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June 25, 2020

REMINDER: Firework Guidelines For Ellwood City Residents

One of the most entertaining, and patriotic, summer activities are the fireworks. Whether it’s an expensive firework show in a city or small, dollar store sparklers, no matter your age, everyone loves them. In anticipation of the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend, the Borough of Ellwood City Police have asked for local residents to be mindful and aware of current rules and guidelines as the department has already fielded calls about unlawful activities. In Pennsylvania, the legal age for purchasing fireworks is 18, however there are a lot more rules set in place for them. Within the state of…

June 25, 2020

PLAY BALL! Local Youth Summer Seasons Beginning

Typically, a summer season for baseball and softball would be filled with play-off games and tournaments, but since the pandemic, local youth baseball and softball organizations have decided to use whatever they can of the summer to give the local youth a chance to play this year. Local leagues like the Ellwood City Girls Softball League, will only have 5 teams for their 13-18 age group and 3 teams for their 9-12 age group. They began practicing at the begining of June and will start having games June 29th. The teams have been practicing at the fields in Ellport. They…

June 23, 2020

Lincoln High School Class of ’68 Announcement

Lincoln High Schools graduating class of ’68 had originally made plans to hold an event to celebrate the classes 70th birthday. This birthday party had been scheduled for Friday, July 3, 2020 has been cancelled for this year and rescheduled for 2021. Many of the classmates had expressed their concerns about hosting an event of such large attendee numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic.    

June 23, 2020

Ellwood City Playground Program To Resume

Despite a temporary setback last week with a temporary suspension, the Ellwood City Playground Program is resuming. According to information made available by borough, the Playground Program at Ewing Park will resume Tuesday June 23rd at the regularly scheduled times. The program was temporarily suspended after it was notified an individual that participates in the program on a daily basis was exposed to an individual who has tested positive for Covid-19. However, the awaited Covid-19 test has come back negative this week. The program safety procedures will remain in place; instructors will continue to wear masks, participants will be divided…

June 22, 2020

Ellwood City Library Activities for the week of June 22

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 will be doing curbside pickup starting this week. 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 books and three, either books on CD or DVD’s, per person. All patrons must wear a mask when entering the lobby and wait until there are less than three people…

June 22, 2020

NOTICE: Ellwood City School Board Vacancy

Effective June 9, 2020, a vacancy exists on the Board of School Directors of the Ellwood City Area School District.  The Board of School Directors intend to appoint the new director to fill the current vacancy at General Purpose Board Meeting to be conducted in July. In accordance with School Laws of Pennsylvania, the remaining members of the Board intend to fill the vacancy at a public meeting within thirty (30) days. The individual appointed will serve until the first Monday of December 2021. In addition to being a current resident of the District, Section 322 of the Public School…

June 19, 2020

POLICE REPORTS: Criminal Complaints

The following are police criminal complaints filed at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lawrence County office of Honorable Jerry G. Cartwright. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL On Sunday, June 7, at approximately 3:15 p.m, police were responding to a PFA Violation. When police arrived at the Porterville Road residence in Perry Township, they were met with the victim and her child. The victim recalled to police that her and her ex-boyfriend Steven Ramsey, 34 of Ellwood City, had gotten into a verbal argument about their relationship when, according to the complaint, Ramsey made it physical. The victim related that Ramsey had pushed them…

June 19, 2020

PHOTO: 4th Mayor Beautification Award Presented

Ellwood City Mayor Anthony Court awarded the 4th of his six Beautification Awards to Jenny and Joe Weisz  Jenny and Joe reside on Hazel Avenue and they were very excited to receive the award including the yard sign and gift certificate to a local restaurant. “The Weisz’s take a lot of pride in their property and it shows, ” said Mayor Court in a statement. “Congratulations to the Weisz’s!” There will be two more awards issued this season which Mayor Court will announce soon.  Submissions and nominations are accepted by email at tcourt230@zoominternet.net, the Mayor’s Facebook Page, phone 724-824-7635, or…

June 18, 2020

NOTICE: Franklin Township News & Updates

Starting in July, the Franklin Township Building will be reopening to the public according to information made available by the township on Thursday. According to the township, all Supervisor’s meetings for July and August will be held at the Frisco Firehall. However, the township decided that the Township Cleanup Day and National Night Out has been cancelled for 2020. It would also like to be reminded that burning in Franklin Township is permitted during daylight hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays. If you choose to burn, it must be done in a controlled environment and must burn within a safe and…

June 18, 2020

Playground Program Temporarily Suspended

According to a social media post by the organizers Wednesday night, the Ellwood City Playground Program has been temporarily suspended. According to the post: “Effective Thursday June 18th, the Playground Program at Ewing Park is temporarily suspended. This evening [Wednesday] we were notified that an individual that participates in the Playground Program on a daily basis was exposed to an individual who has tested positive for Covid-19.” “While no participant has tested positive to our knowledge, out of an abundance of caution the program is going to be temporarily suspended until the test results of the exposed individual are in….