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August 7, 2025

Final 2025 Beautification Award Winner Announced

Mayor Anthony J. Court awarded the final 2025 Beautification Award to Charlotte Regna of 860 Constitution Avenue. “Charlotte’s dedication is clearly reflected in her beautiful yard, her efforts have truly paid off,” said Mayor Court. As part of the recognition, Charlotte received a decorative yard sign and a gift certificate to a local restaurant. This presentation marks the conclusion of the 2025 awards season. Congratulations to all the winners and the Mayor’s office is looking ahead to its return next spring. VIEW ALL 2025 WINNERS PICTURED BELOW (left to right) Charlotte Regna and Mayor Anthony Court

August 6, 2025

PHOTOS: Franklin Township National Night Out

Franklin Township held its Annual National Night Out Event on Tuesday, August 5th at the Franklin Plaza in Ellwood City. The evening featured food & drinks, games & activities for all ages, local police, fire, and emergency responders, Music & entertainment, and Raffle prizes & giveaways. To learn more about NNO, please visit the township website at www.franklintownshipbeavercounty.com or the NNO website: natw.org.

August 5, 2025

Real Estate Transfers For July 2025

The sun shined vibrantly in July bringing warmer, summer-like temperatures. The summer season offers great weather and had area residents on the move and getting in to new real estate in July. The median sale price of a home in Lawrence County was $153,000 last month, up just 0.7% over July 2024. The median sale price per square foot in Lawrence County is $123, up 2.9% since last year.  According to Redfin.com, the Ellwood City housing market is somewhat competitive. The median sale price of a home in Ellwood City was $196,000 last month, up 45.1% since last year. The…

August 4, 2025

Mayor Court Recognizes Col. Nicole Ewing Hurley With Proclamation

Mayor Anthony J. Court offered a special recognition to Col. Nicole Ewing Hurley of Operation Healthy Ellwood IRT 2025. “Her guidance and wavering dedication were pivotal in Operation Healthy Ellwood. Her leadership in public health has left an indelible mark on our town and its people,” said Mayor Court in a statement. “May we carry forward the spirit of Operation Healthy Ellwood, and continue to build a thriving, healthier future for our city.” Mayor Anthony J. Court, along with the community of Ellwood City, do hereby express our heartfelt recognition and deepest appreciation to Colonel Nicole Ewing Hurley for her…

August 4, 2025

PHOTOS: Free Basketball Camp Draws 44 Participants

A free, five-day co-ed basketball camp took place last week for 44 players at the Ewing Park Basketball Courts. The camp was scheduled for any boy or girl aged 6–12 and ran from 10 a.m. until noon. Camp director Bob Rak led the camp with assistant coaches Father Joe Freddy, Mark Garvin, Brad Brown, Joe Fisher, and Herm Petti. Coach Rak commented that the campers were all eager to learn, great to work with, and the camp was a huge success. He hopes to continue make this an annual event. The coaches pictured (left to right): Father Joe Freddy, Mark…

August 2, 2025

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week Of August 4th

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. 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. Please remember no one is available to take your calls unless it is in the hours listed above. NOTE The Library is taking books for the book sale. Activities taking place this week include. MONDAY, AUGUST 4 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – “Interactive Play,” children can play…

August 1, 2025

Omni Fiber Brings High-Speed Fiber-Optic Internet to Ellwood City

Residents and business owners in Ellwood City can now tap into blazing-fast fiber Internet service, thanks to a major expansion by Omni Fiber, a rapidly growing fiber broadband provider. Homes and businesses in many of the northern neighborhoods are officially live and ready to be connected, with Omni Fiber rolling out its symmetrical gig-speed service to both homes and local businesses. Company officials say this marks the first phase of a citywide deployment, with crews already working to extend service throughout Ellwood City proper in the coming weeks. “We’re thrilled to bring our next-generation fiber optic network to Ellwood City,” said Ron…

August 1, 2025

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

  THEFT: On July 13th between the hours of 11:00p.m. and 9:00a.m. a motorcycle was stolen from Wilson Ave. The investigation is ongoing according to a criminal complaint. DUI: Clark Groce, 64, of Ellwood City is charged with DUI after an incident occurring on June 5th at approximately 11:55p.m. Police contacted Groce while in his parked car that was found to be in someone’s yard. Groce stated that he was very confused and blacked out making him unaware on how he ended up in the yard. Officers conducted a Standard Field Sobriety Test on Groce, and he was taken into…

July 31, 2025

Ellwood City Moose & Word Alive Church Host Breakfast For IRT Operation Healthy Ellwood

Volunteers from the Loyal Order of the Moose #93, Word Alive Church and Divine Grace Church, who also provided the space, provided a warm breakfast Sunday morning July 27th at the local Catholic Center for all service members. “Our administration Bill Balin came up with the idea to do something for the staff of the IRT event,” said Conny Gallenz of the Moose Club. “We expected and hosted over 100 military personnel.” The Moose contacted various local businesses and reached out to the community via social media and its website for donations. “We were very lucky to receive donations from…

July 30, 2025

PHOTOS: Mass Casualty Incident Exercise On Lawrence Avenue

As part of the ongoing efforts of Operation Healthy Ellwood, military and local emergency responders went through a mass casualty incident (MCI) exercise Tuesday evening on Lawrence Avenue in Ellwood City. The scenario simulated a vehicle striking multiple pedestrians, requiring a rapid and coordinated emergency response. Operation Healthy Ellwood is a Department of Defense initiative bringing no-cost health services to the community. Nearly 200 military medical professionals from the Air Force, Army, and Navy are staffing the no-cost health clinic at Lincoln High School that concludes this week.