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December 20, 2019

Ellwood Wrestling Victorious; Walley Collects 100th Career Win

The Ellwood City Wolverine wrestling team improved to 2-0 in the Section and 2-0 Overall on Thursday with a 48-15 victory over the Beaver Bobcats. Austin Walley, a Bucknell University commit, recorded the 100th win of his career with a 22-second fall.  Also winning for Ellwood were Ben Gallenz, Matt King, Damon Bumgadner, Michael Swesey, Antonio Perez, Billy D’Zio, and Rodney Grymes. Full results: 106: Ben Gallenz (ECH) over (BAH) (For.) 113: Double Forfeit 120: John Hall (BAH) over (ECH) (For.) 126: Double Forfeit 132: Matt King (ECH) over (BAH) (For.) 138: Damon Bumgardner (ECH) over (BAH) (For.) 145: Alec…

December 19, 2019

EC Boys Basketball Defeat Lions, Fall to Vikings; Riverside Falls at Buzzer

The Ellwood City boys basketball team split two games this week, while Riverside boys team fell on a last second shot to Neshannock. For the Wolverines, coming off its upset road victory over Aliquippa last Friday, two home games netted a victory over New Brighton on Tuesday and a home defeat to Hopewell on Wednesday.  A high powered scoring attack netted the victory on Tuesday that stretched the Wolverine win streak to three games. On Tuesday, sophomores Steve Antuono and Alexander Roth combined to score 40 of the team’s 50 points in Ellwood City’s 50-40 victory over New Brighton. The…

December 19, 2019

House Approves Bernstine Legislation to Prevent Violent Offenders from Early Release

HARRISBURG – The House of Representatives today overwhelming passed legislation that would preclude the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole from paroling an inmate at the expiration of his or minimum sentence if the inmate was convicted of a violent offense or an obstruction of justice while incarcerated. House Bill 1855 or Markie’s Law, authored by Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence), was named after Mark Mason, an 8-year-old from Lawrence County, who was brutally stabbed to death by a man who was paroled at the end of his minimum sentence for homicide, even after committing two separate assaults of other inmates…

December 18, 2019

BC3 President’s Speech to Leadership Lawrence County Class “Eye-Opening”

(New Castle, PA) Students should research the average starting wage of their intended profession when evaluating the cost of the college or university that will prepare them to enter their field, Dr. Nick Neupauer told Leadership Lawrence County’s Class of 2019-2020 on Thursday during an Education Day seminar designed to introduce program participants to higher education opportunities in the county of 86,000. “If you have student-loan debt equal to or less than the average starting wage, you can make it work,” said Neupauer, an Ellwood City native and president of Butler County Community College since 2007. “If you are going…

December 17, 2019

EC Electric Customers to See Savings in 2020

Borough residents could start to see savings on electric bills. Borough Manager David Allen announced the possible decrease in a council meeting Monday night. Councilman Rob Brough asked when those savings could be passed on to residents and Allen said as early as January. Council voted to adopt a resolution establishing a stabilized purchase power adjustment (PPA) for the 2020 electric usage as $.00988/kwh. He said customers should definitely see some savings since the previous PPA was more than two cents. Allen said the PPA will be locked in for a year and that the amount of savings will vary…

December 17, 2019

Council Passes 2020 Budget: Will Not Include First Responder Command Vehicle

In a three to four vote, Ellwood City Borough Council passed the $15.47 million 2020 budget. Before casting the votes, Councilwoman Lisa Guerrera urged council to consider adding in the purchase of a new first responder command vehicle. Fellow council representatives Rob Brough and Judith Dici agreed with Guerrera, which led to their vote of “No” on the 2020 budget. Guerrera said with the recent closing of the Ellwood City Medical Center, the time to upgrade is now. “This is our only line of defense to keep someone alive,” she said. “We are on our own here.” According to Guerrera,…

December 16, 2019

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of December 16

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities.  Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. Activities taking place this week include WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 10:00 a.m. – “Coloring for Adults,” a weekly program that is free and open to the public. It is designed to help reduce stresses of everyday life. All adults are welcome. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 3:00 p.m. – “Food for Thought Book Group,” they will be discussing the book “Maximum Ride” by James Patterson. 6:00 p.m. – “Adult Knitting Group,” which meets weekly to work on individual projects. New members are…

December 14, 2019

Wolverines Stun Aliquippa On Road, Win 51-50

In what comes as a surprise to many, but also may be a sign of things to come, the young Wolverines boys basketball team stunned and upset Aliquippa Friday night, winning 51-50 on the road. Sophomore Alexander Roth led all scorers, finishing with four 3-pointers and 22 points, to lead the Wolverines in their come from behind victory. Ellwood City, who trailed 26-22 at halftime, outscored Aliquippa 18-11 in the final frame and cemented the one point victory with clutch free throw shooting late. Roth scored 10 points in the pivotal fourth quarter. Junior Ryan Gibbons collected all four of…

December 13, 2019

Dom Viccari Day Designated

Dom Viccari received a proclamation from Mayor Court this week.  Saturday is designated as ‘Dom Viccari Day’ in the borough on his 87th birthday in honor of his 65 years of service to the community. In a submitted speech by Mayor Court, he states the following: It is a great honor for me to present this very special Proclamation to a special person, Dom Viccari. Dom’s entire life has been lived and surrounded around Ellwood City, in both a professional aspect as well as his total involvement in the community. He has served on many committee’s that have not only…

December 13, 2019

PART 2: High School Basketball Athlete Q&A; Boys Basketball

When the temperature drops and the roads become white with snow, school athletics turn to the great indoors to continue their competitive play. Within the two schools that reside in our small town, one of the most prominent indoor sports is boys and girls basketball. To give our winter warrior athletes their time to shine, EllwoodCity.org has decided to sit down and provide a Q&A with selected basketball student/athletes from each school district. We conclude our two-part series recognizing the boy’s basketball teams and their respective student/athletes. To view part one of our series, CLICK HERE. ELLWOOD CITY WOLVERINE BOYS…