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Boo-humbug: North Huntingdon haunted house shut down over zoning issues

Halloween Attraction Exterior of Springwood Manor home haunt on Pickford Street in North Huntingdon, which had to shut down before it could open because of a zoning issue.

NORTH HUNTINGDON — A Halloween attraction in North Huntingdon that was set to open this weekend was halted because it would violate the township’s zoning ordinance.

The Springwood Manor home haunt at 1738 Pickford St. was shut down Thursday because operating a haunted house — a commercial enterprise — would violate the township’s zoning ordinance in that residential neighborhood, township manager Jeff Silka said.

Township zoning officer Thomas McGuire notified homeowner Justin Niedzwecki, 39, and his girlfriend, Colleen Murtha, 39, that they could not open.

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