Category: News

New Brighton Property Owners To Pay New Monthly Stormwater Fee This Year

BEGINNING THIS YEAR, NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH PROPERTY OWNERS WILL SEE ANOTHER FEE ON THEIR SEWAGE BILL. THE SO-CALLED “STORMWATER FEE” BY THE NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH SANITARY AUTHORITY IS TO ENSURE THAT THE STORM SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IS WELL-MAINTAINED…AND STORMWATER IS ADEQUATELY MANAGED. BOROUGH MANAGER TOM ALBANESE TALKED TO BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S PAT SEPTAK ABOUT THE NEW FEE…

WE ASKED ALBANESE WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS CAN EXECT TO SEE THE $6.50 FEE ON THEIR BILL…

WE ASKED ALBANESE HOW MUCH THIS NEW FEE WILL BE:

WE ASKED ALBANESE…WHY NOW?

THE NEW STORMWATER FEE WILL BE SIX DOLLARS AND 50 CENTS PER MONTH…AND WILL FIRST APPEAR ON PROPERTY OWNERS BILLS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

Winter Storm Warning For Beaver County This Weekend

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 2018

*** WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY… HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. PLAN ON DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ***

TODAY – PERIODS OF RAIN. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN POSSIBLE LATE IN THE DAY. MORNING HIGH
OF 56 WITH TEMPS FALLING SHARPLY TO NEAR
NEAR FREEZING.

TONIGHT – A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS
EVENING. THEN PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE
EXPECTED. LOW – 14.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGH – 17.

SUNDAY – PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 17.

Winter Storm Warning start 4 p.m. Friday January 12, 2018

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY…

* WHAT…Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Plan on difficult
travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches
and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an inch are
expected.

* WHERE…Portions of southwest, west central and western
Pennsylvania, east central Ohio and northern and northern
panhandle of West Virginia.

* WHEN…From 4 PM Friday to 10 AM EST Saturday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow, sleet
and ice are expected. This will make travel very hazardous or
impossible. The latest road conditions for the state you are
calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

Group Of More Than 100 Churches Calling For Halt To Construction of Cracker Plant In Potter Township

An umbrella group for 140 Presbyterian churches is calling for a halt to construction of a planned $6 billion ethane cracker plant in Potter Township. That’s according to a report by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Pittsburgh Presbytery represents more than 28,000 members of the Presbyterian Church in Allegheny County. The group sent a letter saying the Shell Chemicals plant — along with other plants planned for the Ohio Valley — “will be mass producing plastic products” harmful to the environment. They say it will also increase carbon dioxide emissions and demand for hydraulic fracturing gas wells and pipelines. Shell spokesman Michael Marr says officials are disappointed that members didn’t meet with them to learn about planned environmental controls. He noted that state environmental officials have approved the project.

Winter Storm Watch In Effect This Weekend For Beaver County

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 11TH, 2018

*** WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN BEAVER COUNTY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON… HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. PLAN ON DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN, THEN SLEET, THEN SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES, SLEET ACCUMULATION OVER ONE HALF OF AN INCH, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW, SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS HERE ON BEAVER COUNTY RADIO. ***

TODAY – CLOUDY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 57.

TONIGHT – RAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED.
LOW AROUND 50.

FRIDAY – RAIN. MORNING HIGH OF 52…WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING.

SATURDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGH NEAR 20.

SUNDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 18.

70th Anniversary Moments – Diane Brown

This year commemorates the 70th anniversary of when Beaver County’s first radio station, WBVP, was heard over the airwaves for the the first time on May 25, 1948.  To mark the historical event, each week, another “70th Anniversary Moment” will be showcased on the airwaves and published on the station’s online feeds.

Diane Brown hosting a radio show at WMBA in 1975.

This week’s 70th Anniversary Moment is about Diane Brown.  Diane Brown grew up in Ambridge and started working at The Ambridge Area Chamber Of Commerce shortly after graduating from Ambridge Area High School.  It was while working at this job, that she met Pittsburgh television ad salesman, John Bride, who had recently purchased WMBA.  Having a keen eye for talent, Bride soon hired Diane Brown to serve as a copy writer for his Ambridge radio station  in 1975.  Diane quickly proved that she had many abilities that served the station well and started hosting “Yankee Trader”, which she did for eight years.

In 1980, WMBA General Manager, Doug Finck, convinced  Diane Brown to join the sales staff, knowing that she would flourish in that department.  Later on when Finck went back to New England to work at another one of John Bride’s radio stations,  WJAB, later known as WJBQ,  Diane Brown was named General Manager of WMBA.

Diane left WMBA in 1986 to pursue cable television ad sales, but was recruited to come back to work for WBVP and WMBA as a Marketing Executive in 2011.  She continued to enjoy a great deal of success until her retirement in 2017.

“70th Anniversary Moments” is presented by Freedom United Federal Credit Union.