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April 8, 2020

Overnight Storm Ravishes Ellwood City Area

Severe thunderstorms ravished the Ellwood City with high winds last night downing many trees, damaging homes, and businesses in the area. Overnight weather reports describe severe thunderstorms stretching into Ellwood City at 55 mph with wind gusts to 60 mphand quarter-size hail. A large tree toppled down on Glen Avenue damaging utility poles and wires. No injuries have been reported. A large tree took down several utility poles on Glen Ave in Ellwood City during last night’s strong thunderstorms. pic.twitter.com/NqSTglaqVx — Andrew Rush (@andrewrush) April 8, 2020 . Here’s a better look at some of the storm damage in Ellwood…

April 2, 2020

Annual Earth Day Event Cancelled, Virtual Art Contest Announced

The Lawrence County Earth Day Committee announced the cancellation of the annual Earth Day festivities.  The event will be replaced with a virtual art contest. In the statement received this week, the committee stated, “We are committed to keeping our visitors safe and healthy at Earth Day; therefore, the Lawrence County Earth Day Committee has decided to cancel the event scheduled for April 18th in Ewing Park.” In lieu of holding the event, a virtual art contest for all ages will be held to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Be creative with your art supplies by using only…

March 27, 2020

State Police Releases Non-Life-Sustaining Businesses Enforcement Totals

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania State Police released data on actions taken against non-life-sustaining businesses that failed to comply with Governor Tom Wolf’s order closing their physical locations. Enforcement began on Monday, March 23, 2020. On Thursday, Pennsylvania State Police issued a total of 21 warnings, bringing their week total to 78 warnings.  No citations have been reported. A total of four warnings have been reported in the troop coverage area that includes Ellwood City.  The coverage area consists of Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer counties. A map of counties covered by each troop is available on psp.pa.gov. The…

March 27, 2020

Wayne Township Announces Modified Meeting

To mitigate the COVID-19 spread, the Wayne Township Supervisor meeting, scheduled for Thursday April 2, 2020 has been modified to transact essential business only. The Board of Supervisors will be participating in a “Conference Call Business Meeting” for the April Board Meeting. To maintain a safe environment for our residents and complying with the “Stay-at-Home” mandate by Governor Tom Wolf, the township asks the residents to please contact the township by phone or email for any other issues that may need addressed. A township official remarked in email, “there will be a meeting but we are trying to discourage attendance…

March 20, 2020

Borough of Ellwood City Declares A State of Emergency

The Borough of Ellwood City has declared a State of Emergency amid the COVID-19 global pandemic.  The announcement was made per a press release made available by the Borough and Mayor Anthony Court Friday morning. The declaration is effective at 12:01 am on Saturday, March 21, 2020. In a statement Mayor Court states: I believe this current situation will test all of us in many ways. Each individual will see some sort of change in their life. Change can be scary, but I believe we will come out of this strong than ever. This Proclamation puts us in the position…

March 16, 2020

Lions Club Announce Student of the Month

Angel Zilka, a Riverside senior, is the Ellwood City Lions Club Student of the Month for February 2020. Zilka plans on attending the Community College of Beaver County and is also working as an intern at the Ellwood City Forge Pictured below, left to right are Chris, Angel, and Carl Zelka, along with King Lion Chip Campbell. For over 70 years, The Ellwood City Lions Club raised hundreds of thousands of dollars that helped individuals, organizations and other causes within the local, county and state associations. Last fall, the Lion Club completed two community service projects [READ MORE]. For more…

March 14, 2020

Ellwood City Public Library Closes To Coincide With School Closures

On Friday, and in advance to the national state of emergency declaration, the state of Pennsylvania stepped up containment efforts by ordering a two-week closure of all public schools and urging residents to stay away from malls, gyms and other public spaces. In accordance, the Office of Commonwealth Libraries has instructed all Pennsylvania public libraries to close Saturday through March 29, to coincide with the school closure. According to information made available by the Ellwood City Public Library, the library plans to re-open March, 30, 2020. Below are the memorial submissions for the week of March, 16, 2020. MEMORIALS: The…

March 13, 2020

LaVonne McCreary, 85

LaVonne McCreary, 85, of Clearwater, Florida, formerly of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Largo Medical Center in Largo, Florida. She was the daughter of the late Emile and Margaret “Peg” Mitchell Pelissier and was born July 24, 1934, in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her sons, Norman McCreary of Ellwood City and Mark McCreary and his wife, Laura, of Spain; grandchildren, Maggie Tesone and her husband, Michael, of Ellwood City and Teaghan McCreary of Nashua, New Hampshire; one brother, Lafe Pelissier of Wampum, Pennsylvania; nephews, Lafe Eric Pelissier and his wife, Elaine, of Rochester,…

March 13, 2020

Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, New Presumptive Positives Bring Statewide Total to 21

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health this morning confirmed five additional presumptive positive case of COVID-19 — four residents from Montgomery County and one resident from Northampton County. All are adults and are either in isolation at home or being treated at the hospital. This brings the statewide total to 21 cases; 19 of the cases are presumptive positive and two cases, one in Delaware County and one in Wayne County, have been confirmed by the CDC. “While we anticipate that there will be more Pennsylvanians with COVID-19 in the coming days and weeks, it is important for residents…

March 12, 2020

Riverside School District Releases Statement Regarding Coronavirus

According to information made available on the district website, the Riverside Beaver County School District superintendent Bret Trotta released a statement this week regarding the coronavirus epidemic and what the district is doing to prevent any potential spread of the virus. The statement reads: We are writing today due to the recent news of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and want to inform you on how our schools are responding. Please trust that proactive steps are being taken on campus to help avoid an illness outbreak of any kind. Teachers and staff members have been well informed of the PA Department of…