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November 22, 2023

Ellwood City Borough Council Approves Police Use of PepperBall Guns; Provides Update on Wampum Avenue Pump Station Project

During Monday night’s voting meeting, Borough Council approved a change order #1 from Pollard Land Services, Inc. in the amount of $98,000 for the purpose of milling and overlaying the full width of Wampum Avenue from Fifth Street to Madison Avenue Ext. and from Madison Ave. Ext. to the entrance of the access road. The approved change order is in conjunction with the Wampum Avenue Pump Project, a sewer upgrade for multiple existing sewer transport lines in the wooded area East of Wampum Ave. and construction of a pump station to collect from these lines to be transported to the Ellwood…

November 22, 2023

Evan’s Monumental Gifts Bringing Holiday Hope to Local Foster Families

That first Christmas without Evan, the Bollinger family bought a bunch of toys and Christmas gifts and took them to his grave where they sat in the snow. “That first year was the hardest. We didn’t know how to handle not having him,” said Kiara Bollinger, mother of Evan and founder of Evan’s Monumental Gifts. Bollinger did not want any family to feel the pit of loneliness that her family felt during the unexpected loss of a child, so Kiara and her husband Eric decided to take their grief and channel it into helping other families. In 2018, the Bollingers…

November 21, 2023

Borough Of Ellwood City Advertising Upcoming Board Vacancies

According to information made available by the borough, the Ellwood City Borough Council is advertising the vacancies on the following Boards and Commissions of Ellwood City Borough: Zoning Hearing Board, Zoning Hearing Board Alternate, Economic Development Authority, Civil Service Commission, Board of Health, and Recreation Board. Any Borough resident interested in serving on any of the above positions is asked to submit a letter of interest to the Borough Secretary, 525 Lawrence Avenue, Ellwood City, PA 16117. All letters must be due/postmarked on or before 4:00 p.m. on December 7, 2023. For questions, please contact the borough at 724-758-7777 x7777.

November 21, 2023

BC3 Provides 57-Plus With Thanksgiving Meal Packages

She’ll slide the round, dark-wood table from the living room, where she and her intellectually disabled 24-year-old son will have watched the morning parades on television, into the dining room. Fifty-eight-year-old widow Marci Lockhart will then smooth the wrinkles on an “autumn-colored” cloth. Light a “pumpkin spice-scented” candle. And return to the kitchen. That’s where the 15-pound turkey she will have begun to roast for her and Ralph the night before “will smell delicious.” Just after noon Thursday, she will sit next to Ralph, the second-youngest of the five children she raised after her husband, Richard, passed away in 2007,…

November 18, 2023

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week Of November 20th

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. 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. OPEN Hours are Monday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m….

November 17, 2023

2023 Halloween Costume Contest Winners Announced

Congratulations to the two, top place prize winners of the 2023 EllwoodCity.org Halloween Costume Contest!! The grand prize winner of the EllwoodCity.org contest was Easton and Enzo Gilmore, and our second place winner was 2-year-old Lincoln Lumley who dressed as Ronald McDonald. 2-year-old Easton and 11-month-old Enzo dressed as the Little Rascals and collected over 330 Likes to earn the first place cash prize. Fourteen submitted photos were entered into the contest that ran for a full week after Halloween on our Facebook.com Page. [VIEW FULL GALLERY] The two winners stopped into our offices on Lawrence Avenue to collect their…

November 17, 2023

Riverside Lions Club Distributes School Supplies, Host Back To 50’s Lunch Fundraiser & Earns ‘Best In Class’ Award

The Riverside Lions Club has kept busy over the past several weeks, raising funds, distributing supplies, and earning a prestigious award according to King Lion Chip Campbell. The Club had the opportunity to distribute school supplies to five different schools in our area. Pictured below are Riverside Middle School Principal Alicia Dwyer, Lion Lynn Campbell, and Elementary school Principal Dr. Emily Smith. The club received these supplies through Project Homefront. The Lions Club also hosted a Basket Luncheon fundraiser with a “Back to the Fifties” theme. The event was dedicated to Sue Westlund, although not a club member, she was…

November 17, 2023

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED: On November 14th at approximately 4:00 p .m., PA State Police responded to a wooded area adjacent to ST 422 in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County where human remains were discovered by a hunter. The remains have not been identified. The PA State Police continue to investigate. SIMPLE ASSAULT: Franklin Cesare-Hesse, 34, of Ellwood City, is accused of pointing a sawed-off shotgun at two juveniles and a male adult during a domestic dispute on November 12th. According to a criminal complaint, and at approximately 2:30 a.m., Cesare-Hesse, formerly of New Jersey, repeatedly told the occupants, two of whom…

November 16, 2023

Holy Redeemer Holds Annual Memorial Mass & Tribute

On Sunday November 12th the Divine Grace Parish, Holy Redeemer Church’s Holy Name Society and Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Council 11389 conducted its annual memorial Mass and commemorative tribute to their recently deceased members at Holy Redeemer Church in Ellwood City. Following Mass, breakfast, including a memorial program, was held in the Catholic Center honoring their lives. Both Frank Aloi, President of the Holy Name Society and Hank Glogowski, Grand Knight of the KOC extended a warm welcome to the 60 family members and friends in attendance at the memorial program. Mr. Aloi’s welcoming remarks centered on our deceased…

November 16, 2023

Riverside Lions Club Collecting Hygiene Products As Part Of Hygiene Helpers Program

The Riverside Lions Club will once again be collecting hygiene products as part of its Hygiene Helpers program. This is now the fifth year the Hygiene Helpers program will be at the Franklin Township Giant Eagle. The products collected are divided equally between the Riverside nurses and Divine Grace Social Services. The collection box is located by the first checkout counter, when shopping please consider making a donation. According to TheHygieneBank.com, hygiene poverty is shaming, humiliating and excluding and can result in social isolation. It leads to a crippling lack of confidence and negatively affects good health and mental well-being…