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November 19, 2018

Library Activities For The Week Of November 19

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, NOVEMBER 21 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. 3:00 p.m. – “Creative Writing Workshop,” for students in seventh grade and up. The group meets twice each month to share their work and discuss writing tips and techniques. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 The Library will be closed for Thanksgiving….

November 16, 2018

2018 Halloween Contest Winners

Congratulations to this years winners of the 2018 EllwoodCity.org Costume Contest! Gabriella Morales, the 6 month old baby dragon won first place in this years contest with an outstanding 538 likes. Following up in second place was Apollo who was dressed as Clark Kent, who is Superman’s alter ego, rolled in 449 likes. The winners stopped by the EllwoodCity.org office within the Color Center on Lawrence Avenue to collect their cash prizes this week. They were given the prizes by EllwoodCity.org staff member. Their photos were submitted by Hannah Bartell and Ashley McCullough. Thank you to everyone who submitted their…

November 16, 2018

Wrestling Meeting To Be Held Monday

There will be a wrestling meeting for all parents with students in grades 7-12 at Riverside and Ellwood City who are interested in wrestling.   The meeting on Monday, November 19 beginning at 6:00pm. The meeting will take place in the Ellwood City School District cafeteria.  All interested in wrestling are welcome to attend the public meeting. The Wolverines wrestling team, led by head coach Craig Alberts, had an impressive season in 2018, led by Donavin Chambers who received the Silver Medalist at the Southwest Wrestling Regional and qualified for states. The Wolverines sent three wrestlers, Austin Walley, Jake Alberts, and Chambers, to…

November 16, 2018

Ellwood City Council: Monthly Agenda Meeting Rundown

Ellwood City Council held their regular monthly agenda meeting on November 13. All council members were present at the meeting except Mayor, Anthony J. Court due to a prior engagement. The agenda meeting was brief and allowed for attendees to get a rundown on what will be voted on in next weeks council meeting.  A significant personnel change will take place when the borough votes on Monday to hire a new borough manager.  There were 14 applicants for the position and one needs to be chosen before Joseph Cioffi ends his temporary term as borough manager in January. Below are the…

November 16, 2018

Vintage Clothes Needed For Historical Fashion Show

The Ellwood City Area Historical Society, the Lincoln High School History Club and the Lincoln High School Drama Club are planning a “Historical Fashion Show.” In order for this to happen, they’ll need clean vintage articles of clothing donated, or at least borrowed for this event. Ideally, the clothes should be from 1890 up until 1950-1960. The event came to be when the president of the Ellwood City Area Historical Society, Everett Bleakney, proposed to the board of director that they should reach out to Lincoln High School to try and get more people interested in Ellwood City’s history. Thus the idea…

November 15, 2018

Ellwood City Senior Signs With Robert Morris

Lincoln High School Senior Ariana Garroway has decided to continue her softball career by signing with Robert Morris University. Leading up to this opportunity has been years of hard work in her varsity softball career. Within the past three years, Garroway had proven herself to her coach multiple times. After her sophomore season, Garroway had been given the title of The Times’ 2017 Softball Player of the Year after leading the Lady Wolverines to their second consecutive WPIAL Championship. “She’s so athletic. She has all kinds of potential. She’s only a sophomore, but she has a chance to be special….

November 14, 2018

Real Estate Transfers for October 2018

Courtesy of the Register & Recorder section of the Lawrence County Government Center in New Castle, the following are real estate transfers from the Ellwood City and surrounding areas for October 2018: Ellwood City 516 York St; Daniel B. and Taylor R. Reed to Stephani M Damato for $87,500.00. 803 California Ave; Shane Kaleb Shawn Henderson and Shane K, Henderson Shaw to Micah and Nicole Neely for $128,000.00. 601 Lawrence Ave; Sandra B. Filippone to J & J Allen LLC and Allen J & J LLC for $132,000.00. 221 Orchard Ave; Ruth A. Kolesar EST and Ruth Kolesar EST to…

November 14, 2018

Big Foot The Movie Set To Film Sequel

On May 29, 2015 the locally filmed ‘Big Foot The Movie’ was released. The hilarious horror-comedy/yinzer/redneck film was a great success propped by local staging, talent and filming. It had a cast of locally known actors such as ‘Pittsburgh Dad’ Curt Wootton and Joanie Dodds, while it was filmed by Riverside graduate Jared Show. Fellow Riverside graduate Nathan McGill also stars in the film. The movie was such a success that the demand for a second movie was put into action. The second movie is going to start filming at the beginning of 2019, with the same cast and characters….

November 14, 2018

Ellwood City Varsity Football Head Coach Contract Terminated

The Ellwood City Area School District has terminated the contract of varsity head coach Nick Hand. Hand stepped down prior to the 2018 season due to an illness. Rob Magnifico, who had been with the program for over 10 years, was named interim head coach for the 2018 season, the team’s first in the recently reclassified Class 2A. “The Ellwood City Area School District and Mr. Nick Hand have mutually and amicably decided that he would not return as varsity football coach for the 2019 season, due to reasons unrelated to his performance as a coach,” said school superintendent Joe…

November 13, 2018

Freedom Healthcare Services Celebrating 2 Year Mark

This week, the locally owned Freedom Healthcare Services building in Ellwood City will be celebrating its 2 year anniversary. Their official “birthday” is Thursday, November 15. Owner Hunter Farmer and his group of employees have grown into a facility that now has treated over 300 people since opening two years ago. The building, located at 773 Pershing Street, has treated 329 people since it’s grand opening, with 120 active patients currently. While that is only a fraction of the 3,000 patients their Bridgeville location has served in its 10 years, it’s still a noteworthy accomplishment. While working closely with Lawrence…