Local News

The Penn State Master Gardeners of Lawrence County are hosting their Fourth Annual Garden Tour on Sunday, July 21st from Noon to 5:00 p.m. The tour highlights five area gardens, which can be toured at your own pace. Master Gardeners will be available at each location to answer questions. The tour will consist of five gardens within Lawrence County. The Thompson garden is located in Pulaski where it includes a breathtaking display of daylilies among other beautiful gardens. Just up the road is another garden we will be touring. The Emig Garden displays a beautiful low maintenance garden. The 3…

(Butler, PA) Madison Roth knew she wanted to become an educator at age 10 when she “literally played school all the time,” toting a portable chalkboard and a rubber-tipped wooden pointer to lessons attended by friends and relatives in classrooms imagined in her bedroom in Cabot or in her cousins’ basement in Butler. “Anywhere,” she said, laughing, “that people would play with me.” Dan Parson, of Portersville, knew he wanted to become an educator at age 17, on a 95-degree July day “sweating and being cut” by jaggers at a job site near New Castle with his father’s tree removal…

On June 28, 2019, Mayor Anthony J. Court presented a proclamation to Eric Rayner, declaring that June 30, 2019, as Eric Rayner Day in Ellwood City. Eric was the leader in saving the fireworks display for the Ellwood City Festival, raising $11,000 for the fireworks show. Ellwood City is proud of a great job done by Eric and grateful for all who donated to keep this tradition alive. I believe everyone, in and around the Ellwood City area, enjoyed the fireworks immensely.