Center Twp. supervisors met last night  and renewed  an new agreement with Potter Twp. to provide  law enforcement services, according to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano.  The agreement must now be signed by Potter Twp. The supervisors approved the $1.856  million road program for 2017 as prepared by engineer Ned Mitrovich. Lisa Palombo, a part time office clerk was promoted to full  time.  Police  Chief Barry Kramer said that officers used naloxone four times in overdose incidents, and revived 3 out of 4 successfully. B.F. Jones librarian Linda Helms announced her retirement from the library at the end of the month,  She has served in that position 6 years, and worked in libraries for a total of  50 years. .  She said her replacement hasn’t been named yet. Frank Vescio, chairman of the township planning commission said a meeting will be held Thursday, April 6 with Namdar Realty, the mall’s new owners.

Silas Kennedy, division chief of reactor projects for the NRC’s Region 1 which includes Shippingport said both reactors at, Units 1 and 2 are operating safely, he revealed the information at an informal gathering last night, according to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano.  Kennedy said inspectors are on site daily , which is part of the oversight process.  He is on site quarterly  for inspections and is based in King of Prussia,PA. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in electrical engineering He retired from the Navy as a Lt. Cmdr where he was a submarine officer  with weapons experience with torpedoes, tomahawk missiles, and sonar. He was hired in 2001 by NRC after 911 he said. He said inspectors are on site daily , which is part of the oversight process. He said there are team inspections, specialized inspections in fire protection, engineering, emergency preparedness health and radiation inspections.  He said after the disaster at Fukishima  in March 2011 issues are identified at the state’s 3 nuclear power stations. Issues are identified and categorized the indicators are : green is low significance,white is low to moderate, yellow, moderate, and red is high significance. For Beaver Valley  all findings in the 2016 report last week were green.  Chief Kennedy said in  September  Unit 1  had an unplanned power reduction because there was a problem with a pump.Unit 2, the same month had an unplanned  power reduction.  He said the 2 issues identified were performance indicators.  He said all findings were low significance (green).  Kenneedy said no questions or concerns came from the public. Senior resident inspector  at the site is Jim Krafty, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

The J.C. Penney store at the Beaver Valley Mall is not among the 138 Penney stores that are slated to close this summer, according to Beaver County Radio’s Greg Benedetti. The company plans to shutter stores nationwide, primarily in the South and Midwest. But the list of the department store chain – which was released on Friday – does not include any Western Pennsylvania locations.

Hopewell High School has 3 teams of  Seaperch  competition winners  heading to State competition  on April 8, according to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano. The 3 teams, comprised of 2 students each   will compete on April 8 at California University of Pa.  Irrelevent Memes. JJ Yost and Tyler Nordie, Finesse Challenge had the best obstacle course. Swag Daddy ‘n’ Crew, Zach Showalter and Dakota Forest, best obstacle course, Turner Wilson and Noah Schultz, Engineering Notebook, , won the competition for best team. The Unites States Navy  came to the district and introduced he underwater robotics  program to the district last year. Bronwyn Zorchnak, chemistry teacher and gifted coordinator  is in charge of the program.  The junior high school pool is used for the practice and events, she said. If the students are winners at Cal U., they will compete for the national competition at Georgia Tech in May.Local U.s. Navy personnel assisted at the local event last week, Ms. Korchnak said.