Teens will not drive her from her home, woman vows

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Roberta Penwell-Kellish will not be driven from her community by unruly teenagers and drug houses.

She told Mahoning Township supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting that some people have told her the only solution to growing problems in her Hillsville neighborhood is to move. But she recounted that her grandparents came from Italy to Hillsville for a better life many years ago and her family has lived her ever since.

“I am not throwing away 150 years of heritage…” she said, vowing to work to rid her neighborhood of the problems.

She has called a neighborhood meeting for 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at St. Lawrence Church Hall on Main Street to try to find solutions. A Pennsylvania State Police officer will be there to answer residents’ questions.

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