Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published March 16, 2023 12:30 P.M.
(Aliquippa, PA) Morrell Field is 50 years old and it hasn’t had any upgrades and is located on Maratta Road in Aliquippa. He said lighting upgrades were done last fall, according to the district’s buildings and grounds supervisor Pat Collins. He reported that the deadline for a grant is March 28, 2023, and grants were applied for last fall. He said the field needs reseeded and the bleachers need replaced for the upcoming baseball season, and he’s waiting for estimates and the deadline is this Friday, March 17, 2023.
Superintendent Dr. Phillip Woods commented on the progress at the football stadium. He said the lighting and bleachers are now in place.
Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published March 16, 2023 12:07 P.M.
(Aliquippa, PA) Aliquippa School Board approved the resignation of business manager Scott Korba that will become effective on June 12, 2023 provided all of his contract obligations are met, or he will remain in his position until complete. The district accepted the resignation of the junior/senior high school art teacher, and the district will advertise the opening. Chancel Carl resigned from her position as an elementary school paraprofessional, Renee Stala was hired to replace her effective on March 13, 2023. She will be paid $14 an hour. Tre Jeter was hired as an emotional support paraprofessional at the elementary school, he will be paid $14 an hour.
A flag football program is now in place, a coach and volunteer coach were hired. Dr. Phillip Woods told the board the coaches are trained to run the program. A volunteer 7th and 8th grade volleyball coach was hired.
The district will host a musical program May 4-6 and grades 6-12 will participate.
A group of students will participate in the 2023 Special Olympics Track and Field Competition at Geneva College on April 21, 2023.
The board renewed a 5 year contract with Johnson Controls for the fire alarm and sprinkler systems in the schools, according to the supervisor of buildings and ground Pat Collins. Paralyzed Veterans of America will place clothing collection bins at both schools . The WPA youth basketball program was approved to use the facilities on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. . They’s pay a $150 fee…
Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published March 16, 2023 10:48 A.M.
(Ambridge, PA) At Tuesday night’s meeting council approved a $136,000.00 bid for the Laughlin memorial Library roof to Ramp Construction for $136,000. The funding will come from the Keystone Grant on the advice of the solicitor. The bid for stone restoration was awarded to Wilson Restoration, Inc. using the Keystone Grant funds totaling $73.975.00 based on the solicitor’s recommendation.
Independent Enterprises, Inc. was awarded the low bid for road paving for a total of $500,000.00. The alternate bids totaled $125,610.00, making the total amount $625,610.00.
Nosy Pilot Installation will perform Building Efficiency and Air Quality Sensor System Pilot Installation at no cost to the borough.
Non-uniform employees Kimberly Killian and Leslie Basalyga were authorized to receive 5% cost-of-living raises.
Council’s next regular meeting is Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers.
The March 15 work session of the Beaver County Commissioners acknowledged that the way of Beaver County life is changing, both in ways that hope to be known and ways that still seem unclear.
One major push for many municipalities in the coming months is the regionalization of several local departments (police and fire) to create a single, larger department that would cover the areas of Conway, Baden, and Freedom. District Attorney David Lozier spoke about how the regionalization transition is going well, but that a roadblock has emerged due to the DCED’s time allotment for grant funding not happening yet.
Baden Borough Public Safety Chairman Mike Stuban (standing) addresses the Beaver County Commissioners at their March 15 work session.
Lozier, along with new regional safety chairperson Mike Stuban, approached the Commissioners for a $69,000 grant to pay for services to help along the process of the new department’s establishment. “We’re not going to drain the County Commissioners or ask for anything we don’t need,” Stuban said. “We wouldn’t be here, except we want to push this and get it started, and to look into the expansions.”
While the future for the regionalized department has set plans, the future for those in Beaver County within several miles of East Palestine seems less concrete. The day before the work session, the Commissioners attended a public hearing at the Darlington Township Fire Department, where many members of the State House showed up with questions and concerns on how to deal with the potential disaster of a train derailment in their area.
For Commissioner Tony Amadio, one of the biggest issues for Beaver County moving forward is the negative perception that many citizens have towards the state of water, air, or food in the area over the next several months. “People have to be able to understand that their water is clean, and that the meat that’s eating the grain off the land is clean until we find out otherwise,” Amadio pleaded. “And we have to make sure [of that] so that our Farmers’ Markets and local produce sell!”
“If everything is good, and people have the perception that it’s not good–or they don’t trust what they’re hearing–then people aren’t going to buy those foods,” he added. “And we’ve got to make sure to put the understanding out that everything’s good.”
The next work session is scheduled for March 22 at 10:00 AM.
President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced fresh measures meant to curb gun violence, detailing the changes from the scene of a mass shooting in California that left 11 dead. Tuesday’s action does not change U.S. government policy. Rather, it directs federal agencies to ensure compliance with existing laws and procedures — a typical feature of executive orders issued by presidents when they confront the limits of their own power to act without cooperation from Congress. The president said he’d signed the executive order aimed at increasing background checks to buy guns, promoting more secure firearms storage and ensuring U.S. law enforcement agencies get more out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.
A pedestrian carries an umbrella while walking past a Silicon Valley Bank Private branch in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. After a frenetic weekend of round-the-clock briefings, U.S. policymakers took the audacious step guaranteeing all the deposits of the failed Silicon Valley Banks, even those exceeding the FDIC’s $250,000 limit. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a frenetic weekend of round-the-clock briefings, U.S. policymakers took the audacious step of guaranteeing all the deposits of the failed Silicon Valley Bank — even those exceeding the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s $250,000 limit. The hope is that it will restore confidence in the financial system after the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history. The plan came together as the government was unable to sell off the defunct institution on time. But the FDIC may try to auction it off again. Meanwhile, policymakers and lawmakers are starting to look ahead for ways to prevent the next crisis.
FILE- This Feb. 14, 2019 file photo shows a Honda logo at the 2019 Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh. Honda is recalling a half-million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, because the front seat belts may not latch properly. The recall covers some of the the automaker’s top-selling models including the 2017 through 2020 CR-V, the 2018 and 2019 Accord, the 2018 through 2020 Odyssey and the 2019 Insight. Also included is the Acura RDX from the 2019 and 2020 model years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling a half-million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the front seat belts may not latch properly. The recall covers some of the the automaker’s top-selling models including the 2017 through 2020 CR-V, the 2018 and 2019 Accord, the 2018 through 2020 Odyssey and the 2019 Insight. Also included is the Acura RDX from the 2019 and 2020 model years. Honda says in documents posted Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators that a manufacturing issue can cause the seat belt buckle channel to interfere with the release button, stopping the buckle from latching. Dealers will replace the release buttons or assemblies if needed. Owners will be notified by letter starting April 17.
Axiom Space chief engineer Jim Stein demonstrates a prototype spacesuit, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Houston. NASA selected Axiom Space to design the spacesuits that its moonwalking astronauts will wear when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. The spacesuits will be white like they were during NASA’s Apollo program more than a half-century ago to reflect heat and keep future moonwalkers cool. The company behind the next-generation spacesuits said Wednesday the design is proprietary. NASA awarded Axiom Space a $228.5 million contract to provide the moonsuits. The space agency is targeting late 2025 at the earliest to land two astronauts on the moon’s south pole.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Acting U.S. Marshal Phil Cornelious, Western District of Pennsylvania, announces the arrest of fugitive Travis Burton, on March 15, 2023, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
Travis Burton is charged by the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office with Criminal Homicide and Possession of a Firearm. These charges stem from a shooting incident which took place on January 14, 2023 in Johns Island South Carolina that resulted in the death of a 65-year-old man.
The U.S. Marshals Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force provided information that Burton may be in McKeesport, PA. Operating with that information the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force conducted an investigation to determine Burton’s exact location. Early on the morning of March 15, 2023, with the assistance of the McKeesport Police Department, Task Force members found Burton hiding in the basement of a residence in the 600 block of Romine Street, McKeesport, PA. Burton
was arrested and transported to the Allegheny County Jail where he was booked on outstanding felony homicide and firearm warrants from South Carolina. Burton is currently awaiting extradition back to South Carolina.
The arrest of this fugitive represents a culmination of extensive cooperative investigative efforts between, U.S. Marshals Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force, and the McKeesport Police Department.
The Task Force objectives are to seek out and arrest fugitives charged with violent crimes, drug offenses, sex offenders and other serious felonies. Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, 8 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.
Tips can be submitted to the U.S. Marshals service directly and anonymously by downloading the USMS Tips app to your Apple or Android device. It can also be accessed online at https://www.usmarshals.gov/tips/index.html. You can also follow the latest news and updates about the U.S. Marshals Service on Twitter: @USMarshalsHQ.
Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month. The state’s attorney general said Tuesday that the federal lawsuit also seeks to force the company to pay for groundwater and soil monitoring in the years ahead and economic losses in the village of East Palestine and surrounding areas. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says the fallout from the Feb. 3 derailment will reverberate for many years. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw has apologized for the impact the derailment has had on East Palestine.
