The Beaver Valley Choral Society has been invited by the Distinguished Concerts International New York City series to participate in a performance at prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City next November. The concert is set for Nov. 16, 2020.

“The Beaver Valley Choral Society received this invitation because of the quality and high level of musicianship demonstrated by the singers as well as the exceptional quality of their audition recording,” Jonathan Griffith, artistic director and principal conductor for DCINY, said in a press release. “These wonderful musicians not only represent a high quality of music and education, but they also become ambassadors for the entire community. This is an event of extreme pride for everybody and deserving of the community’s recognition and support.”

The boil water advisory in Aliquippa has been lifted, but more problems loom with an aging infrastructure. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordanno has more.

The outbound side of the Fort Pitt Tunnels was closed for a time Sunday morning as police investigated a fatal crash. State police said a 45-year-old man was walking on the outbound lanes of the Parkway West by the Ft. Pitt Tunnels just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday, when he was hit and killed by a car.  According to police, the driver of that vehicle stayed at the scene.

Sunday evening, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Gary Gregrich Jr., of McKees Rocks.

It’s a good time to thank a teacher as Today is the start of the 98th annual American Education Week. Andrea Sears has more

Bruster’s Real Ice-Cream, a company based out of Bridgewater has been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the top 50 companies committed to employing Veterans. Nearly 10 percent of their franchise owners are veterans. Bruster’s offers a 50% discount on franchises to military veterans.

WIRE FRAUD

Leet Township resident Sue O Neill, 55, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false income tax returns after embezzling nearly 9 million dollars from a North Hills contracting company between 2009 and 2019. She and her unidentified business partner purchased everything from entertainment tickets to multiple vehicles with the stolen money. O’Neill faces up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud charges and 3 years for the false tax returns, plus $500,000 in fines. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 26, 2020.

CLEAN UP ACROSS THE STATE

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has spent millions providing drinking water to residents while cleaning up cancer-causing chemicals across the state. They will need millions more to clean up barrels recently discovered in a closed-down Beaver County business. The contents are a mystery as the barrels are simply marked “Dark Acid”. An even bigger problem is that the “State Superfund” used for these projects is going broke while many sites remain untouched. DEP’s McDonnell is confident that some solution will be worked out, but his predecessor from the Ridge administration is not sure anything less than an actual catastophe will move the needle.

WEATHER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019

TODAY: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 51F.

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low near 30F.

TUESDAY: Cloudy skies. High 43F.

Mechanical issue forces flight to land in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An American Airlines flight was forced to land at Pittsburgh International Airport due to a mechanical issue.
The airline says Flight 2244 had departed about 7:30 a.m. Saturday from Chicago and was bound for Washington with 72 passengers and six crew members aboard. The Boeing 737-800 landed in Pittsburgh at 9:30 a.m. without incident and soon taxied to a gate.
No injuries were reported in the incident, and there was no disruption to air traffic in Pittsburgh. American says all the passengers were rebooked on other flights to Washington.
Specific details about the mechanical problem were not disclosed.

Patrick refuses to disavow PAC money in Dem presidential bid
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick says he will not discourage potential support from political committees raising huge sums from undisclosed donors for his campaign.
The former Massachusetts governor told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that while “I’m not crazy about super PACs” he wouldn’t disavow their support because he’s doing “catch up” in the 2020 race.
Patrick launched his presidential bid last week, joining an already crowded Democratic field less than three months before the primary voting officially begins.
So-called super PACs can raise unlimited sums and do not have to disclose their donors, and Patrick said that was his only concern with their involvement in his campaign.
He says that “if there is going to be super PAC money that supports me, the sources of that should be disclosed.”