An elderly woman from Lawrence County was the victim of a weekend scam. State police in New Castle tell us that the victim from Mohawk School Road in North Beaver Township received a call that was a scam from an unknown male claiming to be her grandson and needed $4,000. The caller instructed her to purchase i-tune cards, which she did. The caller called back…and the victim game him the numbers on the back of the cards.
Month: March 2016
Medical Marijuana One Step Closer To Becoming A Reality In Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania House vote could be near this week on a proposal to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The state Senate approved a medical marijuana proposal last May only to see it stall in the House.
Toddler Playground To Be Built In Hopewell
Hopewell Parks And Recreation held its annual volunteer appreciation dinner Saturday at the Aliquippa Elks. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that Pam Fiejdasz, director, announced that a toddler playground will be built at the park this summer. Janice Gibson, board member, told the group that a fund drive to raise funds as a nonprofit to add to the park, Friends of Hopewell Park, is being formed. She said, “We need help”. The township acquired additional property and the funds will be used to build in that area.
The Malkinless Penguins Surprise The Rangers At MSG
On Friday the Penguins got real bad news. Their second leading scorer Evgeni Malkin will miss the rest of the regular season with an upper body injury. Sunday they went into Madison Garden and beat the New York Rangers 5-3. It was the Penguins third win in four games. Conor Sheary, who was just recalled From Wilkes Barre-Scranton on Saturday, scored two goals. Matt Cullen scored the game winner in the third period and, Sidney Crosby added an empty netter to seal the victory. The Penguins host the New York Islanders Tuesday night, the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, and the Conference Leader Washington Capitols Sunday Evening. They travel to Philadelphia Saturday to play the Flyers.
Shovlin returns to WBVP and WMBA
(Beaver County, PA) Beaver County broadcasting legend and former WBVP and WMBA talk show host and sports anchor, Chris Shovlin appeared as a special guest on “A.M. Beaver County“. Shovlin, who now serves as the Community Engagement Manager for Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, talked about the positive benefits of Charter schools for the community and the students who attend, and how Cyber and Charter schools are legally established public schools in Pennsylvania. Shovlin spoke at length with show host Al Goehring about the opportunities that charter schools like Lincoln Park provide for area students.
Penguins 5 vs. N.Y. Rangers 3 (Final)
Aliquippa 50, West Middlesex 20 (Final)
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
Sometimes a basketball game is won when the scoring pace rather resembles football.
It was 2-0 Aliquippa at the media timeout.
It was 8-0 Aliquippa at the end of one quarter.
It was 16-9 Aliquippa at the half.
Luckily for the Quips, many of their star players also played football, and they knew how to win there too.
Despite early foul trouble, the Quips coasted to a 50-20 win over the West Middlesex Big Red in the PIAA Boys’ AA Quarterfinals on Saturday.
Chuckie Humphries and Jassir Jordan led the Quips in scoring with 14 a piece, while Josh Porterfield led the Big Red with 8. Porterfield earned CCBC Player of the Game honors along with Humphries.
West Middlesex ends their season at 20-9. Aliquippa is now 28-0 and will face Lincoln Park once again, this time for a chance to play in the PIAA Championship in Hershey.
Tom Hays has this recap for beavercountyradio.com.
Lincoln Park 68, Quaker Valley 44 (Final)
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
The hope for Quaker Valley was that between Nick Aloi and Nelly Cummings, Lincoln Park’s top shooters, is that one of them would go cold, and that would allow the Quakers to put more pressure on the other.
It didn’t happen. And to make matters worse for the Quakers, Nick and Nelly had company.
With the team effort powering them, Lincoln Park steadily advanced to the PIAA Class AA semifinals with a 68-44 victory over the Quaker Valley Quakers. The Leopards ran out to a 14-4 lead, and though the Quakers cut it to as little as 4, a strong start to the second half propelled Lincoln Park towards the win.
Aloi led all scorers with 23 points, followed by Nelly Cummings with 19 and Quaker Valley’s Amos Luptak with 14. Luptak joins Aloi as the selected CCBC Players of The Game.
Lincoln Park (25-4) moves on to the PIAA AA Semifinals, where they will have a rematch of the WPIAL Championship with Aliquippa. Quaker Valley ends its season at 22-7.
Bob Barrickman has this scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com. He and Jason Colangelo interviewed Leopards coach Mike Bariski, and it too is presented here.
Mike Bariski Interview
Penn State Extension office may close due to state budget stalemate
Penn State PR Specialist, Chuck Gill appeared on Teleforum with Mike Romigh and told our audience what is at stake for 4H, Master Gardeners and other programs if the $50.5 million dollars in state funding isn’t restored.
Will Beaver County union employees vote to strike?
Listen to Teleforum with Mike Romigh Monday morning at 10:00am when Al Smith and Joe Mann talk about issues facing Beaver County employees.