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September 24, 2022

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of September 26

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. PLEASE NOTE The Library has partnered with Seneca Library District, Oil Creek Library District, Erie County Public Library and Crawford County Federated Library System for e-books. You can now use the Overdrive or Libby App. to borrow books from the above Libraries. Please call the library with any questions. WE’RE OPEN! Hours are Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 1:00…

September 23, 2022

Ellwood City Fire Department To Host Town Hall Meeting On Monday

The Ellwood City Fire Department will host a town hall meeting on Monday. The meeting is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. and in regards to a tax referendum question borough residents will answer on the November 8 election.  The question is: Would you accept a new one mill tax in order to pay for advanced life support services? The meeting will take place at the fire hall located 411 6th Street. If passed, the fire department would be able to hire a 24/7 licensed paramedic position to the force. Currently, and according to a social media post, the Borough of Ellwood…

September 23, 2022

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

ENDANGERING WELFARE OF CHILD: On August 2nd at approximately 5:29 p.m., Ellwood City Police were dispatched to an area of Haig Street and Madison Avenue for a caller reporting a 4-year-old girl by herself sitting in the middle of the road. The caller advised no parents around and when police responded to the scene and spoke with the caller they were advised this is an ongoing issue with the child. Officers made contact with the girl and asked where she lived. The girl took officers to a house on Byng Street where police made contact with Tyler Chickos, 26, the…

September 22, 2022

Ellwood City Annual Fall Clean-Up Scheduled For October 1

Don’t ‘waste’ this opportunity to clean up and rid yourself of unwanted items in your household! Ellwood City has scheduled its annual fall clean-up date for Saturday, October 1st from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Drop off location is the parking lot at 1200 Factory Avenue in Ellwood City, just west of Adams Manufacturing Building #4 and prior to the Moose Lodge The cost is $10.00 per passenger vehicle for drop offs. No commercial vehicles allowed. Tags may be purchased through the utility window at the Borough building at 525 Lawrence Avenue Curbside pick-up is available for disabled residents or…

September 21, 2022

Freshman Jordan Keller Qualifies, Earns Spot In WPIAL Golf Semifinals

Ellwood City Freshman Jordan Keller fired a round of 78 on Monday at Green Meadows Golf Course to qualify and advance to the WPIAL Class 2A Semifinals. Keller finished 5th overall in the Section V qualifier event, easily besting a target score of 86 to advance. Other Wolverine golfers posting scores from Monday include Colten Crizer (89), Mitch Covert (91), Carson Capello (97), Grady Smith (99), and Nathan Williams (100). Fellow Freshman and Laurel Spartan golfer Eli Bintrim finished with a low round of 74 on Monday. The next round for Keller in the WPIAL 2A Golf Individual Championships is…

September 19, 2022

SPORTS: Ellwood City Cross Country and Golf Teams Continue Winning Streaks

The Ellwood City Wolverines Co-Ed Cross Country Team and Co-Ed Golf teams each collected victories last week to continue their respective winning streaks. Golf has now won four straight matches after losing four of their previous five matches. The Wolverines last week defeated the Mohawk Warriors in by far the biggest upset on the year by Ellwood City with a score of 214-218. The victory came eight days after the Wolverines were victorious against the Union Scotties 221-232 to break the losing ways. The winning ways continued this week as the Wolverines defeated the Riv-Ell Cup rival Riverside Panthers at…

September 18, 2022

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of September 19

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. PLEASE NOTE: The Library has partnered with Seneca Library District, Oil Creek Library District, Erie County Public Library and Crawford County Federated Library System for e-books. You can now use the Overdrive or Libby App. to borrow books from the above Libraries. Please call the library with any questions. WE’RE OPEN! Hours are Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 1:00…

September 16, 2022

Ellwood City Wolves Den Honors American Legion Post 157

The Ellwood City Wolves Den II met on Wednesday, September 14th and honored American Legion Post 157 with their Pro Bono Publico Award. American Legion Post 157 was instrumental in bringing the half size replica of the Vietnam War Memorial, “The Moving Wall”, back to Ellwood City on August 18 through August 21, 2022. It was last here in 2009. The Wolves provided a certificate to Joe Fisher who is the Commander of American Legion Post 157. The Wolves provided a dinner of hamburgers and hot dogs to the volunteers from various organizations (Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, Wolves Club…

September 14, 2022

LifeLine Screening To Conduct Community Health Event

Life Line Screening will be performing a day of preventive health screenings at Calvin Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The Community Health Screening Event helps bring important health tests to the community at an affordable price. The tests look to identify risk factors that can lead to cardiovascular disease, stroke and other serious illnesses. Life Line Screening uses these non-invasive methods to get you lab-accurate results and recommendations you can review with your doctor.  Five screenings are available for $149.00.  Calvin Church is located at 615 Crescent Avenue, Ellwood City, PA 16117 There are three ways to register…

September 13, 2022

SPORTS: The Streak Is Over!; RHS Tennis Defeats Wolverines; EC Volleyball Remains Unbeaten

The longest losing streak (27 games) in the WPIAL is officially over as the Wolverines cruised to their first victory in 4 years, defeating the Carlynton Cougars 46-6 on Friday night. The Cougars started the night off with electing to receive the ball after winning the coin toss, showing that they wanted to start on offense early. This back fired quickly as a fumble recovery by #20 Jackson Kerr at the 10:35 mark set up the Wolverines with great field position at the Cougars 35 yard line. The Wolverines quickly capitalized on the play, scoring on a 14 yard rushing…