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October 20, 2025

2012 LHS Graduate Morella Recognized With First Place Award

Pittsburgh, PA – The law firm of Morella Bencsics announced that co-founder and managing partner Matthew J. Morella earned First Place and was named Best Attorney in the Pittsburgh City Paper’s Best of Pittsburgh 2025 readers’ poll. The award reflects the firm’s continued commitment to excellence and client service across Western Pennsylvania. As a 2012 graduate of Lincoln High School, Morella was a letterman in Football, Baseball, and Basketball and also participated in Mock Trial, Student Council, EC3, and the Caring Team before attending the University of Pittsburgh to study law. He was an Ellwood City School Board member from…

October 18, 2025

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week Of October 20th

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. HOURS Hours are Monday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please remember no one is available to take your calls unless it is in the hours listed above. Activities taking place this week include. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 10:30 a.m. – “Music and Movement,” come and enjoy playing your own music and dancing to the songs. 1:00 p.m. –…

October 18, 2025

EC Routs Union 41-6; Riverside Knocks Off BF 21-18

Both local high school football teams picked up critical section victories Friday night as Ellwood City easily handled winless Union 41-6 while Riverside nudged past Beaver Falls 21-18. The victories improved each team’s respective record to 5-4 with a 4-2 mark in Section 2-2A. (Ellwood City holds the tie break, with a victory over Riverside last week) For Ellwood City, a second consecutive week with a 40-plus point outburst showcased an offensive unit that finished with 477 total net yards. The Wolverines posted 22 first downs and were a perfect 7-7 on fourth down conversions in the road victory over…

October 17, 2025

ALERT: Ellwood City Borough Planned Power Outage POSTPONED To October 26th

ALERT/UPDATE! According to the Borough of Ellwood City social media page: ***IMPORTANT UPDATE-PLEASE READ*** The planned Borough power outage scheduled for Sunday, October 19th HAS BEEN POSTPONED by Penn Power until SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH @ 7:30 A.M. The power outage has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather. below originally posted, October 3, 2025: Ellwood City Borough has announced a planned power outage for October 19, 2025, so that Penn Power can perform maintenance and repairs to a main line that comes into the borough. Borough Manger Kevin Swogger said the outage applies only to borough residents (not Ellport, or…

October 16, 2025

A Century In A Box: Ellwood City Area School District Uncovers a 100-Year-Old Time Capsule

Renovation projects typically bring a little dust, a lot of work, and interesting discoveries among the layers. What started as a routine renovation of Ellwood City’s Lincoln High school, turned into a remarkable connection to the past. School Librarian Heidi Feltrop recounted the moment this quest to unveil a cornerstone to find a time capsule from 1925 began. She said in May a biology teacher was boxing up things in her classroom to accommodate the current construction at Lincoln High School and stumbled upon a dictionary that belonged to a teacher in 1930. Feltrop said this sparked a curiosity within…

October 16, 2025

Ellwood City Moose Lodge Hosting Bully-Free Workshop

Equip your child with the confidence, courage, and tools they need to stand strong against bullies — both in person and online. The Ellwood City Moose Lodge is hosting a FREE Anti-Bullying Workshop for kids and teenagers ages 5–17 on Thursday, October 23rd beginning at 6:30 p.m. The lodge is proud to partner with 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 & 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐊𝟗 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐈 to present the 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏, where Kids and parents can learn 4 steps how to STOP BULLYING & build confidence. Learn how to stand up to bullies safely and confidently…

October 15, 2025

ECASD Planning For Normal School Day Following Planned Borough Power Outage On Sunday

In a statement released by the Ellwood City Area School District, the schools will plan for a normal day of school on Monday, October 20th – the day following the planned borough power outage. The following statement was made available on the district’s website: We have been working to prepare our facilities, food services, and technology systems for the Ellwood Borough power outage on October 19. Our goal is to ensure everything is ready so we can resume normal operations on Monday, October 20. We will have staff on campus this weekend to check all systems and ensure that our…

October 15, 2025

Richard Hogue Replenishment Blood Drive Scheduled For November 8th

The annual Richard Hogue Memorial Blood Drive has been announced and scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025. Hogue was only 28 when his life was taken on November 16, 2013. At the time of his death, he resided in Enon Valley, worked for Nick Mars Construction as a carpenter, and was a member of the Ellwood City Eagles Club. A blood drive is held every year near the anniversary of Richard’s death so that a priceless gift can be given to other families in his honor according to his mother Debra Murdock.  This drive is held every…

October 14, 2025

North Sewickley Presbyterian Church Hosting 7th Annual Trunk or Treat

It is that time of the season for the Seventh Annual Community Trunk or Treat! Join us for a night of fun for your family trunk or treating on Sunday, October 26, 2025. Look for decorated cars, funny costumes and lots of children starting at any of these three churches, Concord Church parking lot, 285 Concord Church Road off route 588, Beaver Falls; Calvin Presbyterian Church parking lot, 615 Crescent Ave, Ellwood City; and First United Methodist Church parking lot, 416 Crescent Ave, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. From there you can visit Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot, 207 Spring…

October 13, 2025

Registration Open for the 2025–2026 REC Wrestling Season

It’s that exciting time of year again—REC Wrestling registration for the 2025–2026 season is still open! If your child has ever wanted to step onto the mat, learn discipline and confidence, and have a blast doing it, now’s the perfect time to join. Practices begin Tuesday, October 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the North Side Wrestleteria (the North Side Elementary cafeteria). Wrestlers and families should enter through the back doors in the alley behind the school. Regular practices will be held Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Occasional Monday practices are depending on coach availability and special wrestling workshop…