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(Center twp., Bever County, Pa.) Gateway Rehabilitation in Center Twp has entered into a partnership with Beaver County to open a dedicated treatment space for women.
The partnership includes the use of a county-owned building in Ohioville Borough that will offer 22 beds for residential, acute addiction treatment exclusively for women, 18 years and older.
The program is set to open by the beginning of April 2023. In addition to individualized treatment plans, Gateway Rehab will offer life skills training, medication management, family programming, 12-step facilitation, on-site fitness and recreational activities, community-based volunteerism, plus more.

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(Cranberry Twp, Pa.) Cranberry Twp Police have charged two Home Depot employees who they say conspired to allegedly profit by stealing more than $210,000 via fraudulent work orders over a year’s time.
41-year-old Chaz E. MacAnallen of Butler, and 48-yer-old Jeremy S. Nixon, of New Castle, were charged Friday with four felonies including theft and conspiracy following events occurring in April 2019 through September 2020.
McAnallen was employed as branch installation manager and Nixon as a contract window installer. McAnallen would create false work orders from jobs already completed and assign them to Nixon.
In all there 241 fabricated work orders totaling $210,460 that Nixon received payment for and split the money with McAnallen.
A preliminary hearing for the pair has not been scheduled.

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 38-year-old Kendra Fennell, of Worthington was killed in a crash on the McKees Rocks Bridge on Saturday night.
The 5:45 PM head on crash occurred on the City of Pittsburgh side of the bridge also left one person in critical condition and a third person in stable condition.
The entire bridge was closed for sometime as teams worked to investigate and clear the accident.

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(Ellwood City, Pa.) Fire Fighters in Ellwood City were busy this morning fighting a fire at the Dog Gone Bar.
Crews were able to get the fire that was reported just after 12:15 AM under control within and hour at the bar located on first street in Ellwood City.
No one was inside at the time and no injuries were reported. But the bar did suffer extensive damage.
The state police fire marshal is expected to investigate the cause of the fire.

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) On this week’s episode of Living Well on Beaver County Radio at 8:30 AM Saturday morning Dr. Joseph Maroon and Jeff Bost, PAC, will discuss RSV and the dangers of this virus. They will discuss how it is the number one reason that children under one are hospitalized and that the virus is also known to attack older adults.

Dr. Joseph Maroon is a world renown neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurosurgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery to speed recovery for his patients. He is a sports medicine expert and innovator in concussion management, personal fitness and nutrition. Dr. Maroon is also the Pittsburgh Steelers team doctor.

Jeff Bost is a consultant to the St. Barnabas Health System. Bost is also a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a consultant to the WWE, and Clinical Assistant Professor at Chatham University. He has a special interest in minimally invasive spine and brain surgery and have collaborated on scores of scientific medical papers and books in these areas. Over the last 15 years he has researched, lectured and written on the use of alternative treatment for pain control.

Bost, along with Dr. Joseph Maroon have authored two books on the use of omega-3 fish oil, including: Fish Oil: The Natural Anti-Inflammatory, currently in its forth printing with over 75,000 copies sold and recently, Why You Need Fish Oil. He has given over 100 invited lectures, 24 national posters and oral presentations, 29 coordinated research projects, five workshops presentations, 35 scientific articles and 10 book chapters.

You can rune into “Living Well” every Saturday morning at 8:30 on 95.7 and 99.3 FM, 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, and beavercountyradio.com.

You can also listen to all previous episodes of “Living Well” by going to beavercountyradio.com clicking on the Listen Live Button, Then chose Beaver County Radio and click on Podcasts in the upper right hand corner.

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(AMBRIDGE, Pa.) New funding of $25,000 will allow The Franklin Center of Beaver County to bolster security, state Rep. Rob Matzie, D-Beaver, announced today.

Matzie said the funding to the Aliquippa facility was administered by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency through the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund.

“The Franklin Center is a place of hope for our community, where folks in need can find essential resources and opportunities,” Matzie said. “It’s essential that staff who work there and the residents they serve feel secure. This new funding will provide the additional resources to make that happen.”

Matzie said grants under the program may be used for a wide range of resources, including safety planning, training, and threat assessments; equipment and technology such as metal detectors, theft-control devices, protective lighting, surveillance equipment, emergency communications equipment, and other facility upgrades; and specially trained canines.

The Nonprofit Security Grant Fund provides funding to nonprofits that principally serve people, groups or institutions that are included within a bias motivation category for single bias hate crime incidents as identified by the FBI’s Hate Crime Statistics publication. The categories include race/ethnicity/ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender identity.

More about the funding is available here: https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-announces-3-9-million-in-nonprofit-security-grant-fund-program-awards/.

The security grant is in addition to more than $3 million in PCCD funding announced Wednesday to strengthen Beaver County law enforcement, records management and victim services.

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( Ambridge, Pa.)  The Ambridge Council  met on Tuesday night and approved its 2023 no-tax increase budget.  Millage remains at 34.5 mills.

The police contract was approved beginning January 1,2023, and ending  December 31, 2026..  The approval recommended by the police, chief solicitor, and boro manager. Hunter Hagy was hired as a part time firefighter/code enforcement officer. He will begin his duties January 2, 2023.

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(Midland, Pa.) Midland School District Superintendent Sean Tanner reported last week that students will get crocheted warm winter hats from a student’s grandma  for Christmas this year.   An Aliquippa woman, whose  grandchild attends the school, has crocheted the hats for the last 3 years,  This year, Minions, the Grinch  and Sesame Street characters  are  crocheted on the hats, Mr Tanner said.