(Photo courtesy of Center twp. Police Department, used with permission)

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Center Twp., Pa.) Center Township Police Chief Barry Kramer  presented awards to  four  firefighters,  two from Monaca, and two from Center Township at a ceremony on Monday night. The first responders were honored for aiding  in the search and rescue efforts  of an elderly township woman last January . The woman had fallen over a hillside  and after an intense search was  found and rescued . The firefighters honored are  Monaca Fire Chief Mike Seigel and Captain Tony Soriano, and Center firefighters Taylor  Goodlin and Jim  Biskup.