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October 22, 2025

Playoff Implications For Ellwood City, Riverside Football Teams

Madness may ensue on Friday with several area football teams vying for playoff berths and seeding in WPIAL Class 2A. According to Lawrence County SportsNet, below are all 16 playoff scenarios in the WPIAL Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference (MAC). In summary: – No matter what, Western Beaver is the top team in the MAC. They could be co-champs with Ellwood City or Beaver Falls, or Tri-Champs with Riverside and either Beaver Falls or Ellwood City, but WB would have the head-to-head advantage over all of them. – Riverside, it’s simple. Win and the Panthers are in the top three…

October 22, 2025

Backyard Composting Workshop Planned

Have you ever wanted to learn how to compost in your own back yard but didn’t know where to start? Attend one of three upcoming workshops to learn the basics of composting at home. Not only will you learn how easy it is to compost, but you’ll also learn how something as simple as composting can make a huge impact on the well-being of our environment, community, health, and climate. The workshop will take place at the Artisan Resiliency Center, 781 New Castle Road, Butler, PA on Wednesday, November 5th from 6:00 p.m to 7:30 p.m. There is no cost…

October 21, 2025

REMINDER! Ellwood Federal/ESB Bank Employee Reunion Planned For November 8th

The Ellwood Federal/ESB Bank Employee Reunion has been planned! The deadline to reserve has been extended until October 27, 2025. Mark your calendars and tell anyone you know that was or is a current employee. Look forward to seeing old friends again, refreshments, a catered buffet dinner and cash bar. The reunion event will take place Saturday, November 8, 2025 at the Ellwood City Saxon Club from 2:00-6:00 p.m. with a catered buffet dinner at 4:00 p.m. Cost for the reunion event is $40.00 per person, past or present employees only. Please submit payment to Cindy Scaramazza via Apple Pay…

October 20, 2025

Riverside Girls Soccer, Volleyball Teams Each Earn Berths In WPIAL Playoffs

The Riverside Girls Soccer Team (8-3-1) captured the Section 1-A crown and earned a #4 seed in the 2025 Class-A Girls soccer WPIAL Playoffs. The Lady Panthers will begin their playoffs on Tuesday, October 21st against Riverview High School at Central Valley High school at 6:00 p.m. Class-A top seed Sewickley Academy rolled to a perfect 15-1 record in Section 3 while defending Class-A champion and 5-seed Springdale finished 10-1-1 in Section 4. With a victory Tuesday, Riverside would advance to play the winner of #4 Springdale/#13 Chartiers-Houston on Saturday, October 25th at a stie and time TBD. The WPIAL…

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…