THE CENTER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS ADOPTED THEIR 2019 BUDGET LAST NIGHT – WITH NO TAX INCREASE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Today the state will distribute free naloxone kits to Pennsylvanians at nearly 80 sites across the state, including in Bridgewater and New Castle. The kits allow users to administer an opioid overdose antidote to victims. Governor Wolf’s office says more than 20-thousand Pennsylvanians have been revived by police and EMT’s using the drug in the past four years alone.
AN ECONOMY BOROUGH MAN FACES A HEARING ON AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT CHARGES. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, DEC. 13TH, 2018
TODAY – GENERALLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 44.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. AREAS OF PATCHY FOG
DEVELOPING. LOW – 35.
FRIDAY – AREAS OF PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
BECOMING CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT
RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 50.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. HIGH – 48.
SUNDAY – RAIN SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
HIGH – 44.
A 34-year-old man is in custody for a deadly stabbing Monday night in Moon Township. It happened at a home on McKinney Drive where it’s believed Timothy Pauley stabbed 48-year-old Thomas Garner several times. Pauley tells police he was shot at by Garner after declining a sexual proposition, then stabbed him several times. Pauley will be taken to the Allegheny County Jail after being released from the hospital.
Ambridge Council proclaimed December 11th George Rhawn Day. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano explains. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report….
NO TAX INCREASE IN AMBRIDGE BOROUGH FOR 2019. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
The building where Beaver Valley Bowl is in Rochester is still on the market after failing to sell at auction last week. None of the bids came close to the minimum of 500-thousand for the 80-thousand-square-foot property on New York Avenue. The building may go back out to auction in the spring.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12TH, 2018
TODAY – GENERALLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 38.
TONIGHT – CLOUDY SKIES. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN
SHOWER. LOW – 34.
THURSDAY – OVERCAST. HIGH – 41.
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
During a brief 20-minute work session at the courthouse on Wednesday, the ongoing reassessment hearing between the County and Charles Betters became the focal point of discussion, rather than the 2019 budget that was first introduced last week.
When asked about the current status of the reassessment hearings, Solicitor Garen Fedeles said that it’s in the hands of Harrisburg:
Then it was asked if there was a Plan B for the County if they were to lose the reassessment hearings. Fedeles responded by saying that there would be legal options to deal with the $8-10 million matter…
…while Commissioner Sandie Egley reassured that the County will be prepared if they were to come out on the losing side:
As far as the 2019 budget, there was little discussion among the Commissioners themselves and even less among the department heads:
As Commissioner Camp mentioned in the above clip, department heads can attend the work session on December 19 in case they want to address any revisions or considerations for the proposed $210 million County Budget.