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Mary L. (Slovak) Belkoski (1924-2024)

Mary L. (Slovak) Belkowski, 100, formerly of Chippewa Township, currently residing in West Norriton, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2024. Mary was born on January 9, 1924, in New Brighton, to the late Martin C. and Marie (Pavlatka) Slovak. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley J. Belkowski, Jr.; two brothers, Martin A. Slovak and James Slovak; three sisters, Sylvia Trn, Adele Conti and Frances Majcher; a stepson, Louis S. Belkowski, and a stepdaughter, Christine (Belkowski) Pyecha. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Stanley Martin and Judy Belkowski of East Norristown, Pennsylvania; one stepson, Clifford Belkowski of Bradenton, Florida; one stepdaughter and son-in-law, Janet and Jim MacCrindle of Burlington, New Jersey; and a son-in-law, Stephen Pyecha of Monaca, 13 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
She was raised by her stepmother, the late Frances (Kumpulik) Slovak. Mary was a member of St. Titus Parish, and a former member of St. Philomena Parish and Christian Mothers.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Monica Parish.
Interment will follow in St. Mary Cemetery of Chippewa Township.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind, 616-4th Street, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 or to St. Monica Parish, 116 Thorndale Drive, Beaver Falls, PA 15010.

Tornado Watch in effect for Beaver County until Midnight

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 123 IN

EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

 

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

 

IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO

 

BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA

COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON

JEFFERSON OH MONROE MUSKINGUM

NOBLE TUSCARAWAS

 

IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

 

IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

 

MERCER VENANGO

 

IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

 

ALLEGHENY GREENE WASHINGTON

 

IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

 

BUTLER

 

IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

 

BEAVER LAWRENCE

 

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES

 

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

 

MARION MONONGALIA WETZEL

 

IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA

 

BROOKE HANCOCK MARSHALL

OHIO

 

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALIQUIPPA, AMBRIDGE, BEAVER FALLS,

BUTLER, CADIZ, CALDWELL, CAMBRIDGE, CANONSBURG, CARROLLTON,

COLUMBIANA, COSHOCTON, DOVER, EAST LIVERPOOL, ELLWOOD CITY,

FAIRMONT, FOLLANSBEE, FRANKLIN, GROVE CITY, HERMITAGE,

MARTINS FERRY, MONACA, MORGANTOWN, MOUNDSVILLE, NEW CASTLE,

NEW MARTINSVILLE, NEW PHILADELPHIA, OIL CITY,

PITTSBURGH METRO AREA, SALEM, SHARON, ST. CLAIRSVILLE,

STEUBENVILLE, WASHINGTON, WAYNESBURG, WEIRTON, WELLSBURG,

WHEELING, WOODSFIELD, AND ZANESVILLE.

Chickens are prohibited as pets in Aliquippa

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published April 17, 2024 1:47 P.M.

(Aliquippa, Pa) City of Aliquippa Code and Zoning Officer James Bologna reported Wednesday afternoon that chickens have been sighted in  yards throughout the city. Under the city’s zoning ordinance the chickens are prohibited, and residents are asked to call the city office between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. at 724-375-5188 to file a report. Appropriate action will be taken by the city due to the code and zoning violation  having farm animals in the city.

Frank A. Maier Jr. (1947-2024)

Frank A. Maier Jr., 77, of North Sewickley, passed away Monday, April 15, 2024, at Heritage Valley, Beaver with his loving family around him.

Born March 4, 1947, in Bridgewater, he was the only child of the late Frank A. and Naomi (Dean) Maier Sr.  He was a member of New Brighton High School class of 1965.  He was a former New Brighton police officer and was a retired crane operator for J&L.  In his younger years he was a drummer for different bands and enjoyed motorcycles, hot rodded cars and shooting guns.  He along with his grandsons enjoyed Farmall tractors, and were members of the Model Train Club of Zelienople.  He loved hunting along with his son Frankie III and his Father Frank Sr.  Also, fishing and camping at “The Camp” in Marionville, PA. Frank also owned Maier’s Pumpkin Patch along with his father which started for the grandkids in 1985. He was a member of The First Church of God in New Brighton

Surviving is his loving wife of 58 years, Donna (Prince) Maier, son, Frankie Maier III, grandchildren, Lindsay Renee (Maier) Gruber, Ronny M Thompson and Ridge Thompson, son-in-law, Ron M Thompson Sr., cousins, Dorothy Verban, Iris (Mike) Maurer, Cheryl (Art) Agostinelli, and Irene Moore.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his son, Bryan Maier, daughter, Tawnya Thompson, and granddaughter, Alexandra McKenzie Thompson.

Friends will be welcomed Friday, April 19, from 5-8pm and Saturday, from 10am until the time of service at 11am, in the J&J Spratt Funeral Home, 1612 3rd Ave, New Brighton, with Pastor Lon Hogue officiating.

Private interment will follow at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester.

GOD BLESS YOU DAD, you really were the best Dad anybody could ask for. We love you.

Robert Thomas Flynn (1945-2024)

Robert Thomas Flynn, 78, of Greentree, Pennsylvania, formerly of Beaver, passed away peacefully at home on April 15th, 2024. Bob was born in Braddock, PA, on May 1st, 1945, son of the late John and Mary Flynn. He was raised in and attended primary school in Beaver, PA before graduating from Duquesne University, class of 1967. Bob served as a lieutenant in the Navy during Vietnam, where he grew a fondness for the night sky and amateur astronomy—a love he fostered within his children and grandchildren, in addition to his genre-spanning and well-curated taste in music. He later worked for the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation as a counselor and supervisor for 35 years before retiring in 2003, sent off with a proper retirement party at the 19th Hole, a spot where he always had a corner stool and a friend waiting to clink a glass.
Bob is survived by his wife of nearly 20 years, Jayme Flynn, son Patrick (Karen) Flynn, son Colin (Cathy) Flynn; and stepchildren Julie (Sean) Rucker, Matthew (Mandy) Phillips, Adam (Clara) Phillips, David (Ashley) Dickey, and Christine (Joseph Hinchey) Dickey and grandchildren Colby, Nora, Carson, Madison, Turner, Parker, Sawyer, Maddox, Zoey, Jackson, Sidney, and Camille; sister Beverly (Tom) Lodovico, brother Jack Flynn, and is preceded in death by his brother Bill, former wife Judi (2014), and best friend Frank Cascio.
Bob and Jayme spent a decade realizing their Florida dream, enhanced by their fondness for Jimmy Buffet who provided the soundtrack to their beach life of bicycling, top-down cruising, bushels of oysters on the waterfront, attending Pirates spring training, and eagerly receiving family and friends visiting from the cold north. After they moved back to Pittsburgh in 2014, Bob was reunited with his beloved Pittsburgh Penguins and Buccos. A fan until the end, Bub was a hopeful realist about the possibility of playoff baseball in the ‘Burgh each season, and looked forward to watching every Pens matchup when he wasn’t busy attending his grandchildren’s games.
The loyalty he showed through sports fandom was thematic to his life and his friendships—Bob had a cherished network of friends from all chapters of his life and an impressive way of meaningfully keeping up with each of them. Through these relationships and many memories, his affable, steady, calm nature will live on.
Visitation will be at Noll Funeral Home, Inc., 333 Third Street, Beaver, on Friday, April 19th from 2-4pm and 6-8pm, followed by prayers, where we will say goodbye to our Bob, Pop, Bubba, Grandbob, friend, and Dad, and celebrate a life well lived, though not long enough. Sláinte—it’s 5 o’clock somewhere.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Singing For Change in Bob’s honor (www.singingforchange.org).

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package moving ahead as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead toward a vote later this week on a package of Ukraine funding that also includes Israel and Taiwan. But he is also facing a choice between potentially losing his job and advancing the aid for Ukraine. After agonizing over how to proceed for days, the Republican speaker texted GOP lawmakers that he will start a days-long push to hold votes on funding packages for Ukraine, Israel and allies in the Indo-Pacific, as well as several other foreign policy proposals. The decision to support Ukraine at all has angered conservatives in the House and given energy to a threat to remove him from the speaker’s office.

Voting technology company settles lawsuit against far-right news outlet over 2020 election claims

FILE – A Smartmatic representative demonstrates his company’s system, which has scanners and touch screens with printout options, at a meeting of the Secure, Accessible & Fair Elections Commission, Aug. 30, 2018, in Grovetown, Ga. The voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election settled a defamation lawsuit Tuesday, April 16, 2024, against a conservative news outlet. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election has settled a defamation lawsuit against a conservative news outlet. The settlement reached Tuesday between Florida-based Smartmatic and One America News Network is the latest development in a larger legal pushback by voting equipment companies that became ensnared in wild conspiracy theories falsely claiming they had flipped votes and cost former President Donald Trump reelection. The news outlet said it does not typically comment on legal issues and declined to respond further. Smartmatic technology was used only in Los Angeles County, a Democratic stronghold in a state that was not a presidential battleground.

First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial, with 11 more still needed

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings on the second day of jury selection at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New York. Trump returned to the courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — The first seven jurors for Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial have been chosen after lawyers grilled members of the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives. The questioning Tuesday was designed to help decide whether they can sit in fair judgment of the Republican former president. The panelists selected are an information technology worker, an English teacher, an oncology nurse, a sales professional, a software engineer and two lawyers. Eleven more still need to be picked before opening statements begin as early as next week. The case accuses Trump of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal during his 2016 campaign. Trump denies wrongdoing.

Route 65 Bridge Inspection this Week in Pittsburgh ​

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing single-lane restrictions on Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County will occur Wednesday through Friday, April 17-19 weather permitting.

Single-lane restrictions will occur in each direction on the Route 65 bridge over the closed portion of Verner Avenue between Millerton Avenue and the McKees Rocks Bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.  Crews from the Larson Design Group will conduct the inspection activities.

House adopts Matzie ‘Limb Loss Awareness’ resolution

HARRISBURG, April 16 – The PA House today adopted state Rep. Rob Matzie’s resolution recognizing April 2024 as “Limb Loss Awareness Month” in Pennsylvania.

Matzie, D-Beaver, said he introduced H.R. 299 both to highlight the challenges and triumphs of Pennsylvanians living without a limb and also to raise awareness about prevention.

“More than 2 million Americans live with limb loss, and it’s estimated that every single day, more than 300 people in the United States lose a limb. We see many of them navigate the world around them with tenacity and success, but what we don’t see are all the challenges – physical and emotional – they face and overcome every day.

“I introduced this resolution to honor the courage and achievements of all Pennsylvanians living without a limb – whether the limb loss resulted from congenital causes, trauma or disease. But I’m also offering this resolution to raise awareness that the No. 1 cause of surgical amputations – vascular diseases such as diabetes and peripheral artery disease – is at least partially within our power to control.

“While we can’t control risk factors like age and family history, other risks – including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, inactivity and excess weight – can be changed or treated.

“By learning the risk factors, talking to their doctors and making lifestyle changes, folks can reduce their risk before amputation becomes unavoidable.”