The lights are always bright on Broadway, but is one of them too bright in Jim Thorpe?

A resident who lives across from the Mauch Chunk Opera House told borough council earlier this month that she can't sit outside due to the luminosity of one of the streetlights.The borough light, operated by PPL Electric Utilities, is near the front of the Opera House at 14 W. Broadway, according to Sandra Reese."I'm not the only one who is having a problem," Reese said. "There is a bed and breakfast by me who is losing business. The light shines in two of their bedrooms and a sitting room. We're not the Asa Packer Mansion or St. Joseph's Church. We don't need to be lit up like that."Ellen DeFeo, who owns DeFeo's Manor Bed and Breakfast, said the light has been an issue for her guests."One of the guests asked us if we could put a blanket up over the window because it's so bright," DeFeo said. "They did an adjustment one time but it didn't change anything. Everyone has tried to be cooperative. Hopefully something can be done."Reese has been in contact with PPL representatives. The company put a different bulb in but she said it did little to dim the brightness issue.Upon further complaints, Reese said she was told by PPL that the borough would have to make a decision on the future of the light.Borough Mayor Michael Sofranko read a letter from PPL that indicated the only way to cut back the brightness was to shut the light off altogether."Of course, turning off the light is going to bring different complaints," Jim Thorpe solicitor James Nanovic said.Reese said she's in favor of shutting the light down or taking matters into her own hands."If it stays the same, I'm going to shine a spotlight on that sensor from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. and there will not be light on that block," she said. "There is no reason a 67-year-old woman should have to go off her porch when the streetlight comes on."Council President Greg Strubinger said the borough would like to speak to PPL in hopes of achieving an alternative fix."We want to see if there is any other light bulb they can put in that lamp," Strubinger said. "There are other lights in that area that residents don't feel are as bright, so hopefully we can come to a resolution."