(Credit for Headline Photo and Photo Below: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Big Knob Grange)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) One of the topics that was discussed at the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session at the Beaver County Courthouse in Beaver was that Big Knob Grange possibly hosting a festival to replace the Beaver County Maple Syrup and Music Festival, which was cancelled this year because of issues involving structure and leadership. During the audience participation segment of the session, Becky Gallagher of Baden asked the Commissioners if they would support the possibility of the Beaver County Maple Syrup and Music Festival at the Big Knob Grange despite the cancellation. Beaver County Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp let Gallagher know that the Commissioners received word yesterday from members of the Big Knob Grange that they are looking to host a replacement for the Beaver County Maple Syrup and Music Festival. According to a recent release from Big Knob Grange, they announced that they will host the Big Knob Grange Maple Syrup Festival, taking place on April 18th-19th, 2026. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on both of those days. More information about this event can be found on the picture below. PUSH Beaver County also stated via release that they fully support this transition fully and applauds the Grange’s leadership, dedication to local heritage, and commitment to bringing families together through agricultural celebration. In other business, the progress for the merger between Allegheny Health Network and Heritage Valley Health System is going well, as Commissioner Jack Manning talked about the Commissioners attending the recent public hearing regarding the merger at the Hilton Garden Inn in Center Township during the Commissioners’ report of the work session. If Allegheny Health Network and Heritage Valley Health System merge, the Heritage Valley Sewickley and Heritage Valley Beaver hospitals will be added to the network of Allegheny Health Network to expand its footprint into the Beaver County area. Manning also let the audience of the session know during the commissioners’ report of the work session that the Beaver County Chamber of Commerce’s State of the County event that will take place on Friday morning at The Fez in Hopewell. The Beaver County Commissioners, along with Pennsylvania State Representatives Josh Kail and Roman Kozak, as well as Pennsylvania State Senators Elder Vogel Jr. and Camera Bartolotta, will discuss the present state of affairs in Beaver County at this event. Beaver County Treasurer Sandie Egley also talked about her outreach for collecting taxes during the department head report of the work session. Egley will be in Ambridge tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in North Sewickley on Thursday, February 26th from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and at the Beaver Falls Library on Wednesday, February 25th from 3-7 p.m. for this outreach in which people who are working can pay their taxes in person.