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• AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 11:30 a.m. today at the township administration building. • MILL CREEK METROPARKS Park Commissioners will meet at 5 p.m. today at the Education Building-McMahon Hall at the MetroParks Farm in Canfield. • YOUNGSTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the board conference room of Youngstown Rayen Early College High School, 20 W. Wood Street. • YOUNGSTOWN COMMUNITY PLANNING / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the city hall council caucus meeting room. • CRAIG BEACH ...

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FRIENDS OF FIDO: The Friends of Fido is hosting its annual Valentine’s Day card event “For the Love of Dogs.” To participate, mail a $1 or more donation along with a valentine for the dogs at the Mahoning County Dog Warden’s office. The goal of the fundraiser is to fill the walls of the facility with as many valentines as possible. All money raised will be used to provide veterinary care to the dogs. Cards can be mailed to Friends of Fido, P.O. Box 2963, Youngstown, 44511, or dropped off at the Mahoning County Dog Warden, 1230 N. Meridian Road. MARDI GRAS POTLUCK: The Girard ...

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BOARDMAN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the township government center. MAHONING COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH/ RECOVERY BOARD Program and Policy Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the CSB Building. 222 W. Federal St., Youngstown. STRUTHERS BOARD OF EDUCATION will host a special meeting at 4 p.m. Monday at the board office for professional development and change the date of the next meeting. GIRARD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building. Council’s economic development committee will meet at 11 a.m. Monday at the mayor’s office. MAHONING ...

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YMCA ART SHOW: The Davis Family YMCA will host the second annual Postscripts Art Show with an opening reception and awards ceremony from from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the YMCA lobby/ The event will include light refreshments and awards for all participating artists. Guests are invited to talk to artists and see their artwork. All proceeds from the event benefit the YMCA ARTreach program. FREE KIDS CAREER FAIR: The fifth annual Kids Career Fair presented by the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, Valley STEM Academy and City Machine Technologies INc . will take place from 10 ...

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UNDER THE STARS: PJ Library of the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown and Ohev Beth Sholom will present “Under the Stars,” a community Havdalah program 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Youngstown State University Ward Beecher Planetarium Havdalah (separation) is Shabbat’s closing ritual to end the old week and begin the new with blessings. This interactive Havdalah ceremony will start with the planetarium program, Sky Talk, showing the night sky. When three stars appear in the sky, guests will pause for the Havdalah prayers and singing of Eliyahu Hanaviv. Once Havdalah is ...

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• POLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. today in the boardroom at Dobbins Elementary School. • LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE ZONING BOARD will meet at 6 p.m. today at the municipal building to discuss vacating an alley behind Holy Rosary Church. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday in the commissioners’ hearing room with the staff meeting at 11 a.m. in the conference room at the county administration building. • GIRARD BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday in the high school conference room to meet with legal counsel on ...