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February 14, 2022

ECASD Board of Directors Hires Track Coaches

The Ellwood City Area School District’s Board of Directors hired Alan Marsh and Nathan Brown to serve as co-head varsity track coaches during its February 10 meeting. Historically, the track team had one head coach and four assistant coaches. Because of the hiring of co-head coaches, the team will have only three assistants this year, according to ECASD Superintendent Dr. Wesley Shipley. Volleyball The board also voted to classify Middle School Volleyball as a sport and an eighth grade coach and seventh grade coach fall under the guise of the Head Volleyball Coach and under the pay matrix with all…

February 12, 2022

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of February 14

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. PLEASE NOTE: The Library has partnered with Seneca Library District, Oil Creek Library District, Erie County Public Library and Crawford County Federated Library System for e-books. You can now use the Overdrive or Libby App. to borrow books from the above Libraries. Please call the library with any questions. WE’RE OPEN! The Library is open. Newspapers, magazines and toys will not be available for the time being. Masks are required to be worn, covering mouth and nose, while in…

February 11, 2022

All Aboard Ellwood To Host Informational Meeting

Do you have a love of local history?  Are curious about the caboose that sits at the 4th Street railroad crossing in town? Come out and learn more! An informational meeting hosted by All Aboard Ellwood, Inc. (AAE) is schedule to be held at the Ellwood City History Center next week to discuss the groups goals and project specifications. The event is scheduled for Thursday, February 17, 7:00 p.m. at the History Center, located at 310 5th Street, Ellwood City. Door prizes will be awarded. Group leaders will discuss why AAE was established and what the group is doing to…

February 11, 2022

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

SIMPLE ASSAULT: Nicholas Kinnear, 35, of Ellwood City, is charged with Simple Assault and Harassment after an incident on January 31. According to a criminal complaint, and at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to a residence on Spring Avenue for a domestic. Police were met outside by a female victim who related that Kinnear had became angry and accosted the victim resulting in marks and bruising. The victim also related that Kinnear threatened her with a kitchen knife. The victim fled the house and ran to a nearby bar to call police. HARRASSMENT: A 47-year-old Pulaski man was charged…

February 10, 2022

Bernstine Issues Statement on the Governor’s Budget Address

HARRISBURG – Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) today joined his colleagues in a joint session of the General Assembly as Gov. Tom Wolf delivered his eighth and final state budget address. He released the following statement on the governor’s proposal: “It’s easy for a lame duck governor to propose a massive spending wish list when he knows he won’t be around to clean up the economic mess he caused. Families are dealing with record-setting inflation, higher prices, and supply chain shortages because of excessive government spending and borrowing. We don’t need to set them up for future tax hikes too. The…

February 10, 2022

Ellwood City Wolves Club Recognizes Local Man For Volunteer Work

The Ellwood City Wolves Club Den II recognized a local man for his volunteer work in our community for the past 50 years. The Club recognizes local citizens who perform volunteer work in the community and epitomize the Clubs moto: “Pro Bono Publico”-For the Good of the Public. Sam Pawlowski of Ellwood City was recognized by presentation of a certificate and a Gift Card to Giant Eagle at their regular meeting at the Connequenessing Country Club Wednesday night. Sam has been involved in the set up and take down of Christmas in the Park for 30 years. This entails starting…

February 9, 2022

Local BC3 Student Could Have Close-Up in Netflix Movie

That’s definitely Christian Bale there, the English actor and Oscar winner, but that guy next to him in the shot a second before, wasn’t that a guy in a BC3 @ Cranberry financial accounting class? Research writing? Spanish I? Calculus and analytical geometry? Hair’s a bit longer. Has those bushy sideburns. But isn’t that Tyler Beegle? “That’s me,” said Beegle, a Butler County Community College student who may have a close-up shot as a paid extra in “The Pale Blue Eye” following editing of the Netflix movie expected to be broadcast later in 2022. Filming in western Pennsylvania ends this…

February 9, 2022

Tenaris To Reactivate Heat Treatment Line At Koppel Steel Mill

Houston, TX – Tenaris is gearing up to reactive its heat treatment and finishing lines at its Koppel, Pennsylvania, plant to streamline the flow of seamless product at its facilities in the northeast. The heat treatment line is part of the manufacturing process which gives pipe their required metallurgical properties for enhanced performance in oil and gas wells. The line, which had been inactive during the 2020 downturn, is located at Tenaris’s melt shop in Koppel, which started producing steel in June 2021 following a year-long investment of more than $15M. “With the lines back up and running, it allows…

February 8, 2022

Equip Kids to Face Difficult News With Weekly Family Time

The stream of tough topics for parents to explain can feel unending: social unrest, hate crimes, natural disasters … the pandemic. Many children and teens have struggled to process what they see at school, in their neighborhoods and on the news. The Eirhart family confronts this challenge every Tuesday evening at their home in Butler, Pennsylvania. “My parents make it easy for me to express my feelings,” said Jocelyn Eirhart, 13, of this weekly family discussion hour. “I don’t feel interrogated. It’s not a Q&A. It’s just a time to say what’s on my mind.” Her brother, Logan, 15, agrees….

February 7, 2022

Bernstine Announces He Will Run for Re-Election to PA House of Representatives

NEW GALILEE— Citing an urgent need to fight back against the destructive liberal agenda in Harrisburg, Aaron Bernstine announced today he will run for re-election this year, seeking a fourth term in the state House of Representatives. “We are in the heat of a war to preserve our freedoms and constitutional rights in Pennsylvania, and the Harrisburg political class on both sides are to blame. I was on the front lines fighting against the Governor’s shutdowns and stood up to every attempt at weakening our rights. I am proven and tested in tough battles, and with so much at stake,…