Politics

Mayor Court met with his Advisory Committee on October 27, 2016 in council Chambers. Discussion revolved around illegal drug and narcotics in the area, including overdoes that are taking place in local communities throughout Pennsylvania.  Mayor Court advised that the recent Drug Take-Back Program held in October was very successful in our community.  Parking and Trick-or-Treat night in our area were also topics of discussion. The next Mayors Advisory meeting will be on Thursday, December 1, 2016 @ 3pm.

In a rarely seen action, The Beaver County Times today rescinded its endorsement of State Rep. Jaret Gibbons, saying he manufactured details about his opponent that he then attributed to their reporting. “We cannot support a candidate who attributes information to us that we did not write,” said Times Executive Editor Lisa Micco. The newspaper said it had planned to publish its endorsement this week, but pulled the endorsement and will now endorse challenger Aaron Bernstine. The Times’ action comes days after another news outlet, The Beaver Countian, also cited Gibbons for manufacturing details about Bernstine and attributing them to…

State Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.’s office will be collecting toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve “Toys for Tots” program through December 9th. If you would like to participate, please drop off any new, unwrapped toys at the Senator’s office at 488 Adams Street in Rochester. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. For more information, call 724-774-0444

State House candidate Aaron Bernstine has won the endorsement of the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading advocate for small businesses. “This vote of confidence from the leading advocate for small business is both an honor and a signal that my message about growing jobs and building the economy of our region is reaching people,” Bernstine said. Bernstine is the Republican nominee for state House in the 10th District, which encompasses portions of Beaver, Lawrence, and Butler counties. He is a businessman and farmer, and resides on a 107-acre farm in New Beaver….

Yesterday held Ellwood City’s monthly regular meeting. All of the agendas were passed at this meeting, to view all agenda items click here. There was an exceptionally large number of visitors at the meeting last night, so large that the council meeting had to be moved into the municipal building’s auditorium in order to accommodate all of the visitors. Among the visitors was Aaron Bernstine, a local who is currently running for state representative. Tensions were high and over a dozen visitors publicly spoke in front of council in order to express their feelings about ongoing issues and the upcoming…

Aaron Bernstine, a local to the community and a candidate running for State Representative, was one of many visitors who spoke at the council meeting last night. He was there to express his concerns about the electric contract the Borough is tied into. He introduced himself and gave council his condolences- he said he understands the difficult decisions they sometimes face and that the electric contract being used as a taxation tool for the Borough was in place long before the current council members were voted in, but he further mentioned that he did not believe council is currently making…

The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) recently awarded $75,000 in grants for housing improvement efforts in Beaver and Lawrence counties, according to Senator Elder Vogel. A grant of $25,000 was awarded for Beaver County’s Rental and Utility Assistance Program and $50,000 was awarded to the Lawrence County Housing Rehabilitation and Blight Removal Program. The grants are funded by Act 13 of 2012, the Marcellus Shale impact fee legislation, which allocates certain amounts from the impact fee into PHFA’s Housing Trust Fund (PHARE) to address the need for affordable housing in counties where producing nonconventional gas wells are located. “The PHARE…