Articles by EllwoodCity.org Staff

Hockey to be Played Under Lights

Perhaps it’s the feeling of being in the spotlight, but whatever the reason, in any outside sport, it’s exciting to play under the lights. Now, with the help of the Ellwood City Borough, Stiefel Hockey can now host nighttime games. On Sunday, the lights that were installed just weeks ago were turned on at the Stiefel Park dek hockey rink for the first time in years and games were played after sundown. For the past year, Stiefel Hockey organizers, specifically Caleb Cragle, Don Featherstun and Sean Coonfare, have been attending monthly borough council meetings discussing as well as requesting the…


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School District Leaves Photo Situation Alone

Last night, with over 15 area photographers in attendance, the Ellwood City Area School Board announced they removed the proposed plan of using one company for all of the school’s photos from the meeting’s agenda. “As you can see, there are a lot of personal photographers that would hurt from this and could potentially put them out of business,” board member Bob Stevenson said. On Monday, the school board proposed the idea of using Clark’s Studio of New Castle as the sole photography company for the district – they would have the exclusive rights of taking all school photos including…