(Credit for Photo: Courtesy of Kelly Nardone/Kelly Nardone Photography, Caption for Photo: Lincoln Kretchmar is sworn in Dec. 15 by Beaver County judge Deborah Lancos DeCostro as the new mayor of Beaver.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Borough, PA) Lincoln Kretchmar was officially sworn in as the mayor of Beaver Borough, which followed a closely contested election in which he defeated 21-year incumbent Tom Hamilton by a 13-vote margin. Judge Deborah Lancos DeCostro conducted a formal swearing-in ceremony for him at the Beaver County Courthouse on December 15th, 2025. His family owns Kretchmar’s Bakery in Beaver.