Aliquippa receives funding

The state announced that Aliquippa’s plan to reduce blight was among 125 projects selected to receive support under the state Neighborhood Assistance Program.

Aliquippa Economic Development Corp. was awarded $400,000 in tax credits that will be used to acquire and demolish 18 houses in the city to remove blight and make room for future development, among other community initiatives.

“It’s going to be a multiyear project,” City Manager Sam Gill said, and will involve other nonprofits and public service agencies in Aliquippa during the next six years.

The $400,000 in tax credits is for the first year of the program, state Department of Community and Economic Development spokesman David Smith said.

Fire officials say Christmas lights are to blame for starting a fire early this morning in Lawrence County. Fire investigators say the fire broke out shortly after 1:00 this morning at a home on Matthews Road in Mahoning Township. Officials say a couple was home when the woman heard crackling and discovered the fire. Officials say everyone was able to get out of the home but the flames destroyed a portion of the home. Mahoning Township Fire Chief Francis Exposito said the fire started on the porch and believes it was an electrical fire started by Christmas lights strung on the porch. It took fire crews more than two hours to fight the flames.

THE GRINCH WHO STOLE THE COLOR FASHION SHOW DEBUTED AT HOPEWELL HIGH SCHOOL LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

AT LEAST ONE BEAVER COUNTY DEPARTMENT IS ON ITS WAY TO GOING GREEN. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…

THE HOPEWELL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS APPROVED THE CONTINUATION OF THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM FOR 2017-18. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A man is facing drug charges following an incident in Aliquippa. Officers allegedly saw Daryl Adamson engaging in a “hand-to-hand” drug transaction last week at the intersection of Griffith and Wykes streets. They say when they approached him, he began to run, but slipped and fell in the snow. Officers say they found four individually packaged pieces of crack cocaine in his possession.

THE BLACKHAWK SCHOOL BOARD IS HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT. ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, IS THE HIRING OF A NEW FACILITIES DIRECTOR AND A NEW FOOTBALL COACH. THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND STARTS AT 6:00 TONIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.

BREAKING NEWS: AS THE YEAR ENDS, THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE STILL HAGGLING OVER FRIENDSHIP RIDGE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…

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BREAKING NEWS: THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS – AT THEIR REGULAR WORK SESSION TODAY – HEARD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT MUCH EXCESS PAPER. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…

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