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CRANBERRY, Pa. — Cranberry Township officials confirm the Cranberry Costco location wants to sell beer and wine. If the liquor license is approved, it would be the only Costco in the region to sell alcohol.

“It’s one of those deals that it’s convenient. You can buy it at any grocery store, why not here?” Dan Norton of Beaver Falls said.

An orange sign on the Cranberry Township Costco is one you won’t see on any other Costco stores in our area. A public notice that the Cranberry Square Drive location has put in an application with the state to sell alcohol.

Costco shoppers like Arthur Maier, who is originally from the state of Indiana, say purchasing alcohol there was easy.

“They sell wine and beer everywhere, service station - everywhere,” he said.

Ron Henshaw is Cranberry Township’s Director of planning and development. He says he spoke with Costco officials on Monday about its application with the PA liquor control board for a liquor license.

Henshaw says they need to do an inter-municipal transfer of the license, and then the Cranberry Township board of supervisors has to approve it. After that, a mandatory public hearing will be held where the community can share their thoughts.

“Well that’s great! More business for them,” Diane Slack of Cranberry said.

Some believe Costco’s push to sell beer and wine at its Cranberry location is in response to both Wegmans Food Market and a Meijer grocery store moving into the Cranberry area in the next several years. Both stores have said they intend to sell beer and wine. Henshaw says Wegman’s liquor license has already been approved.

“Would it give competition to anything else? Probably just like Costco and all the other big box stores do, but competition never really hurt anybody, did it?” Susan Matlack said.

The licenses aren’t necessarily easy to get, and they’re expensive, with a price tag of around half a million dollars. Henshaw says he isn’t sure about Costco’s logistics for how and where alcohol will be sold.

Cranberry Township officials have urged Costco to submit the required paperwork by Nov. 17 so the issue can be put on the Dec. 11 agenda for public comment.

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Find out here what you need to know in Cranberry to vote in the Nov. 4 election.

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA — There are no candidates for president, governor or senator for Pennsylvanians to vote for this year, but there will be considerable activity at the local level for the upcoming Nov. 4 elections.

Here is a look at some of the more significant races, as well as key dates and ballot information:Who's running for office

Cranberry voters will elect candidates for the state Superior Court, Commonwealth Court, Butler County Common Pleas Court, Cranberry Supervisor and Seneca Valley School Board.Find your sample ballot here.

You can search for your voter registration status with your name or your PennDOT driver's license or identification card. Your party affiliation and polling place address will be displayed once you have provided an exact match with the information on your voter registration record.

To qualify to vote, one must be a United States citizen at least one month prior to the election, a resident of Pennsylvania and the election district at least 30 days before the election, and 18 years of age on or before the day of the election.

The easiest and fastest way to apply or make a change is by using the state’s online voter registration process.

Those applicants who have a driver’s license or PennDOT identification card can link their signature on file with PennDOT to their voter record. The record will then be electronically transferred to the Butler County Elections Division for processing and approval.

Applicants who do not have a Pennsylvania driver’s license or identification card can upload a digital image of their signature or print, sign, and mail the completed online application to the Elections Division. Individuals unable to print the application can request that the Pennsylvania Department of State mail them a signature card to complete and return to the Elections Division.

Mail-In, Absentee Ballots

Your voted ballot must be returned by 8 p.m. on Nov. 4.

Polling Place Locator

Begin by typing the county of residence and city in the drop-down menu that appears, then enter the street name, the house number, and zip code. If you're voting in person, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Military or Overseas Civilian VotersIf you are a member of the military or an overseas civilian voter, you have options for how you register and vote in Pennsylvania.

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Andrea Rameres has worked in the Roger’s Cuisine food truck on Route 19 in Cranberry for the last three months.

“It’s pretty busy,” she told Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek.

Right across from that food truck on Route 19, on the corner with Ogle View, is an empty lot.

But it may not be empty much longer.

A proposed development plan could bring in retail, restaurants, a gas station, and 32 apartment units.

Rameres thinks it will be a good thing.

“That would be amazing for us, not just for us but for all the food trucks here,” she said.

There aren’t any names of businesses on the plan’s proposal. However, in an aerial view of the plan on the corner of the lot, there appears to be a new Sheetz.

“That sounds pretty good, it would be easy to get to, go to Sheetz, get some food, instead of having to fight traffic every time,” said Mark Halstead, who works across from the proposed development.

Halstead said he likes seeing all of the new businesses coming into Cranberry.

“I’m not against continuing to grow. I like that idea!” he said.

But not everyone is on board. One man who lives in Cranberry didn’t want to share his name but told Channel 11 he’s against the development.

“We’re having a lot of development and it’s happening quickly, and I’m not sure the infrastructure for the township is up to standards for all of the water purification for one, traffic for another,” he said.

The township would like to hear your opinion before proceeding with the project. According to its website, there will be a public hearing on the proposed development on November 30.

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