A cell phone caller alerted Aliquippa Fire Department of a brush fire between 1st Ave. and the hillside behind St. Titus Church at 1:30 p.m., according to Fire Capt. Bill Brucker. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that a blown transformer knocked out power on Franklin Ave.Brucker said the brush fire could have been responsible. Capt. Brucker said the fire was put out quickly, the cause is undetermined.
Hopewell township Zoning Hearing Board approved a request from Kelar Properties LLC owners of Washington Street Apartments last night for variances to build 6 townhouses on the existing property. this year. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, the units will have 2 bedrooms and 1/12 baths Zoning board, co owner Phil Laird told the board .chairman Dan Maravich said that residents have 30 days to appeal the decision if they aren’t in favor of the development. The owners Phil Laird and Ed Keller told the board that they plan to build 18 more units in the future. Mr. Laird said 2 18 unit apartments are located on the 3.3 acre site. The men purchased the site last year from Glen Wells of Pittsburgh..
Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby combined for 10 penalty minutes last night, but they also scored a goal a piece (including the GWG by Crosby), and the Penguins broke their 2-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. The Penguins (37-14-8) also got a goal from Scott Wilson, and Matt Murray stopped 29 shots in the victory. Jeff Skinner’s 20th goal of the year was the only tally for the Hurricanes (24-24-8). Pittsburgh returns to action Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers at Heinz Field.
Other results from last night in the NHL:
Ottawa 2, New Jersey 1
Montreal 3, NY Rangers 2 (SO)
Toronto 5, Winnipeg 4 (OT)
NY Islanders 3, Detroit 1
Tampa Bay 4, Edmonton 1
Calgary 6, Nashville 5 (OT)
Chicago 5, Minnesota 3
Los Angeles 2, Colorado 1
Tonight’s NHL games:
Edmonton at Florida
Washington at Philadelphia
Boston at Anaheim
The first round of the 3A Girls’ playoffs in the WPIAL Basketball Championships takes place tonight. #10 Beaver Falls (10-11) takes on #7 Avonworth (14-8) at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School tonight; pre-game is set for 6:05 on Beaver County Radio, and tip-off is at 6:30.
Two other local girls’ teams begin their championship bidding tonight in the 3A playoffs:
#8 Riverside (17-5) battles #9 Brownsville (10-11) at Peters Township HS [8:00pm]
#12 South Side Beaver (11-11) looks to upset #5 Carlynton (15-6) at North Hills HS [6:30pm]
Another fatal accident in Beaver County. Police say a Hookstown man was killed Monday when the car he was driving through the intersection of Kendall Road and State Route 168 in Hanover Township….struck an embankment. State police in Beaver say 56-year-old Michael Stroud died at the scene of the accident. Police are investigating what caused the crash.
A man is facing charges for allegedly trying to lure young girls into his car in Ambridge. Kurtis Netherland was arrested over the weekend and is accused of approaching two girls, ages 11 and 12, and asking if they wanted to get in his vehicle and make some money. Netherland is a delivery driver and was at Economy Village on company time when the alleged incident was caught on security cameras. Netherland later confessed but claims he was just joking around with the girls.
BRIDGEWATER COUNCIL COULD VOTE TONIGHT TO ENACT A 25-DOLLAR SLIP FEE FOR BOATS THAT DOCK AT MARINAS IN THE BOROUGH. A SLIP IS A PARKING SPACE FOR A NON-RESIDENTIAL BOAT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN SEVEN YEARS THE BOROUGH HAS TRIED TO LEVY FEES ON BOATERS.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the youngest U.S. president to be elected into office in 1960, and his 100th birthday would be May 29, Memorial Day 2017. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, a forever stamp was issued yesterday by the U.S. Postal Service.t , President’s Day in his honor John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Mass. The stamps are available today in all U.S. Post Offices , according to Mark Saunders, the post office department’s media contact . The stamps cost .$49 each. The stamp features a 1960 photo of Kennedy by Ted Spiegel taken in Seattle while he was on the campaign trail . Artwork on the stamp shows the late president in a reflective pose is a 1970 oil painting by Aaron Shikler through the White House Historical Association Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy’s grandson , said in a news release that ” our family is honored that the Postal Service is commemorating my grandfather with this stamp.” Kennedy visited Aliquippa, on October 12, 1962. Kennedy Boulevard is named for the late president.
One person was killed early Sunday morning in a traffic accident in Daugherty Township, emergency dispatchers said. The crash was reported about 3 a.m. on Mercer Road. The Beaver County Coroner’s Office says that 44-year-old Wilbert Kennedy of Ellwood City died of blunt force trauma.