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September 30, 2021

Senate Passes Measures to Help Pennsylvania Farmers Move Goods

HARRISBURG – The state Senate this week passed two measures to help Pennsylvania farmers make home deliveries and meet other transportation needs. “These bills will help our farmers move products to market easier and with less unnecessary regulation,” said Senator Elder Vogel (R-47). Senate Bill 736 would enable a farmer to register a farm vehicle for the delivery of milk and other agricultural products to both businesses and homes. Under current law, a farmer is required to purchase, register and maintain a separate commercial vehicle for home deliveries while also maintaining a farm vehicle to deliver products to businesses. Senate…

September 27, 2021

Ascent of NFL Focus of BC3 Lawrence Crossing Noncredit Course

There is no reason “in the world,” Mark Elisco said, that the National Football League should have survived its first two decades, the 1920s and the 1930s. Founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, what would be renamed two years later as the NFL had difficulty against the “vastly more popular” college football, which drew up to 80,000 fans per game to the professional league’s 4,000, Elisco said. “Owners were losing money,” Elisco said. Elisco in October will instruct a noncredit Butler County Community College course at BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing, New Castle, that will examine how the…

September 22, 2021

Reisinger Helps Lead Pioneers; Volleyball Coach Nets 400th Victory

Rob Snyder won his 400th career game as coach of the Butler County Community College volleyball team Monday night as the Pioneers swept Penn State-Beaver at BC3’s Field House. Breanna Reisinger, a freshman outside hitter and graduate of Lincoln High in Ellwood City, led the Pioneers with four aces and added seven kills against the Nittany Lions. “Rob,” Reisinger said, “was very quiet about this. He didn’t want to make a big deal that it was his 400th win. But obviously we knew that and we wanted to win it for him.” The Pioneers, whose roster is composed of only…

September 20, 2021

FearScapes Haunted Attraction Is Opening For Its Third Straight Haunt Season

FearScapes Haunted Attraction, an Ellwood City-based walk-through haunt, is once again opening its doors, offering Ellwood City a new season of frightening excitement starting on October 1 and continuing every Friday and Saturday through the duration of the month. “We’re especially excited about this year’s haunt because we have a totally new immersive storyline that builds off some of the stories and scenes our guests experienced last year,” says FearScapes Haunted Attraction owner John Guerrini. “We also have a few new effects that I think people are going to love.” The 2021 season is a follow-up to their successful 2020…

September 16, 2021

Tenaris Celebrates The Reopening Of Its Manufacturing Facilities in Koppel & Ambridge

Tenaris marked the reopening of its manufacturing facilities in Koppel and Ambridge, Pennsylvania, with a ceremony at its Koppel melt shop – Tenaris’s first steel mill in the US. Tenaris US President Luca Zanotti was joined by US Congressman Conor Lamb (PA-17); State Senator Elder Vogel; State Representative Aaron Bernstine; State Representative Jim Marshall; Beaver County Chairman Daniel Camp; Borough of Koppel Acting Mayor Athena Pangikas-Miller; Borough of Ambridge Mayor David Drewnowski; amongst other community stakeholders and employees for the outdoor ceremony, held with COVID protocols in place. Congressman Lamb, who represents the 17th district of Pennsylvania, which includes Beaver…

September 10, 2021

Ellwood City Cub Scout Pack 806 Holding 2021-22 Sign-Ups

Ellwood City Cub Scout Pack 806 is holding sign-ups for the 2021-2022 scouting year. Registration will be held on Monday, September 13 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm and Wednesday, September 15 from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church, 416 Crescent Ave., Ellwood City. Parents will be asked to attend a parent informational meeting on Wednesday, September 15 at 6:30 pm at the church.  All boys Kindergarten through 5th grade are welcome to sign up.  For more information, please contact Pack 806 at cubpack806@gmail.com or come to one of the registration nights….

September 8, 2021

Ellwood City Fire Department Offering CPR/AED Class

The Ellwood City Fire Department is offering its monthly CPR/AED Class and First Aid class next week. The class is schedule to take place Wednesday September, 15th at 6:00 p.m. at the Ellwood City Fire Department fire station. ECFD offers American Heart Association courses, BLS Healthcare provider, Heartsaver for the general public, and Pediatric CPR/AED/First Aid for teachers and staff of preschools and day cares. Pre-registration is required for this September event. For information or to register for the class, please e-mail Anita Yoder at ayoderecfd23@gmail.com or call 724-333-4992.

September 7, 2021

American Legion & Military Veterans Honor Guard To Host Military Funeral Service

The Ellwood City American Legion Post 157 and The Beaver and Lawrence Counties Military Veterans Honor Guard will host a military funeral service for those Ellwood City area veterans, who because of the pandemic were unable to have the service at their funeral. The program will be held at the Folino Shelter in Ewing Park, Ellwood City on Sunday, September 19th at 2:00 PM. The service will include reading the names of the deceased veterans, the playing of taps and firing of rifles. Notification has been sent to veterans’ families inviting them to attend. If a family did not receive…

September 3, 2021

Riverside Beaver Co. SD Masking Order Update

The Riverside Beaver County School District has posted a masking order update from its administration on the district website this week. In the statement the district advises it will follow the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s order that all staff, students, and visitors wear a mask while indoors in any school building starting on Tuesday, September 7th. The full statement reads as follows: With the recent order imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, we feel it necessary  to restate the goals of the Riverside School District as we continue to navigate together through these trying times. We empathize with the…

September 2, 2021

Wolf Administration to Host Vaccine Clinic in Lawrence County

Harrisburg, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Commission for Women, the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs (GACLA), Adagio Health and the United Way of Lawrence County will host a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Thursday, September 9, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Adagio Health Medical Office, 200 S Jefferson St # 2, New Castle, PA 16101. The clinic is set to take place at the same time of the United Way’s “Day of Caring” to help promote the event. “The Pennsylvania Commission for Women is proud to be hosting this vaccine clinic with the Governor’s Advisory Commission…