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(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

An environmental group in Pennsylvania is among those backing a global plastics treaty set to be finalized by year’s end. It’s estimated that  ninety-nine percent of plastics are made with fossil fuels, and southwestern Pennsylvania is a hotspot for fracking. Sarah Martik with the Center for Coalfield Justice says she’ll attend the treaty negotiations in South Korea, and is urging the Biden-Harris administration to ratify it. The U.S. initially supported production caps and timelines to curb plastics production, but recently withdrew that support. Martik says countries that don’t sign environmental agreements can’t trade with those that do without causing global strain. Martik says the Biden-Harris administration is responsible for negotiating the treaty. She notes President-elect Donald Trump has expressed disinterest in environmental agreements and plans to withdraw the U.S. once again from the Paris Agreement, although global leadership on environmental issues is crucial for long-term benefits. 

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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on November 18th, 2024 at 8:23 A.M.)

The superintendent of Central Valley School District is retiring. On January 17, 2025, Dr. Nick Perry will be retiring from the district, the announcement was made at last Wednesday’s school board work session. The board will be working with the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit to search for a new superintendent. 

 

 

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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on November 18th, 2024 at 8:18 A.M.)

Ambridge’s Streetscape projects now have an update. Borough Manager Mario Leone reported that a new storefront facade improvement is being made for the future site of Cafe Nero. Contractors poured the first sidewalk ADA ramp in front of R&S Enterprises and Ambridge Bricklayers started working on the sidewalks last Monday at Wholesale Tire. Last Wednesday, twenty yards of concrete were poured in the 900 block near Merchant Coffee and the Verizon building

On Monday, November 18, 2024, plans are to have the concrete poured at Fermata Brewing’s entranceway. 

Leone told Giordano that all work is being done weather permitting.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Canonsburg, PA) According to a release from Lee Gierczynski (Geercisinski) from Columbia Gas Communications in Canonsburg on Thursday, November is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month, and Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania is reminding Pennsylvanians that carbon monoxide is a gas that can be made when certain materials such as natural gas, gasoline, propane, or oil incompletely burns, and safety from it is prominent. According to Gierczynski, here are some tips to prevent spreading carbon monoxide and to stay safe from it:

• Purchase carbon monoxide detectors or make sure yours are operating properly 

• Make certain all fuel-burning equipment (coal, wood, natural gas, propane, pellet stoves, kerosene, and fuel oil) is installed, inspected, and operating properly 

• Hire a professional to install all fuel-burning appliances, including ovens, stoves, and clothes dryers 

• Do not cut off or restrict air sources to appliances 

• Provide adequate indoor ventilation when using fireplaces or unvented space heaters 

• Never burn charcoal indoors or in an enclosed space 

• Clean chimneys and check for blockages 

• Open garage doors before starting vehicles 

• Do not heat your home with a gas oven or burn anything in a fireplace that is not vented 

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Vanport Township, PA) The closing of lanes on the Beaver Valley Expressway, part of I-376, this Monday through Thursday, weather permitting, was announced by PennDot on Friday. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, starting on Monday, November 18th through Thrusday, November 21st, bridge washing operations will occur as a single lane will be closed on the I-376 Vanport Bridge. Please stay safe when you are driving around the area, as traffic patterns could be changed. 

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that at 9:11 p.m. on Sunday, an attempted homicide occurred at 400 Superior Avenue in Aliquippa. According to the report, Aliquippa police responded to the parking lot of 400 Superior Avenue B Building after gun shots were reported. The victim was identified as twenty-five year old male Javen Alford of Aliquippa, who had a gunshot wound. Alford was taken to a local hospital after the incident, and the investigation continues at this time. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(North Sewickley Township, PA) On Friday, a teenager was killed and two other teenagers were injured after a crash that occurred in North Sewickley Township. According to a report from Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver, Pennsylvania State Police responded to a single vehicle motor crash in the 600 block of Harpers Ferry Road. Three teenage boys were driving a vehicle that went off of the road and then hit a tree, which killed the sixteen-year-old boy in the passenger’s seat. The male driver, according to troopers, was also sixteen, and the male in the back seat was fourteen. Both teenagers who survived were taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital after getting injured. The investigation regarding the crash is still continuing at this time. 

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published November 17, 2024 8:56 P.M.

(Rochester, Pa) A crash took place in Rochester Sunday evening shortly after 8pm.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and West Washington Street.

At least two vehicles were involved and we have confirmed at least one person was transported to the hospital by ambulance from the scene.

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published Novemeber 17, 2024 8:53 P.M.

(New Brighton, Pa) – Fire crews were dispatched to Brightwood Manor Apartments in New Brighton Sunday evening around 8pm.

Crews were at a building where a previous fire left an apartment boarded up. The scene was cleared before 9pm.

We have no further details at this time.

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Source for Photo: An election worker continues the process in counting ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Mercer County Elections Board in Mercer, Pa. Vote counting continues as Republican candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

(Pennsylvania) According to Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schimdt, since the upcoming votes are being retallied for the 2024 election result for the United States Senator in Pennsylvania between Democrat Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, this is one of only eight times this has happened. Schimdt notes that the previous instance of counting votes a second time for an election also involved McCormick and his opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz in 2022. Schmidt says that November 20th, will be the date when the tallying will begin again, finish the counting on November 26th, as well as Pennsylvania counties getting their results reported to the Department of State on November 27th by noon, the same day that Pennsylvanians can see the results online.