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June 26, 2018

Ellwood City Arts, Crafts and Food Festival: Behind the Scenes Part 2 of 4

Nickel Plated Revolver to Perform at Ellwood City Festival Nickel Plated Revolver is a cover rock band that originated in Ellwood City around six years ago. There are five members in the band, Chrissy Paglia on Vocals, Todd Swogger on Guitar, Dave Fowler on Vocals and guitar, Steve Confer on Bass and Mark Barnes on Drums. The band will be performing at The Ellwood City Festival on June 29, at 7 p.m. The band started when Swogger got a call from a friend saying he had to go listen a Paglia sing karaoke. “A friend of mine called me and…

June 25, 2018

Ellwood City Arts, Crafts and Food Festival: Behind the Scenes Part 1 of 4

Ellwood City is gearing up for its 37th Annual Ellwood City Arts, Crafts and Food Festival starting on June 29 and running till July 1. There will be no shortage of fun with continuous all-day entertainment, vendors and crafts. The festivals activities and entertainment start at 11 a.m. and don’t stop until 10 p.m. The children’s area is returning and will be offering different fun and engaging activities, some of the activities are free and some will cost a small fee. Also returning is the Butterfly Tent and a new maze. This year is the First Annual Festival Hall of…

June 22, 2018

Young’s Custard Stand Raises Awareness and Money for ALS

Carli Young’s mother was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [ALS],  better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease in February of 2017. It’s a progressive neuro-degenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS has no cure and very few drugs to help slow the progression. “Diagnosis day was the day I lost my mother. It was a long time coming. She had been showing signs of the disease for about 2 years prior. She had been avoiding that doctor’s visit with hope of not having to face the inevitable,” Young said. “Sadly, some forms of ALS…

June 18, 2018

This New Ellwood City Barbershop Will Become a Legend

LGNDS a new Barbershop on Lawrence Avenue had their soft opening Friday. Carla Bunney and Shawn Johnson Jr. are the co-owners and partners of the new local barbershop. The dream of having a barbershop started long ago when both Bunney and Johnson were working for Youngs Barbershop. They found that they wanted to branch out and start their own business, they wanted to do things their own way and they wanted to work for themselves. “People get in this business because they want to do their own thing,” Johnson said. “When you work for someone for a long time, you…

June 12, 2018

Ellwood City School District On New Pennsylvania Required Prevention Program

In April, Ellwood City School’s attended the Blueprints Conference at Penn State University. The conference presented a slideshow focusing on new required opioid education for Pennsylvania students grades 6-12 on prevention, risk, protective factors and effective prevention of the opioid epidemic. Ellwood City received a 5-year grant for Life Skills Training in 2013. The grant allowed the school to further implement a prevention program to its students. LST is a Blueprints program that is part of the grant ECASD received from the University of Colorado, Center for the Prevention on Violence. The grants were sent out through the Pennsylvania Commission…

June 11, 2018

Wampum Trail Town Festival

The Wampum Trail Town Festival will be held rain or shine from 11:00 am  to 3:00 pm on Saturday, June 23, at the Wampum Train Station, 303 Main Street, Wampum, PA 16157.  Vendors will be able to begin setting up at 9:30 am and are expected to remain set up until 3:00 pm. People can celebrate local trails, on land and water, at the festival. Attendees will learn more about the first trail town on the North Country Trail, a 4,600 mile National Scenic Trail that runs through the middle of Wampum. In conjunction with the Lawrence County Summer Sojourn,…

June 8, 2018

Ellwood City Volunteer Fire Department Fundraiser

Ellwood City Volunteer Fire Department is holding a fundraiser for Capt. Frank Condell and family. In March 2018 the ECFD Capt. Frank Condell suffered a significant brain injury. Fire Chief Rick Myers said, “the injury was a natural occurrence and did not occur at the fire station.” According to the department’s statement, Condell was flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital, where he underwent surgery to remove a large blood clot. Frank suffered serious bleeding in his brain and the surgery relieved the pressure and stopped the bleeding. Frank has been making steady improvements. Although, Frank is home he…

June 7, 2018

Reed’s Services Spring and Summer Overlook

Reed’s Services has been a family owned and operated business since 2007 and has been growing ever since.  What started out as a small operation has turned into well over 170 mowing and landscaping annual contracts and a complete landscaping supply store which includes pet and livestock feed and supplies. Reed’s takes care of commercial, H.O.A.’S, industrial and residential properties in surrounding areas. Joe Reed oversees all areas of business and keeps everything running smoothly. If you call the office, Corinne Reed is the voice behind the phone. His three sons Joe Jr., Chad and Matt are the strongholds of the business,…

June 5, 2018

Ellwood City Hospital Gets a Face Lift, New Generation of Doctors to Come

Ellwood City Medical Center has big changes on the horizon with new staff, new construction, new hospital units and technology being implemented. The hospital will become a medical sanctuary for area residents. When the hospital switched to new ownership in 2017 there were necessary layoffs made to promote hospital growth. Still remaining are many familiar veteran nurses and doctors. CEO, Beverley Annarumo said she wants to bring in new hospital staff to mix with the veteran staffs due to some of the long-lasting heading toward retirement. “Many of the staff members have been with us and working for the facility…

June 1, 2018

BC3 Announces President’s List, Dean’s List and Spring 2018 Graduates

Butler County Community College is proud to announce the names of those students who have made the President’s List and Dean’s List for the spring 2018 semester, as well as recent graduates. Students who have achieved a cumulative GPA (grade point average) of 3.75 or higher are named to the President’s List following completion of at least 12 semester hours or upon completion of degree requirements. Students who have achieved a cumulative GPA (grade point average) of 3.5 to 3.74 are named to the Dean’s List following completion of at least 12 semester hours or upon completion of degree requirements….