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March 20, 2018

Pittsburgh Steelers to Play Basketball Game at Lincoln High School

For the first time in several years, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be playing a basketball game at Lincoln Junior Senior High School. The LHS Caring Team is sponsoring the event in which current and former members of the Pittsburgh Steelers will play against a team of Ellwood City Area School District faculty members and some players from this year’s boys basketball team. The game will tip off at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, March 28, following a co-ed game featuring alumni from Lincoln’s boys’ and girls’ teams at 7:00. Tickets are $7 each and are available at each school building in…

March 19, 2018

Police: New Castle Man Charged with Viewing Child Pornography

According to the criminal complaint filed on March 6, Steven Robert Nerone, 35, of 1704 E Washington St, New Castle, was charged with dissemination of child pornography. In February 2017, state police investigated a report from Microsoft that a Skype user had uploaded a known picture of child pornography. State police requested a subpoena to be issued to Comcast for an IP address identification. The Comcast report identified the IP user as Nerone. In October, police obtained a search warrant and interviewed the suspect. In December, police seized Nerone’s hard drive and thumb drive and located over 450 pictures and…

March 19, 2018

Ellwood City Public Library Activities for Week of March 19

Activities taking place at the Ellwood City Area Public Library include the following: Monday, March 19, at 1:30 p.m. – Afternoon Book Discussion Group for Adults. The group will discuss the book, “The Edge of Lost,” by Kristina McMorris. New members are welcome. Call the library at 724-758-6458 for more information. Tuesday, March 20, at 10:00 a.m. — Family Laptime, a weekly program designed for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. The spring session, which will be held every Tuesday through April 24, features stories, songs, games and more. Registration is requested, so call the library for more information and to register….

March 16, 2018

Letter to the Editor – Council’s Decision to Save Money Will Have Opposite Effect

As is often the case with government, the recent decision by Ellwood City Borough Council to recoup costs from local non-profits is likely to have the exact opposite effect from what is desired. These actions are being taken in the name of fiscal responsibility, but the reality is that the Borough gets much more benefit from these groups than what it contributes. If the Borough were to put a bid out to hire a contractor to clean up the waterways, how much do you think it would cost? What about hiring bands to play at the plaza downtown or paying…

March 15, 2018

PHOTO: Eagle Scout Commendation Presented Monday

At the Borough Council meeting on Monday, members of council along with Mayor Court presented a “Commendation” to a local Eagle Scout. Christopher Brandt achieved his Eagle Scout Award – Troop 806. “Amazing accomplishment and dedication for a terrific guy. Congrats again my friend — You’re Awesome!” In photo with Mayor Court and Chris are his proud Parents Tim & Sally Brandt. Also pictured are Council President, Judy Dici, Councilman Rob Brough and Councilwoman Lisa Corey Guerrera.

March 14, 2018

NOTICE: Recycling In Plastic Bags No Longer Accepted

According to a press release made available Tuesday afternoon, and effective immediately, Valley Waste will no longer accept recycling in plastic bags. Recycling must be placed loose in carts or bins. Please do not put plastic bags in your home recycling bin. The Valley Waste Recycling Center is meant to sort cans, bottles, paper and cardboard. It is not meant to sort plastic bags. Plastic bags are among the greatest headaches for recyclers. They slow down systems, drive up costs and hurt the quality of materials. It is not that used plastic bags cannot be recycled into new materials, they…

March 12, 2018

Ellwood City Area Public Library Activities for the Week of March 12

Activities taking place at the Ellwood City Area Public Library include the following: Monday, March 12, at 6:30 p.m. – Classics Book Discussion Group for Adults. The group will discuss the book, “Lost Horizon,” by James Hilton. Call the library at 724-758-6458 for more information. Tuesday, March 13, at 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. — Family Laptime, a weekly program designed for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. The spring session, which will be held every Tuesday through April 24, features stories, songs, games and more. Registration is requested, so call the library for more information and to register. Tuesday, March 13,…

March 12, 2018

Riverside Panthers Swimmers Ready For PIAA Championships

The 2018 PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships will be taking place this week at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and will feature five hopeful Panther swimmers. The Championships are schedule to take place Tuesday, March 13th through Thursday, March 15th at the Kinney Natatorium on Bucknell University campus. The Riverside swimmers will race as follows: 200 Medley Relay – seeded 6th ( back – Josiah Shaffer, Breast -Dylan Griffith, Fly – Dean Kralic, Free -Donnie Paracca ) 100 Fly – Dean Kralic Senior -seeded 1st 200 Free Relay – seeded 9th – Dean Kralic, Josiah Shaffer, Dylan Griffith, Donnie Paracca…

March 9, 2018

2-Time Defending Champ Riverside Earns Preseason Top Ranking

Your two-time defending WPIAL Champion Riverside Panthers are slotted as preseason #1 for Class-3A, Section 2 according to an WPIAL baseball social media account.  Following the Panthers in the section ranking is Ellwood City in third place. Both Riverside and Ellwood City baseball teams begin play next week with scrimmage games scheduled.  Riverside will host Western Beaver on Friday, March 16 at 4:00pm while Ellwood City will also host a home scrimmage game versus Moon Area at 4:30pm. #WPIALBaseball Preseason Rankings for 3A Section 2! pic.twitter.com/2P5YOPR0xF — WPIAL Baseball (@wpial_baseball) March 9, 2018 Riverside finished last year undefeated in the…

March 8, 2018

Ellwood City Community Easter Egg Hunt Seeking Donations

The Ellwood Area Egg Hunt Committee is in need of donations to help make their 23rd annual community Easter Egg hunt a success. This year, the 23rd Annual Community Easter Egg hunt will take place Saturday, March 24th in Ewing Park for ALL area children ages 10 and under.  The events start at 11:00 and also at this time the 4 & under hunts will start, followed at 12:00pm with all other hunts beginning. This year the committee will be adding one extra hunt to the event. This will be the last hunt of the day. This hunt is for…