The Borough of Ebensburg has tentatively approved the following Borough Ordinance establishing procedures and requirements pertaining to the implementation of Act 50 of 2021 and regulating small wireless facilities to be placed within the public right-of-way.
Ebensburg’s 16th annual Dickens of a Christmas will be held Friday, December 3rd through Sunday, December 5th. This event is a family-oriented Christmas celebration based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Many vendors and other participants are clad in period costume. Let us be your host as you enjoy this old-fashioned Christmas weekend.
Come enjoy vendors and crafters hawking Christmas wares, wassailing in quaint neighborhoods, antique shopping, a live nativity, model railroad, a Christmas Parade, a Santa Pub Crawl, children’s events, Breakfast with Santa, sleigh and carriage rides, a pipe organ recital, and a holiday production by Cresson Lake Playhouse.
This is truly a joyous way to bring in the holiday season, of which Mr. Dickens would surely approve!
We are still in the process of confirming events and times, however, a tentative schedule can be found here: www.ebensburgdickens.com.
Ebensburg’s Halloween Parade & Trick-or-Treat will be held on Sunday, 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) and Rik-n-Nik’s! Also, circle back around and grab a treat and a free comic book from Codex Comics & Collectibles!
Residents who are interested in participating should leave a porch light on.
*Wolf’s Performing Arts is hosting a Safe Trick-or-Treat and Halloween Foto Fun in Penn Eben Park. This event will feature inflatable Halloween figures for photo opportunities, as well as bags of goodies for each child.
Grass Cutters – Snow Shovelers List
| James | 814-270-7968 |
| Ava | 814-615-8850 |
| Scott | 814-505-7039 |
| Chris | 814-475-1266 |
| Devon | 814-288-7693 |
| Hunter | 814-691-9974 |
The July 2021 Borough Newsletter is now available. Newsletters are mailed out to all borough residents and copies can also be found in the borough office. If you’d like to view it online, you may do so here:
The Ebensburg Farmers Market will begin Saturday, July 10th and go through September 18th. The market runs every Saturday in Penn Eben Park from 9 am to 12 pm, rain or shine. Vendors in attendance will be selling the following items, and items will vary from week to week:
The Borough of Ebensburg is currently seeing bids for street resurfacing. Bids are due by noon on Thursday, June 22nd. For more information, click on the link below:
Invitation to Bid – Street Resurfacing
EBENSBURG WATER MAIN BREAK AND BOIL WATER ADVISORY
May 13, 2021 – 9:00 PM The boil Water Advisory has been lifted.
May 11, 2021 – 4:15 PM
EBENSBURG SEEKS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE PARTICIPANTS
Ebensburg – Organizers of Ebensburg’s annual Memorial Day Parade are seeking participants for this year’s event to take place on Monday, May 31st at 10:00 a.m. in downtown Ebensburg.
The Memorial Day Ceremony in Veteran’s Park will follow the parade at 10:30 a.m. In the case of inclement weather, the parade will not be held and the ceremony will take place inside at the Ebensburg Presbyterian Church, 200 North Center Street at 10:30 a.m.
“Anything people can do to help remember the men and women that have sacrificed is appreciated”, said Bob Slebodnick, Commander of VFW Post 4963. “Ebensburg’s Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony are a special tribute to those who have served and sacrificed from the American Revolution to our current generation of service members.”
Any businesses, organization, military service men and women, Boy Scout & Girl Scout Troops, marching bands, Church groups, and classic vehicle owners wishing to participate in the parade to help commemorate this special Memorial Day celebration are required to pre-register by Monday, May 17th. The registration from can be found here or interested participants may contact dkoss@ebensburgpa.com to have one sent out. Onsite entries will not be permitted.
All participants will assemble for check-in and line-up at the Ebensburg Public Library on Highland Avenue between 9:00 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. The annual parade and Memorial Day ceremony are sponsored by the Ebensburg Main Street Partnership, in partnership with VFW Post 4963 and American Legion Post 363.
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