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Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, & Food Festival Happens June 30-July 2

As long as there is a United States of America, there will be a 4th of July Weekend. Similarly, as long as there is a 4th of July Weekend, there will be the Ellwood Arts, Crafts, and Food Festival in Ewing Park. This year’s event will run from Friday, June 30 until Sunday, July 2.

Raylene Boots, the head of the committee that oversees the Festival, stopped by A.M. Beaver County to talk to Matt Drzik about this year’s event. Three main acts will be playing music during the Festival, local merchants will be selling goods, and the traditional Zambelli Fireworks show will take place on Sunday night at 10 PM.

Click below to hear the interview about ALL of what to expect at this year’s event.

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Breaking News: High Court Reinstates Trump Travel Ban, Will Hear Arguments

BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration mostly enforce its 90-day ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries, overturning lower court orders that blocked it. The action today is a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency. The court did leave one category of foreigners protected, those “with a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States,” the court said in an unsigned opinion. The justices will hear arguments in the case in October. Trump said last week that the ban would take effect 72 hours after being cleared by courts. The ban would apply to citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The Trump administration said the ban was needed to allow an internal review of the screening procedures for visa applicants from those countries. That review should be complete before October 2nd, the first day the justices could hear arguments in their new term.  This Breaking News report brought to you on Beaver County Radio by…

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Vacant New Castle Home Destroyed In Suspicious Fire

Fire destroyed a home in New Castle early Sunday morning. It happened around 12:30 a.m. at a home on the corner of Jefferson and West Lutton streets. It took firefighters at least an hour and a half to bring the fire under control, but hot spots were still popping up around 2:30 a.m. The house was unoccupied, as the previous residents had recently moved out. Fire officials said the previous tenants were forced to move out two weeks ago because of code violations. The house is a total loss and will be torn down. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. It is being considered suspicious.

Beaver County Boom Goes Back To The 80’s!

A replica of the famous DeLorean car used in “Back To The Future”.

(Bridgewater, PA)  The 7th annual Beaver County Boom Fireworks extravaganza was a huge success.  Giant crowds of people made their way to the banks of the Beaver and Ohio Rivers and surrounding areas to watch the fabulous display created by Zambelli Fireworks, which had a “Back To The Eighties” theme.  There was even a replica of the famous DeLorean car used in the movie “Back To The Future” on display.

The event was organized and sponsored by P.U.S.H. Beaver County and featured a V.I.P. Patron  and Sponsor party at Thursday’s in Bridgewater before the fireworks show.

Beaver County Radio, WBVP and WMBA broadcast the festivities live during the pre fireworks party at Thursdays and also aired a special 80’s themed choreographed musical simulcast set to Beaver County Boom Fireworks during the main event.

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