Ambridge Cub Scout Pack 498 collected 51 bags of food over the course of one week for the local food bank pantry at Center for Hope.
By Felicia Mycyk
Ambridge Cub Scout Pack 498 collected 51 bags of food over the course of one week for the local food bank pantry at Center for Hope.
Former Pittsburgh Steeler Chris Hoke visited the Ambridge Area Junior High School on Tuesday to celebrate the school's participation in the "Play 60 Challenge" this spring.
The community is invited to participate in a Merchant Bingo fundraiser. Bingo cards featuring 24 local businesses and Laughlin Memorial Library in the free space, can be purchased for $5 at the Ambridge library and participating merchants. Cards will also be sold on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Ambridge Do It Best. By Nancy Knisley
Here are three vintage postcards showing Laughlin Memorial Library, which was dedicated in 1929, through the years. By Ryan Donnelly
At a local Catholic parish, Good Samaritan Church in Ambridge, Father Joseph Carr recently noticed some accounting irregularities and reported them to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. He also told parishioners what was going on. By Larissa Dudkiewicz Community leaders from Ambridge, Baden, Conway and Harmony held a private meeting Thursday to reaffirm their support to continue with a feasibility study on police consolidation. Neither the media nor the public was permitted to attend the closed-door meeting conducted by Bob Callan of the Beaver County Regional Council of Governments. The communities are all members of COG, which is helping to facilitate the process.
Police chiefs, mayors, managers and board representatives from each of the four municipalities attended the meeting held in Harmony. Afterwards, officials told Ambridge Connection that community leaders signed a memorandum of understanding to show commitment to continue with the police consolidation study. Melissa Melewsky, media law counsel at the Pennsylvania News Media Association, said although the meeting didn't present a Sunshine Act issue--because there was no quorum of the individual agencies--she said the closed meeting did present a public access problem. "Police services are extraordinarily important to the community and the public deserves to know what's going on," Melewsky said. "You can't do that if you are excluded." Police Consolidation Study In early 2014, Ambridge, Baden, Conway and Harmony began exploring the possibility of consolidating the police departments into one regional department. As a first step, each municipality adopted a letter of intent approving a feasibility study funded by a grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development. "We just wanted to know if it would work or not," said Harmony Police Chief Jim Essek. At some point along the way, Essek said a misunderstanding occurred that left the consultant under the impression the communities had no interest in continuing with the study. He said the memorandum will allow the study to continue with the first-phase expected to be completed in September. "These boards will have to make a decision, which will all be public," Essek said. "They won't keep it a secret." Like Ambridge Connection on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and sign up for our weekly newsletter. Looking for a job? Here are five positions we found this week in the local area. 1. EMT Supervisor - Industrial Site, Ambridge EMT Supervisor opening at industrial site. Pay is $15 an hour. Call 412-275-3800 or apply online at capitalassetprotection.com. Learn more.
By Felicia Mycyk
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