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Flock cams addressed at Austintown meeting

AUSTINTOWN — Many expected this month’s trustees meeting to focus heavily on Flock cameras. Instead, only one resident raised the issue, just enough for police Chief Valorie Delmont to provide an update on the department’s process and progress with installing the controversial traffic cameras. “We’re just in the very beginning stages of planning for Flock. And we’re still, I’m still, going through the education process,” Delmont said. She was responding to resident Doug Wright, who asked a few questions about the six license plate reader cameras that Austintown police plan to install within the next…

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TOUR OF HOMES: The Poland Historical Society will have its annual Tour of Homes 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, offering the public the opportunity to see and explore some of Poland’s most beautiful homes and historic buildings. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased the day of the event at the Poland Village…

• MILTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. today at the township fire station. •…

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THOMAS MARK BARRETT, 71, of Salem, died Saturday, Sept. 12. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Sept. 24, Stark…

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Fetterman support of Israel makes him a target for Dems

The price of dissenting from orthodoxy in Washington these days is high — if you’re a Democrat. If you’re a Republican who supports higher taxes or Big Labor, you’re hailed as a free-thinker. But a Democrat who dissents on Israel becomes Public Enemy No. 2 after Donald Trump. That’s the treatment now descending on…

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Gas prices climb as crude oil rises

Staff report Gas prices are 28 cents higher in Northeast Ohio this week at $4.228 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has gone up 16 cents over the past week to $4.31 as crude oil prices continue climbing. Volatility in the…