Voters in an affluent suburb of Pittsburgh have convienced a local judge to allow a referendum on the November, 2011 ballot to ban gas drilling in the community.  Residents of Peters Township, Pennsylvania will be the first municipality to vote on permitting drilling rigs in their town.  Township officials had fought to keep the issue off the ballot.  Township officials may appeal.  The thirteen (13) lawyers at DOUGHERTY LEVENTHAL & PRICE LLP—PENNSYLVANIA TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS AND MARCELLUS SHALE DRILLING RIG ACCIDENT LAWYERS—continue to follow this and other Marcellus Shale drilling issues in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.