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January 10, 2022

Holy Redeemer Golf Bash Cancelled

According to a Facebook post made by the Ellwood City Wolves and Holy Redeemer, the Golf Bash that was originally scheduled to take place on January 16th has now been cancelled. After receiving a letter from Bishop David Zubick on the amount of rising COVID-19 cases in the area, the decision was made to cancel this in person event. The full statement reads, “We regret to inform you that the January 16 Cash and Golf Bash benefitting the Ellwood City Wolves Club and Holy Redeemer Church will not be held as an in-person event due to the rising number of…

January 7, 2022

Splash Bros Lead Wolverines Over Lancers

“Splash Brothers” Alexander and Joseph Roth combined to score 43 points Friday night to power the visiting Wolverines to a 56-34 victory over Neshannock. In a rematch of last year’s WPIAL Class-3A playoff semifinal, Ellwood City led the wire to wire for the impressive road victory in the match-up of two loss section foes.  The Wolverines had previously upset the 2-seeded Lancers in last year’s WPIAL Championship run. Tonight, the Roth brothers combined for all 25 first half points for Ellwood City with senior Alexander collecting eight first quarter points while sophomore Joseph poured in nine second quarter points for…

January 7, 2022

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

TERRORISTIC THREATS: According to a criminal complaint, on December 24th Patrick McCloskey, 41, of Ellwood City, was charged with Terroristic Threats With Intent To Terrorize Another. At approximately 9:10 a.m., ECPD was requested by McCloskey’s mother to come to Crescent Avenue due to threats made by McCloskey towards her and her other son. It was learned by police of an active bench warrant for McCloskey’s arrest. Upon arriving to the scene, Patrick was sitting on the porch, he started to tell Officers that he didn’t do anything anything wrong and began to make threats towards the Officers. McCloskey was taken…

January 6, 2022

Holy Redeemer’s Cash & Golf Bash Less Than Two Weeks Away

Less than two weeks are left until Holy Redeemer’s Golf Bash takes place on Sunday, January 16th. The Cash & Golf Bash will be hosted at the Catholic Center located at 311 Lawrence Avenue, Ellwood City. Doors open at noon and the event will take place from 1:00-5:00 p.m. According to their latest social media post, tickets are almost gone, but you may still attend for only $10.00 and participate in the side raffle and 50/50. Prizes will be given away every ten minutes and there will also be table raffles, a Chinese auction, 50/50 raffle, and small games of…

January 5, 2022

Roth, Wolverines Knock Off Rival Riverside

Senior Alexander Roth connected on six 3-pointers en route to his game high 26 points to lead Ellwood City to at 63-40 victory Tuesday Night over rival Riverside. Roth scored 16 points in a first half that saw the Wolverines race out to a 39-24 halftime lead. In a well rounded effort, Roth added five rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Steve Antuono scored 19 points (one 3-pointers, 6-7 FTs, five assists) and Milo Sesti scored 10 points (two 3-pointers, four steals) for Ellwood City.  The team connected on 10 3-pointers in the contest. Bo Fornataro scored a team-high 24…

January 4, 2022

Barry’s Ice Cream Gets New Owners And Remains Open

Barry’s Ice Cream created some angst over the holiday weekend when the owners first announced on Instagram on Sunday that they would be stepping away from the hometown ice cream shop after 28 years. However, new details quickly emerged on Facebook Sunday with a lengthy update announcing the parlor will remain open. The soon-to-be new management team of the parlor will be Kassie Clyde and Marisa Cragle, who are the original owners granddaughters and previous owners nieces. According to their Facebook.com post, both worked in the shop as teenagers and are ready to get into the managerial side and learn…

January 1, 2022

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of January 3rd

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. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. Masks are required to be worn, covering mouth and nose, while in…

December 31, 2021

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

MISSING PERSON: Pennsylvania State Police received reports of a missing person on December 29, 2021. It is reported Lauren Cortez, 32, of New Castle, had left her residence with a known male on December 28th at approximately 4:45 p.m. and last spoke with her parents at 7:35 p.m. relating she was traveling to College Hill in Beaver Falls with the known male and two unknown males. No contact with Cortez has been made since. Cortez is a white female, 5’1″ and 125 lbs with red or auburn hair, and green eyes. She was last seen wearing gray leggings, gray Echo…

December 29, 2021

Wolverines Cruise To Christmas Tournament Championship

Ellwood City traveled north for the Mercer Christmas Tournament and found no resistance in District 10 as the Wolverines earned the tournament championship Tuesday evening. The defending WPIAL Class-3A Champions defeated Saegertown 77-36 on Monday and then host Mercer 74-49 on Tuesday. The Splash Brothers, Alexander and Joseph Roth, each scored 47 points over the two-game tournament. Senior Alexander had a game-high 24 points Monday while sophomore Joseph scored a game-high 25 points Tuesday in the championship game. On Monday, the Wolverines raced out to an early 20-9 first quarter lead over Saegertown and led comfortably 38-19 at halftime. Joseph…

December 29, 2021

PART 2: Top Stories of 2021

In following previous years’ tradition, EllwoodCity.org brings the 2021 calendar year to a close with the Top 10 most popular stories of the year. Today is part two of our two-part series featuring the top news stories of the year based on analytics and social media reach. [VIEW PART 1 OF SERIES] This year has been unforgettable to say the least, we as a community have faced the good, the bad, and the ugly this year but managed to come out on top of it all. We would like to thank our valued readership that helped generated nearly 2 MILLION…