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May 14, 2024

REMINDER: 2024 Mayor Beautification Awards Set To Begin

Ready, Set, Spring! Mayor Anthony J. Court will once again be doing the “Beautification Awards Program” for Ellwood City residents. This is the 15th year of this successful program. There will be six winners and each will be awarded a gift certificate from a local restaurant and yard sign to display. If you would like to nominate a friend, relative, or neighbor you could do so by dropping the request off at the Mayor’s office in the Municipal Building on Lawrence Avenue or by calling Mayor Court at 724-824-7629. Nominations will be accepted beginning May 10, 2024 and program will…

May 13, 2024

Trio Of Local Playoff Games Set For Tuesday

Three local teams will compete on Tuesday in the opening round of their respective WPIAL playoffs Top seeded Panthers boys baseball team will look to defend its WPIAL title as it opens its 2024 playoff journey on Tuesday. Riverside will take on #16 Keystone Oaks at 4:30 p.m. at North Allegheny High School. The Panthers took charge last week with two victories over section foe Mohawk to earn an outright section championship. Riverside finished 11-1 in Section 1-3A and 13-1 Overall with their lone defeat at the hands of Neshannock. The Lancers enter the playoffs as a #11 seed while…

May 11, 2024

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week Of May 13th

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. 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. HOURS Hours are Monday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m….

May 10, 2024

PHOTO: Riverside High School Announces 2024 Prom Court

Riverside High School is proud to announce the 2024 Riverside Prom Court. Riverside Junior/Senior promenade will take place Friday, May 10th beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverside High School auditorium with the formal prom to follow at the Connoquenessing Country Club. Prom is to be held from approximately 8:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. After prom activities have been planned by the parent After Prom Committee, and run concurrent with prom at the same location, and are scheduled from 10 pm to 1 am. Prizes will be awarded throughout the evening. Students must be present to be awarded their prize….

May 10, 2024

Riv-Ell Presentations: Food trucks, Mobile Florists, Special-Service Funeral Homes

Eleven seniors at Lincoln High School and four at Riverside presented business plans April 25 as the capstone project in a Riv-Ell Entrepreneurship Program and in pursuit of a 16-credit Butler County Community College workplace certificate in entrepreneurship funded by donors. Riv-Ell students who pitched their ideas for ventures before more than 30 spectators in the Lincoln High School library were Lincoln’s Kaci Barnett, Madelyn Carner, Nicholas Franitti, Sidney Gibbons, Aydin Kline, Madison Long, John Lorenc, Alexis McClean, Claire Noble, Ryan Turner and Talan Young; and from Riverside’s Jax Bender, Brooke Dougherty, Brooklyn Gruber and Ciera Koller. About their business…

May 9, 2024

Wayne Township 2024 Clean-Up Day Announced

Wayne Township residents are invited to participate in the annual clean-up day, which will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. until Noon at the Wayne Township Municipal Building, located at 1418 Wampum Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117. This event is for Wayne Township residents only. Proof of residency is required. The cost to participate is $10.00 per pickup truckload. Items that we are ready to accept and properly dispose of include household items, furniture, and other non-hazardous materials. However, please note that we cannot accept freon, paint, tires, construction materials, garbage, electronics including TVs and computer…

May 9, 2024

Girl Scout Troop 28845 Fills New Outdoor Food Pantry

The Brownies of Girl Scout Troop 28845 worked on part of a badge, called Take Action on Wednesday, May 1st and filled a new outdoor food pantry at Trinity Lutheran Church. The requirements of the troop badge is to give back to the community. The troop decided to make an outdoor food pantry with the help of Mark DiFrischia and SCS Designs. The Ellwood City community now has access to non-perishable food items. “The Food Pantry will be like the Little Library where anyone in the community can take or give a non perishable food,” said Josalyn DiFrischia, Lawrence County…

May 9, 2024

Record 15 Riv-Ell Students Pitch Business Plans

A record 15 high school seniors profiting from a yearlong Riv-Ell Entrepreneurship Program pitched business plans April 25 that impressed Ellwood City area leaders and in pursuit of graduating from Butler County Community College on May 15 with a 16-credit workplace certificate funded by donors. The 11 Lincoln and four Riverside seniors in 2023-2024 represent the largest group to seek the post-secondary credential in a 6-year-old program that combines academic coursework with practical experiences. Riv-Ell is a collaboration between BC3 and Ellwood City area businesses. Private contributions to the BC3 Education Foundation fund tuition, fees and books. Graduates earn a…

May 8, 2024

PHOTOS: Ellwood City Earns 3rd Place Finish At WPIAL Track & Field Championships

The Ellwood City boys track and field team placed third in the WPIAL Class 2A team championship at Peters Township Middle School on Tuesday. The Wolverines defeated Hopewell 79-61 to earn the third place finish. “I think many teams underestimated us this year and we proved everyone wrong,” said head coach Nate Brown. “We started with several postponed meets and my belief is the calendar beat us up pretty badly. That said, I know that I and my coaching staff and very pleased with this finish.” Quaker Valley won the WPIAL 2A Championship after beating Greensburg Central Catholic 76-65. Ellwood…

May 8, 2024

Riverside Clinches Section Title, Ellwood City’s Playoff Hopes Dashed

The Riverside baseball team completed its critical two-game sweep of Mohawk on Tuesday, earning a 9-4 road victory and clinching the Section 1-3A title. The Panthers (13-1 Overall, 11-1 Section 1-3A) used a three-run homerun by Darren McDade in the sixth inning to put the game out of reach. Riverside got on the board in the third inning, scoring four runs without the aid of a hit. Zach Hare was hit by a pitch and Sam Barber walked, each scoring a run and a fielders choice by McDade and fielding error plated two more Panthers runs in the inning. Mohawk…