pa 17972
Phone: 570-366-0511
Fax: 570-366-1965
Principal: James F. Orwig

MIDDLE SCHOOL:
685 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-0546
Fax: 570-366-2513
Principal: William J. Toomey Jr.

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, CRESSONA:
45 Wilder Street, Cressona, Pa 17929
Phone: 570-385-5580
Fax: 570-385-7206
Principal: Patricia A. LaPlaca

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY EAST:
675 Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, Pa 17961
Phone: 570-366-1065
Fax: 570-366-1797
Principal: Jeffrey S. Zweibel

BLUE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY WEST:
1383 Long Run Road, Friedensburg, Pa 17933
Phone: 570-739-4461
Fax: 570-739-4822
Principal: Linda K. Cheripka

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS: Joseph A. Martin, president; Samuel J. Deibert, treasurer; Theodore H. Heffner, Vicki H. Hill, Gary D. Hitzemann, Matthew G. Kelly, G. Patrick O'Hara, Sallie A. Geary Sandler, Susan M. Thompson

BOARD MEETING DATE/TIME: 8 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of the month, except otherwise published in the school calendar.


Map of North Maheim Township