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May 24, 2024

Mayor Court Announces 1st 2024 Beautification Award Winner

Mayor Anthony J. Court announced the 1st Beautification Award winner for 2024. Congratulations to Tim and Becky Marshall on 107 Glen Avenue! “It did not go unnoticed the hard work that was put into their beautiful yard,” said Court in an emailed statement. Tim and Becky was presented with a gift certificate to a local restaurant and a yard sign to display. The mayor’s office has five more winners to announce and nominations are still being accepted by Mayor Court. You can turn in your nominations at the Mayor’s office in the Municipal Building or call the Mayor at 724-824-7629….

May 24, 2024

CCBC Announces President’s And Dean’s List For Spring 2024 Semester

Monaca  – Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) is proud to release 25 names of full-time and part-time Lawrence County students who achieved either President’s List or Dean’s List honors for the spring 2024 semester. To be named to the President’s List, students must have completed at least 12 hours of credit-bearing courses in which performance grades are awarded and have received a 3.75 grade-point average or above for the semester. Dean’s List honorees must have completed at least 12 hours of credit-bearing courses in which performance grades are awarded and have received a 3.25 to 3.74 grade-point average for…

May 23, 2024

Nine Local Athletes Competing In PIAA Track & Field Championships

The relay team of Nick Wise, Bradley Custer, Drew Steffler, and Colten Crizer will be four of the six Ellwood City athletes competing in the PIAA Track & Field Championships this Friday and Saturday at the Seth Grove Stadium at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA. The 4×800 Meter relay team will be joined by WPIAL 300m hurdle champion Nick Franitti and female high jumper Delaney Sturgeon. The Wolverine relay team shattered their own school record by 12 seconds last week at the WPIAL Championships, finishing in 2nd place with a time of 8:01.75. For Riverside, runner Lexi Fluharty and field…

May 23, 2024

Samantha M. Ogorchock, 37

Samantha M. Ogorchock, 37, of New Castle passed away at her residence on Saturday, May 18th, 2024. Samantha was born in Sewickley, PA on January 27th, 1987 to Henrietta (Bryan) Elder-Takach and the late Ronald Elder. Over the years she had worked as a house keeper for various families. She enjoyed reading, camping, fishing, and loved her animals. She is survived by her mother and step-father Henrietta and Frank Takach of Portersville, daughters Jocelyn Ogorchock of Slippery Rock and McKenzie Clark of Ellwood City, sons Dominic Ogorchock of Slippery Rock and Austin Clark of Ellwood City, and her sister Marie…

May 23, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Memorial Day 2024

Remembering the lives of Americas’ heroes this Memorial Day This weekend of remembrance is important to all of us as it is a time to honor the heroes who sacrificed so much for our freedoms. It is also a time to honor the sacrifices of their families who stood stoically, bravely, by their side. It is a time to share their stories, those special moments that linger in our hearts. Since the American Revolution, brave men and women have fought to secure and maintain our independence. Wars have taken our fathers, brothers, sons, sisters, mothers, and daughters to far-off continents…

May 22, 2024

Colton Crizer Receives Jack Ferrante Delmar Golf Course Scholarship

The membership at Delmar Golf Course is pleased to announce that Lincoln High School Senior Colten Crizer has been chosen to receive the 2024 Jack Ferrante Delmar Golf Course Scholarship. “It is with great satisfaction that we recognize the efforts of Colten Crizer both inside and outside of the classroom. Colten is currently a member and employee of Delmar Golf Course and we are proud of all of his accomplishments. He has made an impact inside and outside of LHS. We are excited to watch him continue to do so as member of the Slippery Rock University track and field…

May 22, 2024

Memorial Service Planned For ‘Skip’ Haswell, Jr.

A Celebration of Life Memorial will take place for Lloyd E. ‘Skip’ Haswell Jr. on Flag Day, Friday, June 14th, 2024 The celebration will take place at the Tatalovich Funeral Home, located at 3475 Broadhead Rd, Monaca, PA. The celebration will take place from 1:00-3:00 p.m. with Military Services to be held at 3:00 p.m at the funeral home. Haswell, Jr., passed away at the age of 79 on March 4th. Skip was born in Ellwood City and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1964.

May 21, 2024

Hare Leads Panthers Past South Allegheny, Advancing to WPIAL Championship

The Panthers are one step closer to repeating, thanks in large part to Zach Hare. The 6’3″ junior struck out 11 batters across six scoreless innings to lead Riverside past South Allegheny 2-0 on Tuesday in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals.  The top-seeded Panthers (16-1 Overall) advance to the WPIAL Class 3A Championship game against #7 seed Avonworth who defeated #14 Burrell 2-1 in 8 innings on Tuesday at North Allegheny. On Tuesday, Hare paced the offense as well, reaching base in all three plate appearance with a walk, single, and double. Riverside got on the board with two outs…

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May 21, 2024

Jerry D. McCaughtry, Sr., 83

Jerry D. McCaughtry, Sr., 83, of Ellport, passed away in his residence on Monday, May 20, 2024. Born in Beaver Falls on August 28, 1940, Jerry was the son of the late Albert McCaughtry and the former Phyllis Thompson.  He married Joylee MacDonald in 1987 and enjoyed thirty-six years together until she preceded him in death on July 18, 2023.  Jerry retired from B&W and drove both school buses for Ellwood City Transit and tour buses for Zona Tours.  He loved driving the kids every day.  Jerry loved traveling across the country, showing college students and foreign exchange students the…

May 21, 2024

Little Miss Firecracker Pageant Set To Take Stage

Folino Stage is about to shine again with a lot of sparkle and spunk as 17 local ladies take the stage for the 7th annual Little Miss Firecracker Pageant. The show will begin at 11:15am after the raising of the flag, on Friday June 28th kicking off the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food and Entertainment Festival. The event this year will be lead by new emcee Rochelle Spagnolo and former Little Miss Firecracker title holders Reagan Boariu (2023 winner) and Dia Greco (2018 winner) as pageant assistants. Rochelle Spagnolo is the proud owner of local clothing store Konsignment Konnections right…