Photos: Bazaar 2015
The annual Holy Redeemer Bazaar is an Ellwood classic with foods, rides, entertainment and raffles for all to enjoy.
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49th Annual Holy Redeemer Bazaar Begins Today
Tonight the 49th Annual Holy Redeemer Parish Bazaar returns to Ellwood City for four nights of rides, games, food and entertainment. From Wednesday, July 29 through Saturday, Aug. 1, the Holy Redeemer parking lot will be packed with visitors enjoying all the Bazaar has to offer. As the period of incessant rain now seems to have ceased, this year’s Bazaar will benefit from sunny, warm, and dry weather. Last year, the Bazaar Committee shortened the Bazaar from four days instead of the traditional five. The four day precedent will be continued this year. Everyone’s favorites will be returning, and there…
Borough Council Almost Creates Illegal Parking Lot
At Monday’s Borough Council meeting, council members unanimously rejected a motion that would advertise an ordinance establishing two parking lots, one of which would have been illegal. The lots in question are on Sixth Street and Bell Avenue and in the 600 block of Lawrence Avenue, west of Burger King. The borough had previously demolished the buildings on the property and now own the lots. The motion, as it appeared in the agenda, was the following:“A motion would be in order to advertise an ordinance establishing an umetered parking lot at the corner of Sixth Street and Bell Avenue for…
Rain Holds Out for Carpenter’s Project
For a summer where it’s rained almost every day, the Ellwood City Carpenter’s Project has been extremely fortunate. This week has been mostly sunny and most of the rain has been in the evening, after the volunteers go home. In fact, in its 14 years, the Carpenter’s Project has never had a full day cancellation from rain, according to director Steve Miller. “I refuse to believe that’s a coincidence,” Miller said. The Carpenter’s Project is a volunteer annual project started and based at Calvin Presbyterian Church. The work crews repair the homes of those who are unable to do their…
Should the School District Move to a Later High School Start Time?
[Statements, opinion, and views expressed in this column are those of the author named and are not necessarily those of the EllwoodCity.org and Thought Process Enterprises team.] Starting school later seems to be a topic that floats around the district. Although I believe it would have benefits, I don’t think it’s a change our school district could radically make. I won’t argue that starting high school later would probably lead to better academic success. There’s no shortage of evidence suggesting a later start time would lead to increased performance based on some sciencey stuff that says teenagers have trouble falling…
Real Estate Transfers from July 2015
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 July of 2015: Ellwood City 611 Madison Ave; Edwin and Amy Clark to Justin Caplinger and Augusta Hohbach for $168,000 922 3rd St; Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Jeffrey and Reneta Hart for $21,700 347 Mt Vernon Dr; Edward and Rose Fox to Brandon Downey for $143,000 36 Franklin Ave; Bank of New York Mellon Trustee to Anthony Sacco for $26,500 224 Patricia Dr; Shirley Scrivo Est and Amy Dimuccio to Kelly…
Ellwood City Post Office Renamed in Honor of Sgt. Leslie Sabo Jr.
Senator Bob Casey was the featured speaker at a ceremony on Monday to rename the Ellwood City Post Office in honor of Medal of Honor winner Sgt. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. The rain held off during the sunny ceremony at 11:30 a.m. yesterday in front of the Post Office. Members of Sabo’s family, various politicians and Ellwood locals gathered around to hear several guest speakers. Sabo was killed in action in the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, for his actions during the Cambodian Campaign. On May 10, 1970, Sabo’s platoon was attacked…
That Time People Got Trapped in an Undermined Building
[Statements, opinion, and views expressed in this column are those of the author named and are not necessarily those of the EllwoodCity.org and Thought Process Enterprises team.] Tuesday, I got to work after being sick for a day and spending the storm sleeping and eating soup. I checked our twitter feed and found this gem: “Residents trapped in collapsed structure undermined due to flooding on River Rd, Ellwood City.” Was it a breaking story that I missed and needed to rush to complete? Then, I noticed something odd about it. It included a picture of the intersection of Lawrence and…
Real Estate Transfers from June 2015
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 June of 2015: Ellwood City 322 4th St; Keith Hoffmeier to Taylor Malson for $57,900 700 6th St; Rose Fritzman to Timothy Lathom for $61,800 637 Crescent Ave; Jeffrey and Lisa Gant and Dominic and Dianne Scalamogna to Gary Keller for $142,000 712 Todd Ave; Edward and Cheryl Kaufman to Amy Wearing and Christopher McLallen for $80,000 36 Franklin Ave; Eric Allwine Est to Bank of New York Mellon for $5622.25 722…
Why Ellwood and Riverside School Districts Should Merge
[Statements, opinion, and views expressed in this column are those of the author named and are not necessarily those of the EllwoodCity.org and Thought Process Enterprises team.] A few years ago, the Ellwood City school board examined the possibility of merging with Riverside. The notion never gathered enough momentum to move beyond the idea stage. With ever declining populations and an increasingly difficult financial situation for public education, I think that a merger will eventually become a necessity. It’s advantageous for the two districts to take the initiative and make a plan to merge within the next five years. There…