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June 22, 2021

Ellwood Local Earns Honor At West Virginia University

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Dia Neupauer of Ellwood City, PA has been named to the President’s List at West Virginia University for the Spring 2021 semester. Neupauer just completed her Junior year and is majoring in Nursing. To see other students who earned honors from the area, you can visit http://lists.wvu.edu/. Outstanding undergraduate academic achievement is recognized by awarding President’s List status to students who obtain a 4.0 GPA in a semester. Neupauer has achieved President’s List in five of her six semesters at WVU. Neupauer is also a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, serving as Vice President of…

June 22, 2021

REMINDER: Last Day For New Trash Carts

The final day for the new trash carts for Ellwood City Borough residents will be delivered Saturday June 26th. Residents are NOT to use the carts until Thursday, July 1st and are to continue to use the yellow bags until then. The new contract with Valley Waste will begin on July 1st. Any refuse placed into the carts, or any bag other than the yellow bag, WILL BE LEFT BEHIND, no exceptions.  

June 22, 2021

Moraine State Park To Host Butterfly Release

Come to Moraine State Park and release a monarch butterfly in honor of a special someone, in memory of a loved one, or just for fun! Monarch butterflies are now available for pre-purchase. If you want to release a butterfly, individual Monarchs are $15 each. It is strongly encouraged that you pre-purchase, as there may be limited individual butterflies for sale on-site. The mass release is free to attend, with no ticket required and no purchase required. Either bring your printed ticket, or the barcode saved as an image on your phone. If you do not bring your electronic ticket…

June 21, 2021

Ellwood City Celebrates 100th Anniversary Of Ewing Park

On Friday, June 18th, Ellwood City reached a very important milestone. Ewing Park has been the baseball park of Ellwood City for 100 years now. On June 18th 1921, the very first baseball was played in Ellwood. On that day, the Ellwood City Shelby county league defeated Hubbard, Ohio 20-9. The New Castle News reported, “Ewing Park”, which was used for the very first time, and it proved that Ewing Park is the perfect place for playing baseball. Ewing Park became the baseball hub for Ellwood City and remains, 100 years later, the baseball center of Ellwood City. On this…

June 21, 2021

Ellwood City Library Activities For Week of June 21st

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. PLEASE NOTE The Library has partnered with Seneca Library District, Oil Creek Library District, Erie County Public Library and Crawford County Federated Library System for e-books. You can now use the Overdrive or Libby App. to borrow books from the above Libraries. Please call the library with any questions. WE’RE OPEN The Library is open. Anything printed or copied must be paid for with exact change or check. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time…

June 18, 2021

Rockin’ Back Into Normalcy: Summer Concerts To Be Held In New Castle

The 2021 Summer Concert Live season is one of the first larger events to be held in downtown New Castle after the lifting of many COVID restrictions. The series will offer an outdoor venue, ample space to be socially distanced at the viewer’s comfort level, and a return to normalcy through live music, good food, and a great chance to reconnect with the community in Riverwalk Park. The concert series schedule kicks off on Friday, June 25th with New Castle’s ‘The Dorals’, a six-piece band performing music from the Baby Boomer generation from the 50’s and beyond. Their performance will…

June 17, 2021

Mayor Court Receives Invite To Farewell Ceremony For Local Pastor

Mayor Anthony J. Court was proud to accept a personal hand delivered invite to Pastor Angelique Bradford’s farewell ceremonies. Worship begins at 11am and reception at 12:30pm on June 20, 2021 at the First Methodist Church in Ellwood City. In a statement from Mayor Court, he said “I am honored to be a guest speaker to this wonderful occasion! From a selfish standpoint, I’m really going to miss my good friend! Best wishes and may God bless all your future endeavors. Angelique, I’m forever thankful for your service to our community.”  

June 17, 2021

2021 Hard To Recycle Event Will be Held In Ellwood City

Ellwood City Public Works Garage will hold a “hard to recycle” collection day on July 13th. The collection events have been created by the Lawrence-Mercer Recycling/Solid Waste Department to help people in the community recycle the things that normally are harder to recycle. The Lawrence-Mercer Recycling/Solid Waste Department offers this program on the second Tuesdays of each month from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The collection are held in locations in both Lawrence and Mercer counties so that more people have access to the program. Residents only for this event, no commercial or institutional materials will be accepted. This program…

June 16, 2021

Ellwood City Wolves Club Awards $15,000 In Scholarships To Local Students

At their annual scholarship dinner on June 9, 2021, at the Wolves Club Shelter, the Wolves Club Den II members, gathered to celebrate the awarding of $14,985 in scholarships to a total of four Lincoln and Riverside seniors and 2 college students to help fund their higher education. “Education is the passport to the future for our young people and reveals all the promises that the future may hold for them,” said Wolves Club president, Mike DeOtto. “We are honored to support them financially as they move into a new and exciting period of their lives.” Scholarship committee chairman Jaret…

June 16, 2021

Kids Quest After School Program Hopeful To Begin This Fall

There will be a new after school program for young children coming this fall. Kids Quest will be an after school program for children in grades 2nd-4th at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Ellwood City. While the church is holding the program, it is a completely independent organization that is hoping to give children an after school option that benefits them and the community. The idea came from inside Calvin Presbyterian and is now growing and planning to launch in the fall. The rooms where the program will be held are under remodel now and a director and volunteers are needed…