(File Photo of the CCBC Logo, Credit for Four Photos Below: Photos Provided with Release Courtesy of the Community College of Beaver County)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) The Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) Foundation recently welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors: Aubrey Plane, Pamela M. Johnson, Dr. Joseph A. Guarino, and Paul Duty.

They will assist CCBC and its mission to expand opportunities for students.

Aubrey Plane (pictured below) graduated from CCBC and she currently serves as a Business Development Manager at BELFOR Restoration.

 

 

Pamela M. Johnson, RN, BSN, (pictured below) also graduated from CCBC. She is a retired hospice nurse that has 47 years of experience in clinical care and administration. She previously served for 10 years as a trustee for CCBC and Beaver
County residents, which included serving as Chairperson of the Board during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Joseph A. Guarino (pictured below) currently serves as the Superintendent of the New Brighton Area School District and will be serving as the Superintendent of both the New Brighton Area School District and Rochester Area School District through a shared superintendent model in the future. Guarino has spent over 23
years working with the New Brighton Area School District, starting his career there as a teacher before becoming the principal of New Brighton Middle School.

Paul Duty (pictured below) is an airline captain with the regional carrier of American Airlines, Envoy Air. He is currently a flight instructor and an aviation curriculum developer with over 20 years of experience in aviation training and leadership. Duty graduated from CCBC’s Professional Pilot program in 2002.

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Big Beaver Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported today that forty-six-year-old Giorgi Bokuchava of Brooklyn, New York was cited after a hit-and-run crash occurred in Big Beaver Borough on Thursday.

The crash took place on I-76 East on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at 11 a.m.

Bokuchava was driving in the work zone for the Big Beaver River bridge construction project and sideswiped a vehicle driven by seventy-one-year-old Arsenios Paliobeis of Cleveland, Ohio.

Bokuchava kept driving after the collision and was given three citations after his vehicle was located during a traffic stop on I-76 eastbound at the Cranberry acceleration ramp.

There were no reported injuries. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Big Knob Grange Fair, Posted on Facebook on August 29th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Sewickley Township, PA) The Big Knob Grange Fair will celebrate its 84th season from September 1st-5th in Rochester and it will celebrate America’s 250th birthday this year.

The official opening ceremonies start at 6 p.m. tomorrow with music from the Freedom “Big Red” Marching Band on the outdoor stage, along with a parade and the crowning of the Fair Queen.

Dinners at the Grange Hall will be served from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily or until the food sells out. 

Individual ride tickets are available and a wristband for unlimited rides on the midway are worth $25.

The Saturday matinee wristband is worth $15 and is good from 12 noon-4 p.m. only and you can pay $30 for both.

The full schedule for this event is on the Big Knob Grange Fair website by clicking here.

It will be held on the fairground site in New Sewickley Township at 336 Grange Road.

(File Photo of a Scam Alert Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) A growing phishing scam is now going around the state of Pennsylvania and thousands of patients who use MyChart are being warned about it. 

The scam uses healthcare alerts that are fake so scammers can steal sensitive personal information.

According to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, Penn Medicine and Epic Systems, which is the company behind MyChart, scammers are sending emails and text messages that appear to come from the popular patient portal platform.

These messages often use branding, logos and familiar healthcare notifications from MyChart to appear legitimate. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Dolly Parton poses at the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York, on Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) A lawmaker in Pennsylvania wants to honor the life of country music legend Dolly Parton with her own holiday.  

Democratic State Rep. Ben Waxman (District 182) is now seeking co-sponsors for legislation which would recognize the date of September 25th as “Dolly Parton Day” in Pennsylvania. 

Waxman praised Parton in a memo for her career in country music and philanthropy, including her Imagination Library, which gave thousands of children in Pennsylvania access to books.

Parton passed away on August 25th from cancer at the age of 80. 

(File Photo of Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Senator Elder Vogel, Jr. will be holding a food drive throughout the month of September to donate food to those who need it.

The month of September is also Hunger Action Month in Pennsylvania and across the country. 

From September 1st-30th, Vogel’s district offices will be accepting unexpired, non-perishable food items.

Food items will be donated to a local food bank at the end of the month.

The district offices of Vogel are located at 488 Adams Street in Rochester and 8001 Rowan Road, Suite 205, in Cranberry Township.

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Midland, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported today that a possible incident of harassment occurred in Midland yesterday.

This occurred along Midland Avenue at 3:59 a.m.

Nineteen-year-old Trey Seitz of Midland was arrested for allegedly harassing a twenty-one-year-old female from Midland.

Charges were filed against him. 

(File Photo of a Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Homewood Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported yesterday that twenty-one-year-old Alina Chau of Potomac, Maryland was charged after a two-vehicle crash occurred in Homewood Borough on August 21st.

According to police, Chau was turning right onto State Route 18 off from First Avenue in a section of a construction zone in Homewood Borough at 6:49 p.m., and she did not clear the intersection before fully turning right.

Twenty-three-year-old Vincent Sibeto of New Castle tried to brake when he realized that Chau turned into his lane of travel and failed.

There were no reported injuries.