Over 400 people attended the Ellwood City Wolves and Holy Redeemer annual golf bash on Saturday at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Center. The Golf Bash, which featured prize drawings every 15 minutes, benefits educational endeavors. In addition to the golf prizes, there was 50/50 drawing, table raffles, and a Chinese auction. The event grand prize included $500.00 cash and TaylorMade M1 Driver and FWD. photos submitted
Tuesday afternoon at 2:45, the Lincoln High School Unified Bocce team will host the New Wilmington Greyhounds in their final regular play match of the season. The match will be held in the big gym and is free and open to the public. The Ellwood City Wolverines are 2-0 on the season. Special Olympics Unified Sports is an inclusive sports program that combines an equal number of Special Olympics athletes (individuals with intellectual disabilities) and partners (individuals without intellectual disabilities) on teams for training and competition. The members of the Lincoln Unified Bocce team include: (Back row, L-R) Reed Angelucci, Alex Scott, Nathan…
Ellwood City finished their last match of the year last Friday with a 30-24 win against Fort Cherry. Next Friday, February 16th the Wolverines will be traveling to Canon MacMillan to compete for the section and individual WPIAL Championships. Jake Alberts (106), Tyler Baird (126), Doug Balin (145), and Braden Strohecker (160) all collected match victories for the Wolverines. Full Results: Ellwood City (ECH) 30.00 Fort Cherry (FCH) 24.00 220: Double Forfeit 285: Double Forfeit 106: Jake Alberts (ECH) over Nasier Sutton (FCH) (MD 14-3) 113: Double Forfeit 120: Jacob Merriman (FCH) over Matt King (ECH) (Dec 6-3) 126: Tyler…
Activities planned at the Ellwood City Area Public Library include the following: Monday, February 12, at 6:30 p.m. – Evening Book Discussion Group for Adults. This group usually meets the first Wednesday of the month, but because of the snowstorm last week, the meeting was rescheduled for Monday evening. The group will discuss the book, “The Usual Rules,” by Joyce Maynard. Call the library at 724-758-6458 for more information. Tuesday, February 13, at 6:30 p.m. — A Valentine’s Day Family Night Party is planned, featuring a variety of fun-filled activities. Since this is a family night event, all children must…
(Jackson, Miss.) An organization with 3.2 million members in 10 countries has selected Dr. Nick Neupauer, president of Butler County Community College, to receive its highest honor, one that recognizes his commitment to BC3’s academic honor society and resolve to foster student success and empowerment, a Phi Theta Kappa regional coordinator said. Neupauer, an Ellport native and a 1985 graduate of Lincoln High School, will receive the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction at the centennial celebration of Phi Theta Kappa on April 20 in Kansas City Phi Theta Kappa’s Rho Phi chapter at BC3 in 2017 reached the elite and ultimate…
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 Area for December, 2017: ELLWOOD CITY: 524 Haig St; Wilington Savings Fund to Kristin Malone Glies for $52,000 200 Wampum Avenue; Robert Hozick Est to Pennymae Loan Services for $1,647.77 602 Franklin Ave; Shannon Hufnagel & Shannon Radich to Joshua Larry for $45,000.00 512 York St; Jason Allwine & Kimberly Allwine to Mallary Allwine for 76,000.00 633 Line Ave; Willis Marbuger & Patricia Marbuger to Heather Piper for 80,900.00 1004 Sunset Blvd; Karilynn Kline…
February 2018– Lawrence County EdCamp, an educational conference like no other, will be held at two different locations in Lawrence County on Friday, February 16, 2018. The structure of the conference is very informal and educator-driven. All Lawrence County school districts have a professional development day scheduled into their calendars on February 16th. It was decided amongst the superintendents to try an EdCamp instead of canned presentations that may not fit all educators’ needs. The idea was brought to the superintendents by Joe Mancini, Superintendent of the Ellwood City Area School District. “I brought it up at one of our…
Mayor Court held his monthly Mayor’s Advisory Meeting recently discussing that dispite the 419 drug arrests since he has taken office, the fight against drugs in the area is gaining strength. Mayor Court is working hard hand in hand with the Lawrence County DA to institute new strategies in this fight. Mayor Court will be speaking at the Rotary meeting on March 15th. He will also appear at the Fireman’s Banquet on February 24, 2018. Although the fight against drugs is #1, there are many problems that must be attached to make Ellwood City all it can be. For one,…
Aided by six match victories, the Ellwood City Wolverines wrestling team defeated New Castle 42-17 Tuesday evening during senior night. Match victories by Jake Alberts, Tyler Baird, Donavan Chambers, Doug Balin, Braden Strohecker, and Austin Walley proved decisive in the Wolverines victory. Ellwood City’s next match is against Fort Cherry on Wednesday at 6:00pm. The Wolverines will then head into the section and WPIAL tournament the following weekend (2/16/18-2-17-18). Full results as follows: Ellwood City Hs (ECH) 42.00 New Castle (NECA) 17.00 195: Angelo Agostinelli (ECH) over (NECA) (For.) 220: Quaeshawn Napier (NECA) over (ECH) (For.) 285: Micah Killion (NECA)…
The Riverside boys basketball team used a strong first quarter to run away from Mohawk and claim victory in their Section 1-3A finale Tuesday while the Ellwood City Wolverines saw an slim, early lead quickly evaporate in their section finale defeat at the hands of Lincoln Park. Both teams had already clinched playoff berths and will look forward to the release of the WPIAL playoff brackets. Riverside finished section play at 4-6 while Ellwood City finished 5-5 in Section 1-3A. The two head-to-head victories by the Wolverines over Riverside in the regular season may prove pivotal in playoff seedings. Riverside…