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The regular work session for the Beaver County Commissioners at their July 27 meeting was a relatively short session–under 20 minutes from start to finish–but it didn’t go by without some good news and a bit of a challenge.

The good news came in the form of a recap from DA David Lozier in regards to the two sessions held at CCBC the prior two Tuesdays: “We had 130 people attend the first session on July 19; we had 108 attend the session yesterday on July 26,” Lozier stated. “Between the two sessions, we had all 44 school buildings in the county, all school districts, all parochial schools, all charter schools, a number of other agencies, and even the Catholic Diocese and school districts from outside Beaver County attended.”

Those sessions at CCBC came to be in the shadows of several mass shootings in schools across the country; most recently the shootings in Uvalde. “The bulk” of police staff also attended the sessions, and “the substance of the program was excellent”, as described by Lozier.

Solicitor Garen Fedeles then asked for the approval of beginning a contract proposal to remove knotweeds along the Ohio River, ahead of an official resolution so that the weeds may be removed as soon as possible. 51 resolutions were presented for the July 28 public meeting; among them resolutions for a $350,000 grant acceptance by Waste Management, demolition of the visitors’ stands at Carl A. Aschman Stadium in Aliquippa, and several union CBAs. The full list of resolutions for the July 28th public meeting can be seen here.

Commissioner Tony Amadio acknowledged that the Commissioners were invited to attend the locks and dams on Wednesday, August 3 at 10:00 AM, which will cancel the work session for that morning. Commissioner Jack Manning acknowledged the final day of work for longtime Beaver County Rehabilitation Center executive director Paulette Miller, who held that position for 32 of her 47 years at BCRC.

The meeting ended as a Monaca resident shared with the Commissioners an opinion piece about another County Commissioner–Lawrence County Commissioner Chairman Morgan Boyd–declaring his public choice for governor in the upcoming Pennsylvania general election. The Beaver County Commissioners were then asked if they would do the same and go public with any endorsements.

“We normally don’t do politics during our work sessions or public meetings,” Amadio countered. “We’ll listen, we’ll hear, but–in my long tenure–I learned a long time ago that politics is best out in the street.” None of the three Commissioners provided any support for either gubernatorial candidate in this year’s election.

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This week Mike’s guest is Jeff Bost PAC who is a consultant for the St. Barnabas Health System.

Josh and Mike will be talking about the recently passed budget and also legislation that has passed the house recently and what is on the table in the next voting session. Josh has been instrumental in introducing the legislation to investigate the actions of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.

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(Somerset County, Pa.) A tow truck driver died after a truck he was preparing to tow fell on him and killed him a little after at 12:05 AM this morning in the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, about 7 miles west of Somerset.
The eastbound lanes were closed between the New Stanton and Breezewood exits and all lanes were closed between Somerset and Donegal following the incident.
The tower truck driver’s identity hasn’t been released

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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A decision about whether Pennsylvania’s method of funding public education meets the state constitutional requirement that lawmakers provide “a thorough and efficient system” is in the hands of a state judge. Argument wrapped up Tuesday in the long-running case. Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer didn’t indicate when she’ll rule but said lawyers have left her with a massive record to review. The plaintiffs are six districts, several parents, the state conference of the NAACP and the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools. The defendants are Republican leaders in the state House and Senate.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania representative attended the same-sex wedding of his son three days after voting against legislation to protect the recognition of same-sex marriages. Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson voted against the bill brought up by Democrats amid concerns that the Supreme Court could jeopardize the rights of same-sex couples to marry nationwide following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The bill passed Tuesday, 267-157. Thompson attended the same-sex wedding of his son Friday. Thompson’s office says he and his wife are “very happy to welcome their new son-in-law into their family.” Thompson’s press secretary also called the bill “nothing more than an election-year messaging stunt for Democrats in Congress.”

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain is agreeing to pay $8 million to several states over a 2019 data breach that involved some 34 million payment cards, The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office said on Tuesday that Wawa Inc. didn’t take reasonable security measures to prevent hackers from installing malware that is thought to have collected card numbers, customer names and other data. Wawa is agreeing to new policies to toughen its security efforts to combat data breaches. The settlement was made with attorneys general in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

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(Harrisburg, Pa.) The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.02 billion after no tickets matched all six numbers in last night’s drawing.
The winning numbers drawn were 7, 29, 60, 63, 66 and Mega Ball 15.
Although no tickets won the $830 million grand prize, one ticket sold in Ohio matched five numbers, including the optional Megaplier, to win $3 million, Eight other tickets including two each in New Jersey and New York, as well as one each in California, Florida, Illinois and Ohio matched five numbers to win $1 million.
No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 15, when a ticket in Tennessee scored $20 million. Mega Millions’ largest-ever jackpot was $1.537 billion on Oct. 23, 2018, with the winning ticket sold in South Carolina.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio
(Aliquippa, Pa.) At 12:49 AM Tuesday morning 18 year old Michael Eugene Brown took Pa State Police on a high speed pursuit and now faces multiple charges after he was operating a stolen vehicle. Pa State police began their pursuit when he willfully failed or refused to stop the vehicle, Brown fled and attempted to elude a pursuing officer when he was given a visual and audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop. State police were notified that the vehicle had been stolen earlier in their shift and reported that Brown crossed Brodhead Road from Kennedy Boulevard and onto Mill Street in Aliquippa. Troopers caught up with the vehicle as it was merging onto I-376 eastbound. Brown failed to stop when officers approached. He failed to yield to emergency equipment and fled and reached a speed of 120 miles per hour. PSP Pittsburgh deployed spike strips, the state police and the suspect’s vehicle both drove over the strips. The state police vehicle became disabled, but the suspect’s vehicle continued until it became disabled at I-376 in Robinson Twp. where PSP Pittsburgh took Brown into custody. He was found to be in possession of marijuana and a black FN Five-Seven semi-automatic pistol that was loaded with 26 rounds.
Brown is charged with receiving stolen property, unauthorized use of motor vehicles, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, firearms not to be carried without a license, marijuana a small amount for personal use. use/possession of drug paraphernalia, recklessly endangering another person not to exceed 65 or 70 mph for all vehicles by 55 miles per hour, driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, and registration and certificate of title required. he was arraigned early Tuesday morning and placed in the Beaver County Jail. Bail was set at $250,000. He faces a preliminary hearing Monday, August 8, 2022 at 8:45 a.m. in Beaver County Central Court.

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It was “yes” all across the board for the Beaver Falls city council at their July 26 meeting, as there were no dissenting votes on the 10 resolutions (out of 11) that were voted upon. Among them was the follow-up decision to the proposition made by the Reclaim Project at the July 12 council meeting, and on this night the council approved for city manager Charles Jones to begin purchasing properties for the Reclaim Project to advance with their plan.

Also approved at the meeting were separate repository purchases for properties on 415 6th Avenue and 1832 6th Avenue, lot consolidation for Tiger Pause at 2201 & 2213 8th Avenue to expand their water play area, the purchase for a previously-owned 2016 Datamaster Model DMT Touchscreen for the police department, and the suspension of Ordinance 1838 to allow the “Sales Of Summer” event to take place for the Beaver Falls Business District Authority on August 20.

The lone section of the agenda not voted yes to–in fact, not voted upon at all–was the letter submitted to the Safety Committee in regards to acts of speeding and vandalism in the long alley located between 4th and 5th Avenue on College Hill. Residents Scott Shidemantle and Roman Kozak spoke about the danger that speeding presents to children, teenagers and other citizens within the alley–which stretches from 37th Street to 28th Street on College Hill–and how signs that warned drivers not to speed were “stolen or vandalized,” as described by Shidemantle.

“We suggest a couple of ideas,” Shidemantle added. “One being to designate that alley as 5 miles per hour, and maybe just keep an eye on it…another idea was to pick up some speed bumps and install them along that alley.” Mayor Kenya Johns, while in agreeance with the necessity for action, said that the speed bumps could not be implemented for the liability damage it would cause for street sweepers.

The next Beaver Falls council meeting is scheduled for August 9 at 7:00 PM.