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The Penn State Master Gardeners of Lawrence County are holding their spring symposium on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church, 135 Decker Drive in New Castle from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year’s program will feature four educational topics. Join Adam Haritan, a wild food enthusiast, researcher, and forager, as he presents “Spring Foraging for Wild Edible Plants”. Brandon Ratvasky, from Ratvasky Supply, will share “New Plants of 2018”. Penn State Extension Urban Forestry Associate Educator, Scott Sjolander, will present “A Practical Introduction to Assessing Tree Risk”. Come learn the art of bonsai, as Michael…

February 2018– Lawrence County EdCamp, an educational conference like no other, will be held at two different locations in Lawrence County on Friday, February 16, 2018. The structure of the conference is very informal and educator-driven. All Lawrence County school districts have a professional development day scheduled into their calendars on February 16th. It was decided amongst the superintendents to try an EdCamp instead of canned presentations that may not fit all educators’ needs. The idea was brought to the superintendents by Joe Mancini, Superintendent of the Ellwood City Area School District. “I brought it up at one of our…

Penn State Extension, Beaver County Tourism and Agricultural Preservation are hosting free informational sessions to hear from farmers and local food businesses about promoting Ag in Beaver County. The agricultural community of Beaver County, Pennsylvania is hosting three info sessions in each region of Beaver County to share opportunities for farmers, farm owners and local food & farm-related businesses to promote their business through Beaver County Tourism. The three informational sessions will occur as follows: Monday, February 12 2-4pm at Chippewa Township Municipal Meeting Room at 2811 Darlington Rd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 Tuesday, February 13 2-4pm at New Sewickley…

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Ellwood City will hold their Leadership Meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 6:00pm. The meeting will be held at the Moose at 1400 Factory Avenue in Ellwood City and is open to the public. The meeting will continue discussion of plans for the 2018 event, with a Super Heroes theme, Who is Yours?, Currently the tentative date for the Relay For Life event is June 2nd downtown. The committee welcomes your input and support! Things we will be discussing are parking and when to close the street for setting up.  We…