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Mars Area hopes to reach an agreement with PennDOT for land acquisition
PennDOT and Mars Area School District have mostly cooperated throughout the Route 228 Corridor Improvement Project, but one disagreement remains, according to Michael Hnath, district solicitor. Both groups separately issued appraisals that do not agree on the estimated compensation PennDOT owes the district for land acquisition, he said. “(PennDOT) did...
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Butler School District Aims To Incentivize Home Buying For Employees
The Butler Area School District is considering a policy that would incentivize home ownership within the district for employees. Superintendent Dr. Brian White presented the board with a draft of the policy during a meeting of the board’s Committee of the Whole. The Employee Homeownership Assistance Program would operate...
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Crews Respond To Fire Near East Butler
Crews were called to battle a fire last night at a business near East Butler. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 6 p.m. for a fire at Butler Color Press, which is located in the Bonnie Brook Industrial Park on East Butler Road. Dispatchers say a...
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Ambridge 'flips the switch' on new rooftop solar system
Ambridge is the latest Beaver County site to incorporate solar power into its municipal building. Local leaders flipped the switch officially Nov. 5 on the rooftop system at the municipal complex, facilitated through the Rural Innovation through Solar Empowerment (RISE) project in partnership between nonprofits RiverWise, The PA Solar Center and New Sun Rising to accelerate solar adoption in communities throughout Beaver County. The RISE Project began as a two-year initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energizing Rural Communities Prize. EIS Solar of Carnegie installed Ambridge’s 130.9-kilowatt solar system, which was paid for in part by an Environmental Mitigation Community Fund grant. The borough was also able to leverage a 40 percent federal renewable energy tax credit for the project. The solar panels will offset approximately 100 percent of the combined annual energy consumption of the borough facilities at 600 11th St. and 533 Merchant St. EIS Solar estimates the solar array will save Ambridge taxpayers about $509,000 over the next 25 years. “The Borough of Ambridge is delighted to celebrate this milestone with the community and the RISE Project partners,” said Mario Leone Jr., borough manager. “We look forward to reallocating the savings from our electric bill
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QUICKmed CEO steps up to fill gaps in healthcare left behind by Sharon Regional
When Sharon Regional Medical Center announced they were shutting their doors, it shook the local community and it's workers. QUICKmed sprang into action to help shoulder some of the burden of a people in need of care. "There are a lot of what we like to call ancillary service lines...
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New Doctor Joins WVU Medicine in Butler
A new doctor will join local medical facilities as part of WVU Medicine. Dr. Michele Mlakar is the newest board-certified internal medicine member of Butler Memorial Hospital. She attended Gannon University in Erie before completing a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following a...
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Results Released From Operation Safe Stop
State officials are releasing data from this year’s Operation Safe Stop, which aims to promote school bus safety. This one-day of targeted enforcement took place on Wednesday, October 21st this year. Participating agencies reported seeing 196 violations of the School Bus Stopping Law. That requires drivers in all directions...
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Proposed Bill Aims To Regulate Data Center
Another new state house bill looks to ensure that when a data center is built, comprehensive planning went into every detail. State lawmakers want to pass legislation that proposed data centers would have to comply with community standards and have comprehensive planning before being built. This would include impacts to...