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Northbound Route 65 Reopens at the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge in Ambridge Borough

5/13/2017

PennDOT District 11 is announcing northbound Route 65 has reopened to traffic in Ambridge Borough, Beaver County.

Northbound Route 65 at the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge has reopened to traffic. The roadway has been closed since Tuesday, May 9 due to a truck striking a water line attached to the bridge. Crews completed barrier installation, temporary repairs to the water line supports, and inspections of the bridge and water line. The roadway will remain open until permanent repairs can be made. Motorists are advised to use caution and slow down when traveling through the area.

Ambridge Jr. High Students Place at Beaver County Envirothon

5/12/2017

The annual Envirothon hosted by Beaver County Conservation District was held at Brady's Run Park on Wed., May 10.

Ambridge Jr High girls team brought home a first place trophy replacing 2016 memory of losing first place by 3 points according to Don Ayers, eighth-grade Integrated Science, and Honors Teacher. The boys jr high team took the fourth place trophy in their first year of competition.

Free Admission for Mom’s at Old Economy Village On Mother’s Day

5/12/2017

Old Economy Village in Ambridge will be open from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Mother’s Day. Mother’s will be admitted free as a way to celebrate their special day. Tours of the Village leave the Visitor’s Center at 270 Sixteenth Street, Ambridge, PA at 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, and 3:00 pm
Come see the flowers blooming in the garden and peak into the newly renovated Blacksmith’s Shop. A wide variety of programs and events have been planned for 2017 at Old Economy Village. For more information on these events, please visit oldeconomyvillage.org.

For more information, contact Jason Weber at [email protected] or (724) 266-4500 x 101

Video: Meet The Primary Election Candidates 2017

5/12/2017

Ambridge Grad Now College Coach to Host Youth Baseball Camp

5/12/2017

Justin Thomas, 2005 Ambridge Alumni will hold a Bridger Baseball camp at Walter Panek Park on May 20 and May 21.

Thomas is currently the head coaches for Voorhees College in Denmark, SC.

Ambridge Softball Heads into WPIAL Championship as Section Champs

5/12/2017

Soapbox Derby Racers Wanted

5/12/2017

In 2016, over 40 racers from four local counties came to Ambridge to compete in the National Qualifying Soap Box Derby Race. Photo Credit Felicia Mycyk/ Ambridge Connection

It's soapbox time again.

Western Pennsylvania Soap Box Derby will host National Qualifying Soap Box Derby Race in Ambridge on 14th street

Ambridge Italian Women’s Club Scholarship Winner Announced

5/11/2017

Photo Credit Ambridge Italian Women's Club Facebook

Ambridge Senior, Brooklyn Kotula was named the winner of the Ambridge Italian Women’s Club scholarship.

The club was founded in 1933 celebrating Italian Heritage. The Object of this club is to bring together women with a view of making them helpful to each other and to develop the education, civic, and social interests of its members and to advance the welfare of the community.

Six Ambridge Athletes Qualify for WPIAL Top 24 Track and Field Championship Meet

5/11/2017

The rules changed for Track and Field athletes this year in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL). Instead of regional qualifying meets, in each event, athletes with the 24 best regular-season marks in Class AAA and the best 16 in Class AA will qualify for the WPIAL championship meet.

The WPIAL is made up of 10 counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland and is governed by the Constitution and By-Laws of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association ( PIAA). There are are 51 schools in the AAA Track classification .

The following Ambridge Athletes qualified based on based on times/distances achieved throughout the 2016 –2017 regular season .

AMBRIDGE BOROUGH DESIGNATED A PURPLE HEART COMMUNITY BY THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART

5/10/2017

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