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BEAVER Months after the borough suggested a tree was a hazard to the community, Beaver contractors cut it down without contacting the property owners.

While homeowners typically receive a letter for that kind of removal, the borough never did so for this home, located on Fifth Street near the high school, officials said. Director of Operations Chuck Copeland said Friday he contacted a neighbor but not the owner.

It was no question it was the right thing to do, Copeland said of removing the tree.

The incident was one of several performance-related issues related to Copeland, which led to council voting Tuesday whether to fire him, officials said. Council voted against that motion 7-2, with council members J. Lauson Cashdollar and Ron Embaugh in the minority. Due to concerns raised over Copelands performance, the borough is reviewing its policy on performance reviews, which could become more frequent, as well as procurement procedures for projects, council President Mike Deelo said.

One project that had raised issues involving Copeland dealt with whether he followed state procurement procedure correctly in installing pipes under Wilson and East End avenues. Copeland separated the tasks into projects that were less than $10,300 each, according to a report he read for Tuesdays meeting.

Borough solicitor John Petrush informed council that one cannot divide a contract into smaller parts to avoid bid requirements under state law, officials said. Despite that, several council members stated his duties and responsibilities are not changing.

Copeland noted if the project hadnt been expedited in preparation of a PennDOT Third Street overhaul project, the borough would have had to tear up newly paved road and repave it at its own expense. With the tree that was deemed a hazard, Copeland said a crossing guard contacted the borough, indicating it could fall on students at a Fifth Street crosswalk near the high school.

The couple that owns the home both work during the day, and the morning a tree-removal company showed up to remove the tree, Victoria DOrazio happened to be going into work late, her husband said.

Had she not been going in late, we would have come home to the surprise of our life, Anthony DOrazio said, adding borough officials were anxious to make amends. They all apologized.

The tree, some 25 or 30 feet tall with a 4-foot diameter, was a Norway maple, which often have dead wood and become diseased, Shade Tree Commission Chairman J. Philip Colavincenzo said.

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Student death sheds light on suicide education
The Cathedral High School community was mourning the death of a student Friday and suicide prevention experts were urging anyone thinking of taking their own life to reach out for help.

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Casey Blake, cblake@citizen-times.com 9:21 p.m. EDT September 13, 2014

#WhyIStayed, #WhyILeft

The insightful, deeply human conversation surrounding the #WhyIStayed tweets this week is truly Twitter at its finest a way for the volume of personal experiences to actually tell a story and teach us something.

After a video was released of NFL player Ray Rice assaulting his then-fiance (now wife) in an elevator, a widespread social media conversation surrounding "Why would she marry him after that?" began.

But within hours, the #WhyIStayed hashtag was started with the intention of exposing what abuse victims go through, and why leaving is more complicated than just walking out the door.

Typically these national social media trends take some to time reach our mountains but the local response on this one was immediate and powerful.

Dozens of local men and women weighed in, adding both #WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft sentiments. Here are a few of the local remarks.

"#WhyIStayed I was made to believe I didn't have a choice #WhyILeft I wanted to live."

"Because he made me believe using substances would bring us closer. #WhyIStayed"

"#Whyistayed I thought sticking it out through the verbal attacks was "love is patient" - it's not."

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Mumbai, Sept 15:

The Sensex and the Nifty were trading down by nearly 0.7 per cent on heavy selling by funds and retail investors due to weak industrial production data and weak Asian cues.

Brokers said selling pressure emerged as the countrys industrial production growth slowed to a four-month low of 0.5 per cent in July but easing retail inflation to 7.8 per cent in August from 7.96 per cent in July, restricted the fall.

Rajesh Agarwal, Head-Research Eastern Financiers said in a report: "The markets are expected to start the week on a subdued note on the back of weak IIP data declared during the week-end. Although Consumer Price Index (CPI) was at a comfortable zone, markets would be keenly watching the Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) data for August scheduled to be released on Monday. Further, stock-specific action could be seen after second instalment of advance tax payments by corporates start trickling in.''

At 11.30 a.m., the 30-share BSE index Sensex was trading down 196.51 points at 26,864.53 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was trading down 53.8 points at 8,051.70.

Barring healthcare, all other BSE sectoral indices were trading in the red. Among them, metal, capital goods and oil & gas indices fell the most by 1.25 per cent, 0.71 per cent and 0.71 per cent, respectively. Only healthcare index was up 0.6 per cent.

Asian stocks stumbled to their lowest in five weeks on Monday after a batch of weak data out of China raised the spectre of a sharp slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy.

The Australian dollar, considered a liquid proxy for China plays, also took a hammering and slumped to a six-month low.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.8 per cent to the levels last seen on August 8. The index has fallen almost 4 per cent in a little over a week, from a near seven-year peak.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index shed 0.7 per cent, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.3 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng slid 1.1 per cent. Mainland Chinese shares were 0.6 per cent lower.

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