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February 11, 2021

ECASD Superintendent Offers Update on COVID Lockdown; Board Rescinds Approval of Choir Trip

During the Ellwood City Area School District Board of Directors February 11 meeting, Superintendent Dr. Wesley Shipley said Lincoln High School was forced to go on lockdown following a breakout of COVID cases in the district. According to Shipley, on Friday February 5, there were 3 cases and upon return to school the following Monday there were 7 cases and then an additional case on Tuesday. He did not say whether the cases were among students or staff. The plan moving forward, Shipley said, is for Lincoln students to have full-remote learning until February 23 when the cases will return…

February 11, 2021

Course Examines Rise, Fall of Steel Industry

New Castle, PA – It lifted a region, provided livelihoods to hundreds of thousands, forged secondary and tertiary commerce up and down and across western Pennsylvania. It fed, it housed and it clothed, financed births and weddings and funerals, empowered its sometimes poorly educated immigrant workers to patronize main streets for a century. And then the steel industry collapsed. “Life changed dramatically,” said author Dale Perelman, a New Castle resident whose course titled The Birth and Death of Steel in Western Pennsylvania is one of 47 classes this spring on Butler County Community College’s menu of Lifelong Learning opportunities in…

February 11, 2021

2021-22 Ellwood City Kindergarten Registration Announced

The North Side Primary School in the Ellwood City Area School District will be hosting Kindergarten Registration for the 2021-2022 school year next month. The registration is schedule to take place on Monday, March 29, Tuesday, March 30, and Wednesday, March 31, 2021. To be eligible for Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year, the child must be 5 years old by August 15, 2021. Please contact North Side Primary School at 724-752-1381 to pre-register your child. The North Side Primary Center is a K-2 building in the Ellwood City Area School District. According to the district website, learning at North…

February 10, 2021

BC3 Effort To Assist Food-Insecure Students Turns 2

A Butler County Community College initiative to confront food insecurity this month marks its second anniversary, not from its original snack rack, not from its subsequent cramped room behind a kitchen, but from a spacious classroom whose shelves of nutritious nonperishables help to feed a drive-up food bank that provided Thanksgiving turkeys and holiday hams last fall. The free grab-and-go food station that debuted in February 2019 outside Karen Jack’s office in the college’s Student Success Center followed a report that nearly 40 percent of BC3 students who responded to a 2018 survey indicated they experienced low or very low…

February 10, 2021

NOTICE: Reminder Regarding Snow Removal

According to the Borough of Ellwood City Code Officer, Ralph Chiappetta, the borough has been receiving many calls about snow and ice on sidewalks. Furthermore, the code officer has issued the following reminder regarding snow and ice removal as borough residences are required to have snow and ice cleared from sidewalks within 24 hours of the snowfall per the following ordiance: 674.04 SNOW AND ICE ON SIDEWALKS. (a) Removal of Snow and Ice by Owner, Occupant or Tenant. The owner, occupant or tenant of every property upon or alongside any street in the Borough shall remove or cause to be…

February 10, 2021

POLICE: Beaver Woman Charged With Sexual Assault Of Darlington Minor

According to a Pennsylvania State Police Public Information Release Report, a four month investigation has put a Beaver woman in jail. On February 8th, the Beaver Criminal Investigation Unit responded to a residence in Darlington Township to investigate an alleged sexual assault incident. Upon investigation, it was determined that Janine Young, 37, had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old male juvenile victim numerous times.  The report cites the date(s) of incident ranging from 10/1/2020 to 2/8/2021. Young was taken into custody and lodged at the Beaver County Jail for Statutory Sexual Assault, Indecent Assault, Corruption of Minors, and Unlawful Contact with…

February 9, 2021

Riverside School District To Hold Full Virtual Learning On February 9

According to information made available on the district website, the Riverside Beaver County School District will hold a Virtual Day, February 9th and will operate on a regular schedule. Students will attend school virtually on Tuesday and the district will run on a regular schedule. Students will log into their Google Classroom at 7:35 AM. According to the district no transportation will be provided.  The district asks you to review the regular schedule posted on the district website for details. The Middle School will operate on the Regular Schedule 1A, grades 6, 7, and 8. Students in grade level K-5…

February 8, 2021

Lincoln High School Moves To Full Remote Learning

According to information made available on the district website, and effective Tuesday, February 9, 2021, Lincoln High School is moving to full remote learning. Throughout the day on Monday, February 8, 2021, the district received notice of five additional cases of COVID-19 within Lincoln Jr/Sr High School. The district will notify a parent/guardian directly if his or her child is identified through contact tracing to be a specific risk. Per the press release, and together with the three previous cases reported on Friday, Lincoln has exceeded the number of cases allowable by the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Education. Therefore,…

February 8, 2021

$912 Million COVID-19 Relief Package Enacted

A comprehensive $912 million relief package to help restaurants, schools, employers, and tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic received final legislative approval and was signed into law by the Governor on Friday (February 5), according to Senator Elder Vogel, who strongly supported the bill. Senate Bill 109 (Act 1 of 2021) amends the state Fiscal Code to allocate $569.8 million for Rental and Utility Assistance, $197 million for education programs, and $145 million to support Pennsylvania’s struggling hospitality industry as it copes with the devastation created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Governor’s mandated closings and restrictions. The new law…

February 8, 2021

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of February 8

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 will continue doing curbside pick-up. Please call us with the book(s), authors, genre or recommended material you would like to check out and our staff will see that it is in alphabetical order in the lobby for you. Limitations for patrons are 10 items to include books and limited to a total of three DVD’s or books on CD per person. All patrons must wear a mask when entering the lobby and wait until there…