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July 1, 2022

Festival Entertainment: Part 3: Dorals to Take the Stage July 4

You know them. You’ve heard them. They are festival favorites. They are the Dorals. With Jim Lombardo on lead vocals and saxophone; Dave Audia on lead vocals and guitar, Jack Marshall on lead vocals and keyboard; Tee Sands on bass and background vocals, Steve Domeck on drums and background vocals; Rob Verone on lead guitar and vocals and sound engineer Patrick Benincase, the crowd will be rocked and rolled and will want to sing along on Monday, July 4 during the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival. The Dorals are celebrating 34 years of playing music this year,…

July 1, 2022

Mascot to be Named at Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival

The Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival will kick off it’s 40th Anniversary with something new: A mascot! The patriotic eagle is a great addition to the Fourth of July Festival tradition. And the committee held a contest to name the mascot. There were five finalists, and the winner and name of the mascot will be announced on July 2 at 4:30 p.m. Finalists include: -Issac L (After Issac L Ellwood, Creator of Barbed Wire, and whom our town is named after) submitted by Donna Ann Hope -Ellwood The Eagle submitted by Kevin Swogger -Long Crested Woodrow (But…

July 1, 2022

Community Choice Is A New Feature At The Ellwood City Festival Juried Art Show

The Juried Art Show is pleased to return to the 2022 Ellwood City Festival. Visitors to the Ellwood City Festival are invited to view this year’s Juried Art Show at Trefoil Lodge during all three days of the festival – Saturday through Monday, July 2-4, from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Artists interested in participating had the opportunity to drop off their work on Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Work was dropped off at Trefoil Lodge in Ewing Park and received by Festival Juried Art Show Chair Irina Trenga. Judging was conducted by Alyson…

July 1, 2022

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: According to a police report, two unknown white males proceeded to operate a Farmall tractor with a brush hog attachment and mow approximately 1,000 feet of wooded area along private property lines at Del-Mar Golf Course in Wayne Township. The incident was reported to have taken place between the times of June 25th at midnight and June 26th at 9:53 a.m. While police were on scene, trail cameras were reviewed along with a neighbor canvassed none of which yielded with identifying the potential suspects. The investigation is ongoing. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: Three arrests were made stemming from an…

June 30, 2022

Three New Inductees To Festival Hall of Fame To Be Honored Sunday

On Sunday, July 3, at 4:00, inductees into the 2022 Hall of Fame will be honored at a ceremony on Folino Entertainment Stage. Please be on hand to honor these individuals who have contributed substantially to the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival. The Festival Hall of Fame was established in 2018. Hall of Fame souvenir booklets from 2018 and 2019 are still available, and contain stories of the previous inductees. Stories about this year’s inductees are published in the Festival tabloid, which has been distributed locally. It will also be available at the Festival Information Booth all…

June 30, 2022

2022 Historical Society Annual Fund Drive Underway

The Ellwood City Historical Society board meeting was held on June 6, 2022 unveiling the Annual Fund Drive. The ways and means committee announced the dates for the starting of the fund drive. The committee stated the fund drive would start June 15 and run to August 15, 2022. The committee is composed of Everett Bleakney, Charles Brown, Robert Morabito, and Andrew Kindle chairman. Everett Bleakney told the committee that the Society will be starting it’s 35th year of collecting and preserving the Ellwood City Area History. The board approved the goal for the fund drive this year and hope…

June 30, 2022

Festival Entertainment: Part 2: Elmoz Fire to play Dance Favorites

A little bit Whitney a little bit Bruno Mars mixed with some Play that Funky Music and Brick House. It’s a recipe of Funk, R&B, and Dance music. It’s Elmoz Fire. The Pittsburgh-based band will play the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival on Sunday, July 3rd from 8:15 to 9:45. The bands guitarist Dennis Trivilino lives in Ellwood, and he said the band is looking forward to playing the festival “We will get to play for all ages,” Trivilino said. “The dance music effects everyone whether 16 or 60. Everyone will dance to Brick House.” He said…

June 29, 2022

Festival Entertainment: Part 1: Cherry Radium: Unique, Untraditional Sound, Energy

Are you ready? … For something new? Something untraditional? Something unique? The power quartet Cherry Radium will channel the vibes of Fleetwood Mac and other rock favorites on Saturday, July 2nd at the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, and Entertainment Festival. The band will take the stage from 8:30 to 10 p.m. with New Castle-based musicians Gianna Cherry on lead vocals, Darrin Salzano on vocals and acoustic guitar, Zayne Strobel on bass guitar, and Greg Argiro on drums. Strobel said the band started in 2021. “We started as a three piece and have morphed into a quartet,” he said. “We…

June 29, 2022

Ellwood City Italian American Heritage Foundation To Meet July 22

Ellwood City Italian American Heritage Foundation is proud to announce that our next monthly meeting is Friday July 22, 2022. The meeting will take place at the Ellwood City Area Historical Society located at 310 Fifth Street, Ellwood City, PA 16117. The health concerns have passed according to ECIAHF President, Barbara Mastropietro. ECIAHF will resume at 10:00 a.m. healthy and stronger than ever and are preparing for guests, relatives, friends, members, and neighbors. A very special presentation is enough to knock off your socks. Everyone is welcome at this special meeting regardless of your heritage. A light luncheon will be…

June 28, 2022

PHOTO: Third 2022 Mayor Beautification Award Presented

The 3rd beautification award was presented by Mayor Anthony Court to Sean and Crystal Latimer of 406 Persing Street. “Congratulations, your hard work did not go unnoticed,” said Mayor Court in a statement. “Job well done.” They were presented with a yard sign and a gift certificate from a local restaurant. In the photo below, from left to right, are Mayor Court, Nahla, Crystal, and Sean Latimer. This is the 12th year for the beautification program. The program still has three more winners to go and there is still time to get your nominations in! Nominations will be accepted by…