(File Photo of the Beaver County Courthouse)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) Several topics were discussed during the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning at the Beaver County Courthouse in Beaver. Solicitor Garen Fedeles stated during the Solicitors’ report of the session that there are a few challenges that are out there for various races for ballots here in Beaver County, and for the senator race, there are a couple of Beaver County precincts that have the same senator. as the midterm elections in Pennsylvania draw closer. Fedeles also mentioned some of highlights of the forty-eight resolutions planned for tomorrow, which include: about $123,000 of PA250 grants awarded to various organizations and communities to celebrate America250, some leases that the Commissioners get for Beaver County Boom with the help of property owners for the event, and to get the liner for the pool at Old Economy Park so it can open for 2026. Another topic that was discussed during the commissioners’ report of the session was an update on bringing documents from the Wampum Mushroom Mines to a facility owned by St. Barnabas. Beaver County Controller Maria Longo said that there is a process to destroy some boxes even though 250 boxes are being brought back at a time. Longo also stated that the team that she met up about this endeavour told her in regards to the boxes: “they might be able to destroy upwards of 2,000 to 3,000 at the mines, once they get through all of their lists.” In other business, Commissioner Jack Manning commented on an event he attended recently at the SteamFitters’ new facility in Harmony in which commissioners from Beaver and eleven surrounding counties attended to talk about issues including housing development. In regards to that topic, Manning noted that Pennsylvania is 44th in the country for in terms of housing development.