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In this week's Tady column, Tom Hanks film sets Ambridge filming date; Ellwood City Band Bash returns; and Loverboy rocked for first time in 2 years

7:30 p.m. PJ Rillo & The Western Spirit 8:30 p.m. Bobby Thompson & The Groove Koehler Brewery will sell beer. Pappy Rick's Kettle Corn returns, along with the Ellwood City Little Wolverines selling baked goods, deep-fried Oreos, refreshments and more.  The event includes 50/50 raffles and free prize give always between each act based on Ellwood City trivia. Admission is $8 Friday, $10 Saturday, $15 for a two-day wristband, all benefiting the Ellwood City fireworks show. With Ellwood City's huge July 4 Ewing Park festival canceled, this smaller, ticketed event hopes to fill some of the vo...

R&B/pop singer Samuel Mancini made his live radio debut Thursday, performing three songs on Beaver County's WBVP/WMBA-FM (99.3). The Patterson Township native's "Feed The Fire" mixtape debuted Feb. 26, reaching No. 58 on the Billboard sales chart, and the Top-20 of the iTunes Pop Chart. Mancini mixes blissful melodies with a dazzling vocal range, particularly on "Reckless," a song about moving on from an unfulfilling relationship.   Electropop flourishes abound on "Who's Gonna Be There," which has logged 3 million Spotify streams. The Blackhawk grad, and son of Beaver County Judge Richard...

Ellwood City Ledger ELLWOOD CITY — It's true, the borough's Arts, Crafts, Food and Entertainment Festival will not happen this year, but an important summer ritual still will.  Ellwood City's annual firework display, typically part of the the festival line up, will go on, despite the committee's decision last Tuesday to cancel the main event due to concerns over COVID-19. An exact date, time and location for the fireworks has yet to be decided, but they're tentatively planned for 10 p.m. on July 2,3 or 4.   "We are still ironing out the exact details," said Eric Rayner, the chairman ...