Human Interest

October 30, 2025

Faith in the School Day: Local Program Offers Released Time Bible Classes

Kids Quest has quietly become a vibrant hub of support, enrichment, and faith for elementary students in Ellwood City. Far more than just religious education, Kids Quest bridges academics, recreation, and spiritual formation across generations. “This is an effort involving many churches and families in our district,” said founding board member Sean Brubaker. Over the past few years, its programs have grown, its volunteers rallied, and its impact begun to ripple across neighborhoods—providing a space where children feel valued, supported, and encouraged to grow. “We have been around for five years now and have had as many as 80 students enrolled…

October 29, 2025

UPDATE: Ellwood City Borough Trick or Treat Moved to Saturday, November 1

Mayor Anthony Court reached out to Ellwoodcity.org to confirm that Ellwood City will now hold its trick or treat night on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “It is being moved due to the predicted inclement weather,” Court said. With cold temperatures, high wind, and rain in the forecast for Thursday, Court thought it would be best to move it to Saturday when the weather is predicted to be better. The Ellwood City Police Department will be out and about during Trick-or-Treat hours, handing out treats to kids and helping ensure a safe and enjoyable night for…

October 29, 2025

Free Little Library Honors Local Lifetime Educator, Author

In the heart of Ellwood City, a new little free library is quietly turning a small space into a big tribute. This isn’t just a repository for books — it is a living memorial to LuAnn Santillo, beloved teacher, literacy advocate, and founder of Half-Pint Kids, Inc. The little library, built in her honor, marries her lifelong devotion to children and reading with the spirit of community that she nurtured for decades. This free, take-a-book, leave-a-book library is located at Franklin Community Park on Walnut Street, Ellwood City and is open to everyone. “Rico and Amie Lucy along with their children donated the…

October 24, 2025

It’s A Toxic Takeover at the New Castle Playhouse

Note: Stay tuned to Ellwoodcity.org for a review after this weekend’s opening performances. Get ready, the most polluted town in New Jersey is coming to the Annex! Based on Lloyd Kaufman’s cult classic film, “The Toxic Avenger” is an award-winning rock musical that has it all. When Melvin Ferd III is tossed into a vat of toxic waste, he reemerges as Toxie – a mutant superhero with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark. The Toxic Avenger is a hilarious new monster of a comedy. Armed with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark, he’s out…

October 17, 2025

ALERT: Ellwood City Borough Planned Power Outage POSTPONED To October 26th

ALERT/UPDATE! According to the Borough of Ellwood City social media page: ***IMPORTANT UPDATE-PLEASE READ*** The planned Borough power outage scheduled for Sunday, October 19th HAS BEEN POSTPONED by Penn Power until SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH @ 7:30 A.M. The power outage has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather. below originally posted, October 3, 2025: Ellwood City Borough has announced a planned power outage for October 19, 2025, so that Penn Power can perform maintenance and repairs to a main line that comes into the borough. Borough Manger Kevin Swogger said the outage applies only to borough residents (not Ellport, or…

October 16, 2025

A Century In A Box: Ellwood City Area School District Uncovers a 100-Year-Old Time Capsule

Renovation projects typically bring a little dust, a lot of work, and interesting discoveries among the layers. What started as a routine renovation of Ellwood City’s Lincoln High school, turned into a remarkable connection to the past. School Librarian Heidi Feltrop recounted the moment this quest to unveil a cornerstone to find a time capsule from 1925 began. She said in May a biology teacher was boxing up things in her classroom to accommodate the current construction at Lincoln High School and stumbled upon a dictionary that belonged to a teacher in 1930. Feltrop said this sparked a curiosity within…

September 16, 2025

Ellwood City Borough Council Approves Standing Schedule for Annual Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, & Entertainment Festival

Ellwood City Borough Council voted Monday night to always hold the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts, Food, & Entertainment Festival on the weekend on or surrounding Fourth of July. Council determined that should the Fourth of July fall on a Monday/Tuesday, the festival should be held the weekend before, and if it falls Wednesday/Thursday, it should be held the weekend after. Councilwoman Michelle Lamenza made the motion with support from all council members except Jan Williams. Council President Brad Ovial said this would give the festival a set time each year to allow the festival committee to plan. Not everyone was…

September 12, 2025

Don’t Miss the New Castle Playhouse Production of Nunsense

You don’t want to miss the upcoming New Castle Playhouse production of Nunsense, a hilarious spoof about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. Nunsense begins when the Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium, which is currently set up for the eighth grade production of Grease. Here we meet Reverend Mother Mary Regina, a…

September 10, 2025

Dancing Into Dreams: Inspire by Movement Brainchild of Ellwood City Native

For Ellwood City native Renee Watterson, dance has always been more than just movement — it’s been a source of creativity, discipline, and joy. Now, she’s ready to share that passion with her community through her brand-new studio, Inspire by Movement, opening this fall at 2656 Ellwood Rd, Suite 112, New Castle. The studio, which will officially kick off its first season the week of September 15, is a dream come true for Watterson. “Dance has been a constant in my life. I couldn’t imagine my life without Dance being a part of it. I absolutely love the creative aspect of…

September 9, 2025

Operation Healthy Ellwood: A Community Forever Changed by Care, Compassion, and Service

She walked out of the Ellwood City clinic with tears streaming down her face. For the first time in years, she had received life-changing care — care she admitted she could never have afforded otherwise. Overwhelmed with gratitude, she told local volunteer Rhiannon Schnell what it meant to her. Schnell could only reply through her own tears: “She has no idea what that meant to me.” Moments like this defined Operation Healthy Ellwood, a 10-day Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission that transformed Ellwood City into a hub of compassion and service in August 2025. For nearly two weeks,…

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