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March 6, 2022

Riverside Swimming Collects WPIAL Relay Golds, Roth Sets WPIAL Record

The Riverside Boys Swimming team collected a WPIAL Gold in the 200 and 400-yard Freestyle relay events and set WPIAL records – both collectively and individually – along the way during the WPIAL Swimming Championships this past weekend at the University of Pittsburgh. The 200-yard Freestyle relay Gold was the program’s third consecutive crown. The team finished second overall in Class 2A with several strong individual performances. “Our main goal was to just focus on the things in our control,” said head coach Bill Valli. “I tell our kids to give championship effort and have fun doing it. The points…

March 6, 2022

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of March 7

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! The Library is open. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. Masks are required to be worn, covering mouth and nose, while in…

March 4, 2022

Annual Ellwood City Easter Egg Hunt Returns!

The Easter Bunny Is Back. The 27th Annual community Easter Egg Hunt is set to return to an in-person event in April! After COVID safety concerns cancelled the event entirely in 2020 and later forced a drive-thru only event in 2021, the event will return to Ewing Park on Saturday, April 9, 2022. “We are working on so much to make up for the two years we didn’t get to hold our event,” says committee member Kathy Brenner. The egg hunt is for all area children ages 10 and under and the event is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m….

March 4, 2022

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

FORMER ELLWOOD CITY MAN CHARGED WITH WITNESS RETALIATION: A former Ellwood City man who is serving a federal prison sentence has been indicted by a federal grand jury for witness retaliation, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced Friday. The one-count Indictment, which was returned on October 26, 2021, and unsealed today, named Derick Davare, age 35, as the sole defendant. According to the Indictment, on or about May 15, 2019, Davare engaged in conduct that caused and threatened to cause bodily injury to another person with the intent to retaliate against that person for giving information to a law…

March 1, 2022

Riverside Swim Team Defends Section Title, Eyes WPIAL Championships

For a fourth consecutive year, the Riverside High School Swim Team has earned section championship bragging rights. The boys finished a perfect 8-0 in their Class-AA section with their latest victory against the Beaver Bobcats on February 17th The co-op swimming team consisting of Ellwood City and Riverside athletes will next look towards defending various titles at the WPIAL Championships later this week, Thursday, March 3rd and Friday, March 4th at Trees Pool on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The boys 200m freestyle relay and 400m freestyle relay are currently ranked first in the WPIAL according to coach…

February 27, 2022

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of February 28

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! The Library is open. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. Masks are required to be worn, covering mouth and nose, while in…

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February 24, 2022

Alexander “Alex” Scott Hohbach, 34

Alexander “Alex” Scott Hohbach, age 34, formerly of Ellwood City passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 18, 2022 at his residence in West Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He was born on January 8, 1988 to Holly and Allen Hohbach. Alex attended Lincoln High School in Ellwood City and received his GED in June 2007. He continued his education at Butler County Community College with an associates degree in General Studies. After college he spent his time doing traveling sales. He was a man of many trades with his most recent job at Whitehall Specialties Plant. In Alex’s spare time, he enjoyed being…

February 24, 2022

Riverside Lions Donate Candy, Aid In Tornado Relief Efforts In Kentucky

The Riverside Lions recently got involved in two noteworthy causes. The club got to help distribute a large amount of donated leftover Christmas candy, cookies and bake goods to six different organizations. “We were able to give to Riverside Angel Fund, Ellwood City School District, Beaver Falls School District, Central Valley School District, Holy Redeemer Social Services and the Portersville Food Bank,” says King Lion Chip Campbell. A final amount of candy was distributed at the club’s anniversary party. “That was a pretty rough time, we had a tremendous amount of candy in two thirds of our living and dining…

February 22, 2022

Wolverines Connect On 14 3-Pointers, Cruise To 72-42 Opening Round Victory

Ellwood City came out firing from deep Monday night as they easily ousted visiting Summit Academy 72-42 in the opening round of the WPIAL Class-3A Playoffs Monday night. The Wolverines finished with 14 3-pointers in the contest, including five in a 23-point first quarter outburst. Ellwood City led by a dozen after the first quarter and never looked back. The sound victory was aided by great passing (25 assists), shooting (aforementioned 14 3-pointers), and balanced scoring (four players  with 10+ points). Senior Alexander Roth connected on five first half triples en route to a team-high 23 points (7 3-pointers, seven…

February 22, 2022

Riverside Lions Club Celebrates 60th Anniversary

The Riverside Lions Club celebrated its 60th Anniversary at the meeting held earlier this month on Wednesday, February 9th. The meeting was attended by 2nd VDG Maria Loudermilk, and Pam Flara, both members of the Riverside/Hopewell Branch Club. The club played games and 2VDG Maria gave out some prizes, we also enjoyed some cake.  There were handouts with information about what happened in 1962 and the price of things back then. Mike Kuglics the oldest member of the club, stood and gave a small talk on how thing were in the early days. Kuglics has been a Riverside Lion for…