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November 17, 2015

Ellwood Borough Council November Meeting Brief

The following is a brief summary of the council meeting on held on Monday, Nov. 16: Announcements There will be a public hearing today at 2 p.m. to discuss storm water management systems. Visitors Three visitors spoke regarding the Inmetco fire on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 8 and 9. Overall, residents wanted to know if the borough has any system in place to the community of an emergency and expressed concerns about the environmental effect. On Nov. 9, the Ellwoodcity.org staff spoke to Fire Chief Rick Myers who stated that the DEP officer on the scene advised nearby residents to…

November 10, 2015

Real Estate Transfers from October 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 October of 2015: Ellwood City Borough 506 Franklin Ave; Judith and George Curry to Charles and Kathryn Murray for $30,000 122 Line Ave; Raymond and Mary Bettoni to Bank of New York Mellon Trustee for $2760.12 507 Pershing St; Adrienne Neff to Paul Night for $98,000 510 Haig St; Megan and David Moore to Adam and Ashlee Carter for $137,000 809 California Ave; Look at My Homes LLC to Michelle Pogozelec for…

October 30, 2015

EllwoodCity.org’s Annual Halloween Costume Contest

Due to the overwhelming success of previous years’ contests, EllwoodCity.org proudly continues its fall tradition with the 2015 installment of the Halloween Costume Contest. Submissions begin TODAY, and go on through end-of-business on Nov. 2. All photos appear on EllwoodCity.org’s Facebook page on Nov. 3. Then, voting commences on Nov. 3 and continues on until Nov. 10. To vote for your favorite photo, simply ‘like’ it, then ‘share’ it to obtain more votes from your friends! The top two photos that receive the most votes win cash prizes of $50 a piece, courtesy of EllwoodCity.org. The Rules: 1. Dress your…

October 23, 2015

Halloween Parade Scheduled For Saturday

The annual Ellwood City Halloween Parade is scheduled to take place on Saturday beginning at 3:30pm and will make its way through the downtown. Judging will take place at 3:00pm Saturday in the Lincoln High School parking lot. All participants are asked to be in the parking lot by 2:30pm for judging of floats, costumed marching groups and individuals. Participants from a prior Halloween parade An individual parader from a prior Halloween parade Monetary prizes will be awarded in four categories – ages 1 to 5, 6 to 10, 11 to 15, and 16 and older.  First place float prize…

October 19, 2015

Evelyn Loretta Manzetti, 94

Evelyn Loretta Manzetti, 94, of Franklin Twp. passed away on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 at the Passavant Retirement Community. Evelyn was born on Jan. 20, 1921 in Koppel to the late Angelo and Genevive Ferino Docchio. She is a member of the Holy Redeemer Parrish. She had worked at the Armstrong Cork in Beaver Falls, Gaylords Paper Mill in Beaver Falls and from the age 59 to 73 she was the owner and operator of Manzetti’s Candies and Pastries in Beaver Falls. She enjoyed baking, cooking and crocheting. Evelyn is survived by her husband, John A. Manzetti whom she married…

September 24, 2015

Council Approves Drug Clinic 4-2

In a 4 to 2 vote, the Ellwood City Borough Council approved Freedom Health Care Services, a drug and alcohol addiction clinic, to be located on 773 Pershing St. About a dozen visitors arrived to protest the clinic, focusing their opposition on the location, which is near a residential area and a bus stop. Hunter Farmer, the owner of Freedom Health Care Services, spoke to explain the purpose of the clinic. Freedom Health Care is a counseling service for those with drug and alcohol addiction problems. It has one office in Bridgeville. The clinic has normal, Monday through Friday, morning…

September 8, 2015

Real Estate Transfers from September 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 September of 2015: Ellwood City Borough 229 Hazen Ave; Charles and Kathy Wehr to LSF9 Master Participation Trustee for $1799.42 122 Line Ave; Tenny Ripper to Eric Heitzenrater for $20,00 206 Gregg St; Barbara Sarver to Jason and Amy Kester for $105,000 412 Pershing St; Joseph and Autumn Minnitte to Linda Saxton for $136,000 504 Hazel Ave; Sharon Scialdone, Christine Giancola, and Albert and John Genivia to Leona Saras for $154,500 204…

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August 6, 2015

Perry School to Create a Makerspace Workshop, the Future of Education

[Part 1 in a series of articles exploring the Ellwood City Area School District’s developing Makerspace program. Parts 2 and 3 can be read here and here.] The Ellwood City School District is on its way to having a fully operational makerspace workshop serving the K-12 student population. That’s fabulous, but what is a makerspace? A makerspace is loosely defined as an area where people can make things. It is a workshop area with various high-tech and low-tech equipment where people work on projects, collaborate, and problem solve. The endeavor is the collaborative vision of several of the school district’s…

June 9, 2015

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…

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May 21, 2015

Application Allows Christians to Share Prayers, Inspirational Thoughts, and Greetings to Friends and Family Via Facebook

MIAMI, FLORIDA (May, 2015) – Two Ellwood natives, John Swisher and Joseph Bellissimo, co-founders of Pray Forward, Inc., are pleased to announce the launch of the newest addition to the Share A Prayer product line with the Share A Prayer Facebook Desktop App. This stand-alone app comes on the heels of the initial launch of the Share A Prayer App which, by reaching several million in just a few months of operation, is widely considered to be “the fastest growing faith-based social media app.” The new Desktop app allows Christians all over the world to share prayers, inspirational thoughts and…