Economy borough officials have addressed Penn Energy’s proposal to frack. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

TODAY IS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY…AND SPECIAL CEREMONIES WILL BE HELD IN MOON TOWNSHIP AND BEAVER TODAY, HONORING THOSE VETS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Pennsylvania’s first law of 2019 expands the list of crimes that would result in a convicted public official or government employee being stripped of their public pension. Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill Thursday. Its passage was spurred by the case of a former Democratic state senator who was able to keep his $246,000-a-year pension after a 2012 guilty plea to a federal conspiracy charge for using Senate staff to work on political campaigns.

The first Emerson Poll of 2019 in Pennsylvania shows former Vice President Joe Biden with a strong lead in the Democratic primary with 39% support. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is in second with 20%, followed by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren with 11%, and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 6%.

State Rep. Jim Marshall (R-Beaver/Butler) has announced that a grant has been approved to assist with road and sidewalk repair in Midland Borough. In an interview with Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak, Marshall says Midland Borough was approved to receive a $650,000 state grant to assist with road resurfacing and sidewalk restoration…

Marshall says the funding will support Midland Borough’s plans to restore sidewalks and resurface roadways in Midland Heights and other areas of the borough…

Marshall says he was getting complaints from constituents regarding the poor conditions of the borough’s roads and sidewalks…

Marshall says he’s hopeful that construction will begin soon…

The funding comes from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, which provides grants to encourage economic development and provide safe, reliable transportation for Pennsylvania residents.

A recent poll suggests a majority of Pennsylvanians support legalizing recreational marijuana. The Franklin-And-Marshall College poll out yesterday says it found 59-percent of registered voters are okay with legalizing pot in PA. That number is up 36-percent from a May 2006 poll that had only 22-percent in favor. The polling data found voters who identified as independent or Democrat were more likely to be in support compared to Republicans. The support declined with the age of the respondent.

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAST YEAR FOR THE ECONOMY BOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT’S LENTEN FISH FRIES…BUT ACCORDING TO BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO, THEY’RE NOT PULLING THE PLUG JUST YET:

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WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH, 2019

 

 

TODAY – A STEADY RAIN THIS MORNING. SHOWERS
CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 60.

TONIGHT – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT. LOW – 53.

SATURDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, BECOMING A
STEADY RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. HIGH – 64.

SUNDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. MUCH COOLER. TEMPS NEARLY
STEADY IN THE MID-30‘S.

Michelle Obama’s smash book, “Becoming” might be the most successful memoir in history, reports The Wall Street Journal. The former first lady’s book has sold nearly 10 million copies around the world since its November release, publisher Penguin Random House said Tuesday. The book was an immediate success, climbing to No. 1 in the United States, Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom in its first 15 days. It sold two million copies in that time span to become the bestselling book of 2018. Michelle Obama’s book explores her childhood, her work, motherhood and her time in the White House. She reveals difficulties in her marriage with Barack Obama and how the couple suffered a miscarriage. She is in the middle of the second leg of her popular book tour.

Sunoco is cutting ties with a Pennsylvania gas station owner after his billboard flashed a racial slur and praised the acquittal of a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen. Officer Michael Rosfeld was acquitted of a homicide charge last week. After the jury’s verdict, a billboard in Worthington displayed photos of Rosfeld and 17-year-old Antwon Rose II. The message branded Rose a “criminal” and said, “Justice Served.” A separate message used a racial slur.