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February 9, 2018

Real Estate Transactions for December 2017

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 Area for December, 2017: ELLWOOD CITY: 524 Haig St; Wilington Savings Fund to Kristin Malone Glies for $52,000 200 Wampum Avenue; Robert Hozick Est to Pennymae Loan Services for $1,647.77 602 Franklin Ave; Shannon Hufnagel & Shannon Radich to Joshua Larry for $45,000.00 512 York St; Jason Allwine & Kimberly Allwine to Mallary Allwine for 76,000.00 633 Line Ave; Willis Marbuger & Patricia Marbuger to Heather Piper for 80,900.00 1004 Sunset Blvd; Karilynn Kline…

February 7, 2018

PHOTOS: Wolverines Wrestling Defeats New Castle

Aided by six match victories, the Ellwood City Wolverines wrestling team defeated New Castle 42-17 Tuesday evening during senior night. Match victories by Jake Alberts, Tyler Baird, Donavan Chambers, Doug Balin, Braden Strohecker, and Austin Walley proved decisive in the Wolverines victory. Ellwood City’s next match is against Fort Cherry on Wednesday at 6:00pm.  The Wolverines will then head into the section and WPIAL tournament the following weekend (2/16/18-2-17-18). Full results as follows: Ellwood City Hs (ECH) 42.00 New Castle (NECA) 17.00 195: Angelo Agostinelli (ECH) over   (NECA) (For.) 220: Quaeshawn Napier (NECA) over   (ECH) (For.) 285: Micah Killion (NECA)…

February 7, 2018

Panthers Victorious, Wolverines Fall in Section Finales

The Riverside boys basketball team used a strong first quarter to run away from Mohawk and claim victory in their Section 1-3A finale Tuesday while the Ellwood City Wolverines saw an slim, early lead quickly evaporate in their section finale defeat at the hands of Lincoln Park. Both teams had already clinched playoff berths and will look forward to the release of the WPIAL playoff brackets.  Riverside finished section play at 4-6 while Ellwood City finished 5-5 in Section 1-3A.  The two head-to-head victories by the Wolverines over Riverside in the regular season may prove pivotal in playoff seedings. Riverside…

February 5, 2018

PHOTOS: Wolverines Fall to Quips On Senior Night

Ellwood City fell to Aliquippa on Friday, 64-58, even with Broc Boariu scoring 17 points. The game saw no team lead by double-digits and Ellwood City hold a slim lead in the last quarter of play – a drastic turn in play from the meeting between the teams earlier this season. The Wolverines trailed only 32-31 at half after scoring a game-high 19 points during the second quarter. Boariu had a great game from the field, making 54% (7-for-13) of shots attempted as well as 38% (3-for-8) of threes attempted.  He scored 12 first half points and pulled down 12…

February 2, 2018

Free Spaces to Show Creations

Daysprings on 6th is no stranger to hosting artistic events; coming up this spring is the Show and TELLwood Expo, on April 28, 2018. While the final details of the event are yet to be decided, shop owner Janet Keenan is offering fifteen free spaces to local artists and creators to display creations. Due to limited spaces they will be given out on a first come first serve basis. Call 724-752-1512 to register.

February 2, 2018

Old Photo Friday: Ground Breaking

This week’s old photo is of local officials holding a ground breaking ceremony on March 12 1981 in the area of the primary sewage treatment plant off Wampum Avenue where construction to make improvements was beginning. From the left is [previous] Ellwood City Borough Councilmen Martin Kovach, George Barberio, Roy P. Meehan Jr., Council President, and Nick Colao, all holding shovels; Chuck Music, sewage treatment plant operator; Greg Ferrese, Borough Manager; and Georhe Jeffers, general contractor for the improvement. Photo and information provided by the Ellwood City Historical Society

February 2, 2018

Yesterday’s Special Council Meeting Recap

Thursday evening council called for a special meeting to discuss and vote on the Electric Department construction and to extend the bidding time frame for the construction of the new Public Works Building. All council members were in attendance, as was Mayor Anthony Court and Borough Solicitor Ed Leymarie. After much discussion, council passed the motion to cancel the construction and bidding for the new Electric Department Building in a 5-2 roll call vote. Michelle Lamenza and George Celli were the two council members to vote against the cancellation, stating they stood by their previous vote. “The building may be…

February 2, 2018

Golf Bash to Benefit Educational Endeavors

The Ellwood City Wolverines are teaming up with Holy Redeemer to host a Golf Bash to benefit educational endeavors. The event will be Saturday, February 1- at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Center from 4-9p.m. Cost is $20 and includes food and refreshments. More information on the flyer below.

February 1, 2018

Council to Hold Special Meeting Tonight

Tonight at 5:15p.m. at the Ellwood City Municipal Building, council will be holding a special meeting to discuss the outcome of the public works and electric buildings. Council will be discussing the possibility of deadline extensions for bidding on the construction of the public works building and to entirely revoke the plan to create a new facility for the electric department. Several council members, including the new elects Rob Brough and Lisa Guerrera, councilwoman Marilyn Mancini, and Council President Judy Dici, have previously stated they are not in favor of rebuilding the electric department. The projects in total are expected to…

February 1, 2018

February History Center News

History Center News for February 2018: Ellwood City Area Historical Society 310 Fifth Street, Ellwood City, Pa 16117 724-752-2021 February 14, 2018 – Happy Valentine Day March 12, 2018 – Speaker Ryan Kegel April 9, 2018 – Louise Carroll – portraying Mrs. Merritt Greene May 14, 2018 – Annual Scholarship Program – Dom Viccari NOTE: February 12 meeting will be at the History Center at 7pm. Guest speaker will be Dan Burns. February is President George Washington and Abraham Lincolns birthday. 30 YEAR Anniversary: The Ellwood City Area Historical Society became a non-profit corporation on February 12, 1988 and is…