At Wednesday’s regular work session, Beaver County Commissioners were reminded by solicitor Garen Fedeles that he is going to court in Pittsburgh on Tuesday (October 16) to give oral arguments in the county’s appeal of property reassessment. Fedeles says no ruling will be given Tuesday and he expects a decision to be handed down by the end of the year. The county lost it’s battle to developer Chuck Betters and was ordered to reassess all property in the county by June 2020.

Commissioners also agreed to make necessary arrangments to extend their electric supplier contract with Premier Power Solutions. The current rate is locked in thru May of 2020 and the extension would set a new rate until the end of 2021 that, according to Fedles, could save the county upwards of 45 thousand dollars.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Ambridge High School yesterday for a workforce training program for students. Beaver County Radio’s Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

 

According to this week’s Triple-A East Central gas price report Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are three cents more expensive over the week at $3.13 per gallon. Gas prices have been on the rise in many of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, with some making the list of the top 10 largest jumps in the country. Statewide, Pennsylvania gas prices are about three cents higher than this time last week at $3.08 a gallon. In Beaver prices are averaging $3.14. The National average is also up three cents at $2.91.

Monaca residents could soon be paying fines for letting their grass grow too high. Borough officials have proposed a Quality of Life Ordinance that would ticket residents who have overgrown yards and build-ups of garbage. Officials say the measure would skip the process of going through a district judge to enforce the property maintenance code.

Two men who were accused of setting off an explosion near a gas line in South Beaver Township had charges against them dropped or reduced. According to authorities, 27-year-old Tyler McKenzie and 29 year old Krasimir Kaercher were involved in the explosion back on April 28 in the woods near Elmbrook Estates Trailer Park. Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier said the case was resolved after restitution was paid to the homeowners whose homes were damaged. Damage to the homes was around twelve hundred dollars.

A resident of Beaver Falls, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to six months’ probation on her conviction of embezzlement by a bank employee. 63 year old Robin Chiapetta who was employed as an Assistant Branch Manager at First National Bank, embezzled funds from the bank totaling a 20,500 dollars. The incident took place between February of 2014, until approximately December 2016.

THE SUSPECT IN YESTERDAY MORNING’S BANK ROBBERY IN BEAVER IS STILL BEING SOUGHT THIS MORNING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS AN UPDATE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10TH, 2018

 

TODAY – INCREASING CLOUDS WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH – 83.

TONIGHT – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
LOW NEAR 70.

THURSDAY – SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM
IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES LATER IN THE DAY. MUCH
COOLER WITH A HIGH OF 71.