Current Updates

Our office is located next to Boyer's Market. The walk-in lobby window and drive-up lane #1 is open for your use. Our secure payment drop box is attached to the front of the building, to the left of the front door.

The projected start date for the sidewalk project is July 6th. As the project proceeds there will be parking restrictions and changes in traffic flow on the square. The intent is to have a travel lane open the vast majority of the time. There may be instances where traffic will be stopped for short periods of time but otherwise traffic should flow through town without issue.

The Ridge Road Park Project has a projected start date of June 22nd, projected completion is July 10th. 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Borough Council of the Borough of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, will receive public comment and consider for adoption at a meeting duly called and held within not less than seven (7) days nor more than sixty (60) days from the last date of the advertisement of this Notice, at Orwigsburg Borough Hall, 209 North Warren Street, Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania:
ORDINANCE NO. 469: AN ORDINANCE OF ORWIGSBURG BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ESTABLISHING A RESERVATION AND PURCHASE SYSTEM FOR SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY FOR OWNERS OR DEVELOPERS OF PROPERTY IN OR AROUND THE BOROUGH OR WHO DESIRE TO SECURE SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY; AND PROVIDING REPEALERS, SEVERABILITY AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
The title of the Ordinance provides a brief summary of the Ordinance in reasonable detail. A copy of the full text of the proposed Ordinance is available for public inspection during regular Borough business hours at the Orwigsburg Borough Office, 333 South Liberty Street, Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania.

The ORWIGSBURG BOROUGH ZONING HEARING BOARD will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM (prevailing local time) at the Orwigsburg Borough Hall, North Warren Street, Orwigsburg, PA 17961. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the following: Application of Corey & Allison Spotts – Variance Request Hearing – Case No. 178 Applicants request to build an oversized two (2) car garage in the rear of their residence located at 744 West Market Street, Orwigsburg, PA, R-2 District, and seeks a variance from the Zoning Ordinance Section 6.32.J – permitted uses & Section 10.01.B.4.a(1)(ii) – detached private garage. Applicants are required to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. ORWIGSBURG ZONING HEARING BOARD JEFF FANELLI, Chairman

Rates effective 01/01/26: 

Water:

• Metered Customers:
  • $99.56 per EDU
  • $6.00 per 1,000 gallons
• Flat Rate (Non-metered) Customers:
  • $99.56 per EDU, per quarter

Sewer:

• Metered Customers: 
  • $123.07 per EDU
  • $5.48 per 1,000 gallons
• Flat Rate (Non-metered) Customers:
  • $216.23 per EDU, per quarter