Ellwood City Ledger
ELLWOOD CITY Get ready for peaches, pies, baked goods, berries, garlic, goodies, jams, jellies and greens because the Ellwood City Farmers Market is coming back.
This year, the market will take place from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday between June 5 and Oct. 9 in the municipal parking lot at 500 Beaver Ave., and will feature lots of local meats, produce and products, as well as live music and entertainment, so that residents can get groovy while getting their groceries.
The market, funded by an anonymous grant, is organized by Ellwood City Revitalization, part of the Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce, and overseen by Co-curb Masters Katy Mook-McGrath, owner of Katy s Homestyle Bakery and More, and her husband, Michael McGrath.
Ellwood City Ledger
ELLWOOD CITY The prominent Lawrence Avenue space that once housed the old Boiler Room restaurant and tavern might soon be bubbling with business again.
Or so borough officials hope, even though the lots have been vacant for more than three years.
Ellwood City Council voted unanimously Monday night to advertise for bids to sell 513/515 Lawrence Ave., part of the now-empty lot in the center of the borough s main business district where two derelict buildings with four vacant storefronts once stood. Borough leaders believe the sale would likely mean new business in the community s downtown.
Bringing new business to the site has been a council goal since 2013, when the borough purchased it from Rich Cancilliere. At the time of purchase, the building at 513/515 Lawrence Ave. and its neighboring building at 509/511 Lawrence Ave. (bought by the borough in 2015) were standing, but neither had held a business for years. The 513/515 building had been vac