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Ebensburg’s Halloween Parade & Trick-or-Treat will be held on Saturday, October 31st.

The parade will begin at 1 pm at Dauntless Fire Hall on W. Sample Street. It will turn right onto N. Center, right onto W. High Street and then right again on Julian Street. Trick-or-Treating will start from there and will go until 4 pm.

Along the route, be sure to pick-up treats from the Ebensburg VFW, Wolf’s Performing Arts who will be set-up in Penn Eben Gazebo, a Trunk or Treat at Ebensburg Methodist Church and at Bishop Carroll High School.

Residents who are interested in participating should leave a porch light on.

*Wolf’s Performing Arts is hosting their Howl-O-Ween Trick-or-Treat in Penn Eben Park. This event will feature inflatable Halloween figures for photo opportunities, as well as bags of goodies for each child.

Following Ebensburg’s Trick-or-Treat, the YPCC will be hosting a Halloween Party with food and craft vendors from 3 to 5 pm. Visit their Facebook event page for more details.

The Borough of Ebensburg is requesting sealed bids for following:

A Kohler (or similar unit) 26 KW Generator 400 Amp with a Double Lug Auto Transfer installed at the Ebensburg Municipal Building at 300 W. High Street, Ebensburg, PA 15931.

Bid shall include all hardware and fasteners and four (4) concrete bollards installed in the rear of the building.

Also, a bid to update municipal building’s current meter base for two (2) breaker panels and one (1) new breaker panel to meet NEC specifications. Grounding as required.

The bid should be submitted with both quotes and then a combined quote for this installation request. Sealed bids directed to Borough Manager and dropped off at 300 West High Street, Ebensburg PA 15931 no later than 3 PM on September 28, 2026.

The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies (CFA) has named Ebensburg as one of four recipients of their
$25,000 Small Town Challenge Grant!

The grant is structured as a dollar-for-dollar match, and we are officially kicking off the start of our fundraising goal of $25,000!

This fund will serve as a permanent resource to support our town — forever — and we hope you will consider joining us and supporting the Ebensburg Endowment Fund!

With your tax-deductible contribution, this initiative will directly benefit our community, in perpetuity.

Click Here to make your donation to the Ebensburg Endowment Fund

Checks may also be made out and sent to:
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies
Attn: Ebensburg Endowment Fund
216 Franklin St., Suite 400
Johnstown, PA 15901

WINTER PARKING REGULATIONS RELAXED

Good News! The enforcement of the winter parking regulations within Ebensburg Borough is being relaxed.

The current Ordinance, in place since 1994, requires alternate side parking on many streets between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., and again between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. It also prohibits parking on many smaller streets between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Those winter parking restrictions are in effect between December 1^st and March 31^st.

In the past, the Ordinance was not enforced until the first snowfall each year. After the first snowfall, the Ordinance was enforced each and every day, regardless of weather conditions. These parking restrictions are necessary to allow the public works crew to properly and safely clear the streets of snow. Unfortunately, the regulations caused great inconvenience to the residents.

Today, there are many methods of communicating current information to the residents. Borough Council believes that we can enforce the regulations when necessary, and relax enforcement when possible.

Effective immediately, the winter parking regulations will only be enforced when deemed necessary by staff. A notice will be placed here on the website announcing when the regulations are “in effect” or are “not in effect.” The same notice will be posted on the borough’s Facebook page.

For those that may not have access to the Internet, a call to the borough office at 472-8780 is all that will be necessary to verify whether vehicles parked on the street need to be moved. During business hours, staff will be able to answer the question, or you may press #5 to be taken directly to a recording.

Winter parking restrictions will be placed in effect with every forecasted snowfall, and should be considered in effect with every unexpected snowfall. Depending on conditions, the restrictions will often remain in effect for several days following a snowfall. Crews often work for several days to push snow back from the curbs, to clear intersections, and to clear slush from the streets. Residents will be required to move vehicles until such time that the announcement on the website and Facebook is again changed. It will be everyone’s responsibility to verify the current enforcement status of the winter parking regulations. Remember…because it snowed two days ago and hasn’t snowed since; the winter parking regulations may still be in effect. Check the website!

The relaxed winter parking regulations will require the full cooperation of everyone. It is important that the public works crews are able to maintain clear streets during winter conditions. If the relaxation of enforcement causes problems in that regard, it will be necessary to return to daily enforcement. Please work with us so that we can maintain our streets in a safe manner, while minimizing the inconvenience to you and your neighbors of moving your vehicle twice each day.