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March 9, 2022

Butler County School District Selected As Distinguished School Board

The Slippery Rock Area School Board has been selected as a University of Pittsburgh Tri‐State School Study Council D. Richard Wynn Distinguished School Board. The D. Richard Wynn Award was presented at the 73rdAnnual School Board and Distinguished Educator Banquet, held on March 3, 2022 at the Edgewood Country Club. In a congratulatory letter to school district superintendent, Dr. Alfonso Angelucci, the University of Pittsburgh Tri‐State Study Council’s director, Dr. Diane Kirk, stated, “Tri‐State looks forward to adding your district’s Board to the list of D. Richard Wynn award winners for its significant accomplishments over the past two years.” “Completing…

March 8, 2022

Real Estate Transfers For February 2022

Trying to shake the last of the winter blues? What better way to step forward and get ready for spring than with a move into a new home! Courtesy of the Lawrence County Recorder of Deeds, below are real estate transfers for February 2022 for Ellwood City and the surrounding areas. ELLWOOD CITY BOROUGH: 610 North Street; Derek & Samantha Decouto to JP Morgan Mortgage for $1,323.53 Spruce Way; James Shablesky Est to Richard & Mary Basile for $310,000.00 1118 Woodside Avenue; Jacob Stewart to Andrew Kredel for $115,500.00 350 Mt. Vernon Drive; Mark Mason to Joseph Robert Zimage for…

March 8, 2022

Red Barn Players Return With Four Summer Shows

After a couple of long, hard years, the Red Barn Players are excited to announce their 2022 season. The theater will be back to their normal schedule of four shows performed in the months of June, July, August, and September and season tickets are now available. Each Season Ticket for $55.00 and gives you (4) passes to be used in any combination during the Summer 2022 performances. Season ticket holders may make reservations for this season beginning April 1 at 9:00 a.m. As in the past, go to www.RedBarnPlayers.com to make your reservations. All “Rollover Tickets” have been entered into…

March 7, 2022

Tickets On Sale For Ellwood City PIAA Opening Round Match-Up

Ellwood City boys basketball has earned a spot in the PIAA Basketball Championships and will be pitted against one of the top ranked Class-3A teams on Wednesday. The Wolverines (21-3) will travel for their opening round match-up and face the District 10 champion Franklin Knights (23-2) at 7:00 p.m. at Franklin High School. Tickets are on sale NOW at www.piaa.org Once you are on the PIAA website follow these instructions: Click Purchase Championship Tickets (in the right hand corner of the screen) Click Basketball Scroll down to bottom of screen and click Boys Basketball Click 3A Find the Franklin vs. Ellwood…

March 7, 2022

Ellwood City Band Bash to Benefit Fourth of July Fireworks

The Ellwood City Band Bash is back!!! This year’s event will be held on Saturday, March 19, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Koehler Brewery Pub. “I’m super excited to be bringing the band bash back to Koehler Brewery where it started,” said event organizer Eric Rayner. “Back in February 2020 right before the pandemic hit we had what we called the fireworks fundraiser which later became the band bash. Because of the pandemic we haven’t been back to Koehler since for this event and we focused on our outdoor events we do in the summer and fall. Although…

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

Borough Council Adopts Budget Payment Plan for Utility Accounts

Ellwood City Borough Council adopted Resolution #2004-4 approving a budget payment plan for utility accounts under the following provisions: Customers may complete the application form provided by the Borough during the annual open enrollment period from the third Monday in March through the third Friday in April. The first budget-billing amount will appear on the May utility bill. The maximum budget periods will be twelve (12) months with all balances due to be settled in the 12th month. The budget amount shall be determined by taking the average of the most recent twelve months utility bills. The Borough reserves the…

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…