The Beaver County Times
- Ambridge receives grant for streetlight removal for streetscape project
Wednesday - 10/11/2017 - 07:00 PMAmbridge officials received a $13,450 grant that will pay for streetlights and power lines to be relocated along Merchant Street as part of the borough's streetscape project.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SAE International hosts automated driving event
Tuesday - 10/10/2017 - 11:45 PMSAE International held a Pathway to Autonomy event at its Marshall Township headquarters on Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two shot in Midland
Tuesday - 10/10/2017 - 06:41 AMMIDLAND — Two people were shot Tuesday morning in the borough.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Local municipalities consider tax breaks for firefighters, EMTs
Monday - 10/09/2017 - 05:00 PMUnder Act 172 of 2016, which went into effect in January, municipalities can decide if they want to offer a tax break for local firefighters and emergency service workers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - And now for something completely different ... new websites to launch
Sunday - 10/08/2017 - 07:00 AMAbout 10 a.m. Thursday, The Times and the Ellwood City Ledger will launch their new and enhanced websites with special features and faster load times. The websites were developed in partnership with the design firm Garcia Media whose goal was…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State to provide $5 million in opioid reversal drug to first responders
Thursday - 10/05/2017 - 05:15 PMGov. Tom Wolf announced on Thursday that the state will provide $5 million in funding for the opioid-reversal drug naloxone to first responders in Pennsylvania, which would provide 60,000 naloxone kits statewide over the next two years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As state prepares to scale back, more local students pass standardized tests
Wednesday - 10/04/2017 - 11:45 PMThree Beaver County school districts – Central Valley, Riverside and Western Beaver – saw an increase in the percentage of students who passed standardized tests in all subjects at all of their buildings.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Deadline to register to vote next week
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 11:45 PMThe Bureau of Elections hasn't been busy in Beaver County, but residents have one more week to change their registration or to register for the first time to vote in November.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Times videographer nominated for best directing for 'Notorious'
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 07:30 PMTimes videographer Gwen Titley has received international recognition for her work on the web TV series "Notorious Beaver County."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Beaver County native among those critically hurt in Las Vegas shooting, family says
Monday - 10/02/2017 - 02:18 PMA Beaver County native was among the more than 500 people who were hurt Sunday night in the mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed at least 58 people.
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- I-376 closed for crash
Wednesday - 10/11/2017 - 02:00 PMInterstate 376 was closed between the Flaugherty Run exit in Moon Township and the Hopewell exit in Hopewell Township because of a truck crash.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jury clears 1 officer, deadlocks on other in shooting trial
Tuesday - 10/10/2017 - 06:01 PMPITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury cleared one Pittsburgh police officer of assault allegations Tuesday but deadlocked on whether another officer violated a man's civil rights when he shot him as the man's car sped away from a traffic stop with…
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Beaver County's Mental Health Association to honor Gateway physician
Monday - 10/09/2017 - 07:00 PMHOPEWELL TWP. -- The Mental Health Association in Beaver County is hosting a Celebration of Excellence event honoring Dr. Neil Capretto, a longtime addiction treatment physician with Gateway Rehabilitation Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jimmy Beaumont, 76, of The Skyliners dies
Sunday - 10/08/2017 - 07:30 PMJimmy Beaumont of The Skyliners, one of the golden voices in Pittsburgh music history, has died at age 76.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Government offices closed Monday for Columbus Day
Friday - 10/06/2017 - 04:00 PMBanks, county buildings, and state and federal services, including post offices, will be closed Monday for Columbus Day.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy resigns amid scandal, GOP state legislators to run for his seat
Thursday - 10/05/2017 - 05:30 PMU.S. Rep. Tim Murphy on Thursday resigned his seat effective Oct. 21 amid a scandal involving an extramarital affair and, most damaging to the anti-abortion lawmaker, texts showing he urged his married mistress to consider an abortion.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Times names new sports editor
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 11:45 PMNew Times sports editor Vince Townley knows the importance of local sports coverage to a community, with 30 years of experience in local journalism.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Coroner seeks information for unclaimed body
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 11:45 PMThe Beaver County Coroner’s Office is seeking the next of kin for a Patterson Township woman who died at a Pittsburgh hospital.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Beaver Valley Choral Society hosts musical retreat
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 11:30 AMROCHESTER TWP. -- The Beaver Valley Choral Society will host a choral retreat from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 at Rochester Area High School.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - German students visit Quaker Valley as part of 40-year exchange program
Friday - 09/29/2017 - 05:00 PMTwenty-one German exchange students have been visiting and living with students at Quaker Valley High School over the last few weeks, part of a longstanding exchange program between QV and the Halepaghen Schule.
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- Already facing misconduct charges, District Judge Andrew Hladio facing more charges by Judicial Conduct Board
Wednesday - 10/11/2017 - 05:15 PMA Beaver County district judge already facing a trial on judicial misconduct allegations has been charged with six additional offenses by the state’s Judicial Conduct Board, which is again seeking his suspension until the charges are resolved.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Beaver police officer named in several lawsuits resigns, police dog retired
Tuesday - 10/10/2017 - 05:00 PMA Beaver police officer at the center of several lawsuits over the years, including one filed in July, has resigned and the police dog he worked with has been retired.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Beaver Falls leaf pile collecting
Monday - 10/09/2017 - 07:00 PMBEAVER FALLS -- Leaf collections within the city began on Monday, according to the City of Beaver Falls Department of Public Works.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bartolotta, Democratic senators back bill helping victims of domestic and sexual violence living in public housing
Sunday - 10/08/2017 - 06:00 PMWith October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, state Sen. Camera Bartolotta and two Democratic colleagues have introduced bipartisan legislation to help victims of domestic and sexual violence who live in public housing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State again taking bids on Lawrence County site at center of Islamic group controversy
Friday - 10/06/2017 - 06:00 PMA Lawrence County property mired in controversy when an Islamic educational consulting firm unsuccessfully tried to buy it this year is back on the market, the state Department of General Services said Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Darlington Twp. officials explore police expansion
Thursday - 10/05/2017 - 06:00 PMOfficials are exploring the possibility of expanding the township’s police department, but they improperly advertised a public meeting designed to solicit input from residents, according to an attorney.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Author to lead CCBC event on opiate epicemic
Wednesday - 10/04/2017 - 11:45 PMCENTER TWP. -- A live-streamed watch event is planned Tuesday at the Community College of Beaver County with the author of "Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman provides support for those with ostomies for 45 years
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 11:45 PMJean Lester has been an inspiration to many at the Ostomy Support Group of Beaver County for decades. The 88-year-old has been an ostomate for more than half of her life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Center Township leaf pickup is Oct. 28 and Nov. 11
Tuesday - 10/03/2017 - 01:00 PMCENTER TWP. -- Center Township's annual leaf pickup is Oct. 28 and Nov. 11.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: Couple admits to 'waterboarding' child as punishment
Friday - 09/29/2017 - 06:00 PMAn Aliquippa couple is facing charges after they admitted to waterboarding a 12-year-old child as a form of punishment, police said.
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