Articles by EllwoodCity.org Staff

Brough, Cress, Fisher, and Guerrera Announce Run for Ellwood City Borough Council

With several seats up for election, four local residents announced their candidacy for the Ellwood City Borough Council; Rob Brough, John Cress, Brandon Fisher, and Lisa Guerrera stated that they are teaming up to bring positive reforms to Ellwood City Borough. The candidates promise to focus on the issues of Ellwood Electric reform, bringing fiscal responsibility, and creating local jobs that support families to stop the exodus of young residents from Ellwood City and fill the empty storefronts along Lawrence Avenue. “In the last several years, Ellwood City has seen a huge decline in population, significant tax increases, more empty…


Relay For Life Event Leadership Meeting

Relay For Life Event Leadership Meeting, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 6:00 – 7:00 P.M. Thank you to all interested people that came last month.  It is time again to start planning for the 2017 Ellwood City Relay For Life event.  Our members have been busy working on new ideas for more community involvement, come out and give us your ideas!  We meet at the Wellness Center next to Ewing Park Bridge at 6 pm, don’t shy away because of the meeting length or because you don’t  want to be committed to long term involvement in Relay.  Give us what time…


Ellwood City Area Public Library Activities for Week of March 6, 2017

Activities taking place at the Ellwood City Area Public Library include the following: Tuesday, March 7, at 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. — Family Laptime, an interactive program for babies as young as 6 months of age to toddlers and preschoolers. Featured are stories, songs, finger plays, games and more. Registration is requested, so call the library at 724-758-6458 for more information. Wednesday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m. — “Coloring for Adults,” a weekly program that is free and open to the public. “Coloring for Adults” is a new concept in helping to reduce the stresses of everyday life. Everyone…



Bob Ross Style Art Lesson

Sandy Hughey will be teaching a Bob Ross wet on wet technique art lesson to the public on Saturday March, 25 from 10a.m.-4p.m. The lesson is open to anyone, beginner or pro, aged 14+ and will be held in the Lincoln High School room T (the old ceramic room). For more information call 724-758-2211


10th Annual Lawrence County Women’s Conference

When: Saturday, March 11, 2017 8:00 am—2:30 pm Where: Shakespeare’s 1495 Mercer Road, Ellwood City   Program Overview WOMEN are EVERYTHING! Celebrate 10 years of Women coming together to help each other achieve their dreams! The Lawrence County Women’s Conference delivers top contacts and resources to enhance and engage women of all stages of life. Driven to foster the development of following individual dreams, the Conference focuses on sparking ideas by providing networking tools to help women initially grasp their dream…and then follow them. Welcome featured speaker, Madame Justice Debra Todd, who became the first Democratic Woman to be elected…


Wurtemburg Perry Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry

The Wurtemburg Perry Volunteer Fire Department, located at 488 Portersville Rd, will be hosting their Lenten Fish Dinner on the following days: March 10 & 24, April 7 & 14. Serving time will start at 5p.m. and end at 7p.m. Take out will be available and can be called into 724-758-9126.


Ellwood Area Golden Agers 55+ Event

Community members 55+ are invited to enjoy an afternoon of Bingo and cards held at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Center Starting on March 15th and tentatively throughout the following dates: March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 19, 26, and May 3, 10, 17, 24. Doors open at 12:30p.m. with Bingo and cards starting at 1p.m. The event is free but Bingo will cost $1-$2 per ticket, light snacks and drinks will be provided. Any questions can be answered by calling the church office at 724-758-4411.


Riverside to Present “The Drowsy Chaperone”

The Riverside High School Theater will present the hilarious comedy musical, The Drowsy Chaperone starting tomorrow through March 5th in the high school auditorium. A cast of over seventy-five from the high school and middle school will participate in the production directed by Andrew Kovall.  This is the 54th Anniversary of Theater at Riverside, so we hope you can join us for this landmark show. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the…


Portersville Christian School Championship Games Recap

Portersville Christian School Championship Games took place this past Saturday, Feb. 25th with the junior high boys losing to Central Prep 32-16, junior high girls winning against Central 13-11, Varsity girls losing to Aquinas 44-27 and Varsity boys winning 55-45 against Cheswick. This is the first time in history that all four of Portersville Christian School’s basketball teams have gone on to the Championships in the same year. The Varsity boys are officially back to back SWCAC League Champions and back to back Tri-County Division Champions. This is the first time the school has had three consecutive appearances by the…