A preliminary/final plan was approved during the Sept. 16 Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners meeting. This plan is for Guardian Storage, 4440-4478 Cedarbrook Road, which is located at the intersection of Cedarbrook and Service Road #2. The plan calls for consolidation of five lots which comes to a total of 3.1 acres and demolition of four residential buildings. A 120,000 square foot self-storage building will be erected.

Commissioners reminded residents Quarry Road is closed until winter 2022. This also includes Quarry Park. This is due to the extension of Sauerkraut Lane being built.

Commissioner Brian Higgins is meeting with residents of the Mertztown Road area over flooding issues.

Budget meetings will begin in October.

The 16th annual Troop support program is beginning at the Lower Macungie Township Community Center. Donations are welcome and will be shipped by the township to service members who will not be home for the holidays. They are looking for military personnel from Lower Macungie Township and the East Penn School District to add to the mailing list.

Over the past 15 years, they have shipped 1,489 care packages to 152 military personnel.

Donations needed include cookies and crackers, gum and candy, beef/turkey jerky, energy/protein bars, pretzels, nuts and chips, powdered drink mixes, small packs of tissues, toiletries, batteries, twin sheets, pens, markers, pencils, Gold Bond powder, brown or black socks, footballs and Frisbees, yo-yos and hacky sacks, new magazines, crossword puzzles and playing cards. For more information, visit the Lower Macungie Township website.

To register someone in the holiday program or to make a donation, call 610-966-6924.

The pajama program has also started. Pajama donations are welcome at the community center.

Curbside yard waste pick up will end soon.

The next meeting for the Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners will be 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Lower Macungie Township Municipal Building, 3400 Brookside Road, Macungie.