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December 13, 2018

Ellwood City Wrestling Team Has Early Success

This past weekend, the Ellwood City varsity boys wrestling team began their 2018-2019 season at the 22-team Hickory Invitational. The wrestling team is lead by seniors Jake Alberts and Donavin Chambers, along with their teammates Austin Walley, Donavin Chambers and Zach Polojoic. At the weekend invitational, Walley took first place in his 182-pound class, collecting a 15-3 decision over Elijah Ayers (Coudersport) while Chambers placed second in his 138-pound final, falling 7-2 in the finals. Jake Alberts collected a fourth place finish while Doug Balin went 3-2 this weekend. As a team, Ellwood City finished with 76.5 points in the tournament.  Redbank…

December 13, 2018

Chamber Of Commerce Announces New Executive Director

The Ellwood City Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce our new Co-Executive Directors, Loralei Gallaher-Hink and Jillian Court. Loralei and Jillian will be working alongside each other as the Executive Director of Membership and the Executive Director of Media, respectively. They are looking forward to continue the mission of the Chamber which is to promote a healthy local economy and a high quality of life for the Ellwood City Area and act as the resource center for business, voice for economic development and an information center for the community. The chamber encourages businesses and residents to stop by their…

December 13, 2018

Coffee Shop Lessons: Project Educate Comes To Ellwood

Project Educate is returning to Ellwood City. The workshops started in November and returned for its December workshop earlier this week. The plan is for it to keep coming back every second Monday of the month through the summer of 2019. These workshops are held at 6:00 p.m. at National Grind. Project Educate offers free transition workshops for students ages 14 to 21 with challenges (a 504 plan/IEP, autism, chronic illness, disability, emotional/learning support, medical/mental health diagnosis, etc.) along with their parents, families, and supports. “It’s a really great program and we have had a good turnout but in my…

December 12, 2018

Ellwood City Council Agenda Meeting, New Electric Rate For Vote

Ellwood City Council held their regular monthly agenda meeting on December 10. All council members were present at the meeting. The agenda meeting was brief and allowed for attendees to get a rundown on what will be voted on in next weeks council meeting. Ellwood City Council will vote on a new electric rate for the annual year of 2019, next week.  The new rate introduce for vote will be listed at a PPA stabilized rate .02191/kwh for 2019 usage Previously the council was changing rates every six months, which caused members of the community to question why rate changes…

December 12, 2018

Winter Sports Series PART 2: Riverside Q&A

When the temperature drops and snow, sometimes, covers the ground, that means it’s time for the sports to come inside. In this two-part, Winter Sports series, we will be talking to athletes from both Riverside and Lincoln high school, along with releasing the schedules for all winter sports. For the second and final part of our Winter Sports Series, EllwoodCity.org talked to Lauren Bettencourt and Brian Macmurdo about their wintertime sports. Lauren Bettencourt Girls Varsity Basketball What grade are you in? 12th Grade How long have you been involved in basketball? I have been involved since 3rd grade. Why did…

December 12, 2018

Boariu, Wolverines Emerge Victorious Against Rochester

A near triple-double performance by Wolverine senior Broc Boariu propelled Ellwood City to a 64-41 victory over Rochester on Tuesday at Lincoln High School. Boariu finished with 26 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Wolverines to the coast-to-coast victory.  Ellwood City never trailed in the contest. The Wolverines pulled ahead early with an 18-point first quarter on the strength of a 9-2 run, eventually claiming a 34-20 lead by halftime.  Rochester cut the lead to as little as three points in the third quarter, but Ellwood City held the Rams to only four 4th quarter points to put…

December 11, 2018

Winter Sport Series PART 1: Ellwood City Q&A

When the temperature drops and snow, sometimes, covers the ground, that means it’s time for the sports to come inside. In this series, Winter Sports series, we will be talking to athletes from both Riverside and Lincoln High Schools, along with releasing the schedules for all winter sports. For part one, EllwoodCity.org sat down with Lincoln High School seniors Isabella Roth, Jake Alberts, and Ricky Pitrelli.   Isabella Roth Varsity Girls Basketball What grade are you in? Grade 12 How long have you been involved in basketball? I have been playing basketball since second grade at Holy Redeemer School. Why…

December 11, 2018

Winter Sports: Riv-Ell Winter Sports Schedules

With the cold weather upon us, it’s time to move our sporting events indoors. Below is the local schedules for both Riverside and Ellwood winter sports along with a roster with the participants. Riverside Varsity Boys Basketball The 2018-2019 varsity boys basketball roster consists of seniors Daevon Williams, Daniel Zelch, Luke Bookamer, Nic Ottaviani, and Brian Macmurdo, juniors Nathan Sciarro, Kevin Kolesar, Josh Bishop, Ben Hughes, Liam Grinnen, and J.J. Delawder, and sophomores Calvin Hughes and Sean Falk. The team is coached by head coach John Rorick and assistant coaches Jim Thompson and Dave Piecuch, Riverside Varsity Girls Basketball Players for the 2018-2019 Lady Panther varsity…

December 11, 2018

Wolverine Boys Fall To Hopewell, EC & RHS Girls Victorious

Wolverine Boys Lose To Hopewell Ellwood City fell to Hopewell on Monday, 72-67, even with freshman Steve Antuono scoring 20 points. Jake McGovern scored a game-high 21 points, on seven 3-pointers, to help Hopewell secure the victory. Ellwood City and Hopewell were tied up at 36-36 at the half, but Hopewell gained the momentum during the third quarter, stretching out to a seven-point lead. Antuono led the charge for the Wolverine offense and helped stage a rally late with eight points during the fourth period. He also contributed four rebounds and one steal. Broc Boariu (16 points) and Rick Pitrelli…

December 10, 2018

POLICE: Rash of Vehicle Break-Ins, Telephone Scams Reported

RASH OF VEHICLE BREAK-INS Ellwood City Police Department are requesting residents LOCK their vehicles when parked outside their residences. On Sunday night, December 9, 2018 into Monday morning, December 10, 2018 ECPD took reports of 10 UNLOCKED vehicles broken into in the Meadowridge Drive, Skyline Drive, Aetna Drive, and York Street areas. All of the thefts were from unlocked vehicle. ECPD states that the thefts occurred sometime after 9:00pm and prior to 5:00am. Police are asking any residents in this area with video surveillance cameras contact ECPD if they have footage that will assist police. TELEPHONE SCAMS REPORTED Ellwood City…