Tuesday’s Teleforum Talk program with Eddy Crow will address the Election-the latest results-voting experiences-the Harrumph Harrumph Harrumph of it all! Teleforum happens every weekday from 9 till noon on am1230, am1460, fm99.3, and fm95.7-all presented by St. Barnabas! Also available on the free BeaverCountyRadio app, and livestreamed at Beavercountyradio.com!
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Friday, November 11, 2022, in observance of Veterans Day.
Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms, publications and driver training manuals, online through PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services website, www.dmv.pa.gov.
Driver and vehicle online services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include driver’s license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals; driver-history services; changes of address; driver license and vehicle registration restoration letters; ability to pay driver license or vehicle insurance restoration fee; driver license and photo ID duplicates; and driver exam scheduling. There are no additional fees for using online services.
A complete listing of PennDOT driver and photo license center closings in 2022 is available online. If you are planning to visit one of PennDOT’s On-Line Messenger Service Centers, please call ahead for hours of operation during holidays.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following twitter regional alerts.
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
“This is going to be truly transformational to the borough.”
The Borough of Ambridge is gearing up for another festive season of lights, sounds, and holiday cheer, and they’ve already received a few gifts that will help continue growing the borough over the next few years. Borough Manager Mario Leone joined Matt Drzik on the November 7 edition of A.M. Beaver County to discuss these major moments.
A couple of major shifts for the borough has come from its police department under police chief John DeLuca. Two SROs (school resource officers) were brought into the Ambridge School District through the police department “That program’s going extremely well,” said Leone,” and we think we’re making our schools safer for the children and parents likewise.” Additionally, the Ambridge PD is reinstating its K-9 program, with assistance from a couple of fundraisers and a donated vehicle from Center Township’s police department.
One way in which the borough is going backwards is going backwards to 2019, the last time that Christmas On Merchant was held in its full, traditional outdoor display. After two years of “reverse parades”, Ambridge is planning to return to the normal Christmas on Merchant proceedings on December 9. The parade will begin at 6:00 PM, there will be ice sculptures in PJ Caul Park at 5 PM and 7 PM, and Beaver County Radio will be broadcasting the parade live, along with bringing along the Prize Caddy and Personality Prize Wheel for your chances to win.
The biggest wins for Ambridge, though, came in the form of two major grants received by the borough for future projects. “It was either last Wednesday or two Wednesdays ago that we received word of a $4.5 million R-CAP,” spoke Leone, “and the purpose of these funds is for a sports complex and community center.” Leone personally thanked the efforts of Mayor Duke McCoy and State Representative Rob Matzie for their efforts in getting this indoor/outdoor complex built, along with additional funding secured by State Senator Elder Vogel. Additionally, the non-profit Crop & Kettle is also receiving $3 million for a new facility to be built in Ambridge.
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Former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden arrive at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro and Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
By MARC LEVY, STEVE PEOPLES and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Democratic Party’s most powerful voices are warning that abortion, Social Security and democracy itself are at risk as they labor to overcome fierce political headwinds over the final weekend of the 2022 campaign. At a rally in Pittsburgh, former President Barack Obama told several hundred voters that “sulking and moping is not an option.” Looking ahead to Election Day on Tuesday, he said, “The only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it.” In Philadelphia, President Joe Biden joined Obama at another rally. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump campaigned in southwest Pennsylvania to boost Republicans, calling the U.S. “a country in decline” under Democrats.
(Photo Courtesy of Hopewell Twp. Police Department)
Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) Hopewell Township Police Chief Don Sedlacek said that The Hopewell Township Police Department recently sponsored ‘COFFEE WITH A COP’ at George’s Restaurant in Hopewell Township. A Meet and Greet was also held at the new Farm and Home in Green Garden Plaza during their grand opening.
Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) TheHopewell Township Police Department announced last Friday, November 4, 2022, that students in The Hopewell Area School District will be chosen by their respective elementary schools to ‘SHOP WITH A COP”. Hopewell Township Police Officer and the district’s SRO Jared Rogers chairs the program.
(File photo of registered voters in line to vote in Ambridge at the borough building in 2020 taken by Eddy Crow, Beaver County Radio)
Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, Pa.) Beaver County Board of Elections Director, Colin Sisk, said on Monday morning that he expects between 50-60% of the county’s voters to come out and vote on Tuesday.
Sisk reported on Monday morning that 14,231 mail in ballots were returned. Of those ballots 10,379 are registered Democrats, 2,850, registered Republican , 205 registered other affiliation, and 132 registered independent.
Sisk said between 150-200 ballots have been returned with no dates or signatures or incorrect information have been separated per the court order, and the elections board staff will review them.
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) A suburban Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of attempted receipt of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced on Friday.
Vikash Mishra, age 41, formerly of Ross Township, pleaded guilty to one count before
United States District Christy Criswell Wiegand.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that from on or about October 30, 2021, until on or about Feb. 25, 2022, Mishra used cellular telephone networks and the internet to knowingly attempt to receive material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Judge Wiegand scheduled sentencing for March 7, 2023. The law provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and a maximum total sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of not more than $250,000.00, supervised release for any term of years not less than five and up to life.
Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Pending sentencing, the Judge ordered the defendant remain detained.
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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities in the Fort Pitt Tunnel in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, will continue Monday night, November 7.
Inspection activities requiring the closure of the Fort Pitt Tunnel will occur each night from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. according to the following schedule:
Traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detours
Inbound (Eastbound)
Outbound (Westbound)
Crews from Gannett Fleming will conduct the inspection work.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Several Pennsylvania groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed suit in federal court seeking to have votes from mail-in or absentee ballots counted even if they lack proper dates on their return envelopes. The suit filed Friday night in western Pennsylvania follows a state Supreme Court ruling last week that barred officials from counting ballots that lack accurate, handwritten dates on their return envelopes as required by state law. The lawsuit says refusing to count such ballots “because of a trivial paperwork error” could disenfranchise thousands of voters and would violate federal civil rights law.