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October 18, 2018

Riverside Graduate Creates His Own Horror Effects

Omega FX is a small business created by John Guerrini. Guerrini is a Riverside grad who attended Seton Hill University to get his degree after high school. He had been hired for a job at an amusement park as a college student during the Halloween season, where he had gotten a job as one of the people in costume that walked around the park and it spark his love for all things horror. The ideas behind these frights and how they worked interest Guerrini so much that he decided to create his own business based around the scaring community. Now,…

October 18, 2018

Letter From Ellwood City Medical Center Employees

In a submitted letter from Ellwood City Medical Center employees received Wednesday, nearly forty signatures from loyal employees of the Ellwood City Medical Center accompanied the letter asking those in the community to not believe everything heard and to continue to embrace the community hospital as a healthcare provider. “I am very proud to work with these individuals and many more. We are all dedicated to this hospital and serving our community,” said CEO Beverly Annarumo in an additional statement. “The easy thing to do would be to turn and run, but the people we have here love this community…

October 18, 2018

PHOTOS: Local Police & Fire Departments Softball Game

Two teams of area public servants came together Sunday afternoon for a camaraderie-building, pick-up softball game at the Ellport Lower Park. “No other reason than just to get the two departments together for some fun,” said Ellwood City Fire Chief Rick Myers. “We hope to make it an annual event.” The two teams, pitted as blue versus red, consisted of police department members, Dave Kingston, Ryan Kingston, Rich Kruger, Frank Jennetti, Vinny Jennetti, Jon Fauzey, Wayne Parsons, John Baldelli, Royce Dyber, Mike McBride, and Jon Disher, versus fire department members, Rick Myers, Jason Andrews, Brian Flanary, Mike Whitlatch, Josh Riley,…

October 17, 2018

Real Estate Transfers for September 2018

Courtesy of the Register & Recorder section of the Lawrence County Government Center in New Castle, the following are real estate transfers from the Ellwood City and surrounding areas for September 2018: Ellwood City 917 Crescent Ave; Robin L Fallabel, Robin L Ricco, and Antonio Riccio to Amanda Rose Butcha for $44,800.00. 408 Patrocoa Dr.; William L Atkinson and Margaret M Atkinson to Ryan Carusone for $117,500.00. 834 Garfield Dr; Antonio Riccio and Robin Riccio to Frank Ritorto III, Raymond M and Amanda L Kistler for $150,000.00. 1040 Woodside Ave; Nanyc M Pellicano to Robery and Deborah Riddle for $175,000.00….

October 16, 2018

POLICE REPORT: Identity Theft, Public Drunkenness

Local Women Suffers Identity Theft On Monday October 15 at 12:00 p.m., a local women reported that she was sent a $304.60 phone bill from Verizon Wireless for two cell phone lines she had not opened. When contacted, Verizon refused to release who opened the accounts, how they did it, and the mailing address where the two phones had been sent to. No suspect names have been released. Man Kicked Out Of Two Bars, Found Walking Backwards On Bridge Roger May, 47, of Fombell was charged with Public Drunkenness and Criminal Mischief on Wednesday October 3. May had been kicked out…

October 15, 2018

Attorney General’s Office to Speak at Riverside on Social Media

On Wednesday, October 17th, as part of a Riverside School District Parent Outreach Night, the Attorney General’s Office will speak as part of a free seminar regarding parents, children, and social media. Admission is free for the seminar geared towards parents, but all are welcomed to attend the ninety minute seminar, “Social Media 101 For Parents.” The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Riverside High School auditorium and last until 7:30 p.m. according to information made available by the district. The guest speaker for the seminar is Philip Little, Education Outreach Specialist at the PA Office of Attorney…

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October 15, 2018

Library Activities For The Week Of October 15

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities.  Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. Activities taking place this week include: MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 1:30 p.m. – “Afternoon Book Discussion Group for Adults” The group will discuss the book, “Infinite Home” by Kathleen Alcott. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. – “Family Laptime,” designed for babies as young as 6 month of age, toddlers, and preschoolers.  This is an interactive, family event and features stories, songs, games, finger plays and more.  Registration is requested. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 10:00 a.m. – “Coloring for…

October 13, 2018

PHOTOS: Panthers Knock Off Wolverines In Rivalry Game

The Riverside Panthers used a 127-yard rushing performance by LeMarcus Cleckley to knock off the Ellwood City Wolverines 21-7 to capture the Rivell Cup victory. Cleckley found the end zone in the third quarter while quarterback Ben Hughes connected on two touchdown strikes, a 14-yard score to Nathan Sciarro in the first half and a 6-yard connection to Nic Ottaviani, to lead the Panthers (5-2, 3-2) offense to victory.  Ottaviani also finished with 46 yards rushing while Sciarro finished with a game-high five catches. After trailing only 7-0 at halftime, the Wolverines offense was only able to find the end zone early in…

October 12, 2018

VIDEO: Building Partially Collapses On Lawrence Ave

According to multiple news reports, a portion of a brick building on the 400 block of Lawrence Avenue fell outward Thursday afternoon in Ellwood City.  Parts of brick at 425 Lawrence Avenue, Franus Architects Associates, fell outward and onto the roof of the neighboring building, Taste of China, causing some noise and chaos. According to Dan Franus, president of Franus Architects, the brick veneer on a portion of our building that faces Taste of China pulled loose. “Our building is structurally sound as is the Taste of China Building,” said Franus in a statement to EllwoodCity.org. “That was confirmed by…

October 12, 2018

Borough Yard Waste Pickup Schedule Change

The Borough of Ellwood City has advised its residents that the borough yard waste pickup scheduled for the week of October 28th has been moved to the week of December 9th. However, the remaining pickups remain the same. The remaining weeks are October 14, November 11 and 25, and now December 9. According to the borough website, green borough yard waste bins are available for residents to dispose of their simple yard waste. If a resident has extra yard waste that does not fit into a container, it is recommended that they bundle and tie branches together. These branch bundles…