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Officials plan new fund for Girard Lake dam repairs

GIRARD — City officials plan to act at a Nov. 24 council meeting to create a new fund to specifically cover costs for mandated repairs to the Girard Upper Lake Dam and other Girard Lake projects. Currently, costs for needed and required dam work have come from the water fund, which ...

Judge rescinds woman’s plea in drowning death

YOUNGSTOWN — Adrianne L. Hudson, 33, was released from the Ohio prison system last week after Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney rescinded Hudson’s guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter and felony child endangering in the drowning death of a child in her ...

Canfield trustees to update dog zoning policies

CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Trustees on Monday discussed a request to review and make changes to the township’s dog policies made by Zoning Inspector Traci DeCapua. “Traci has asked us to look at our dog control policy. It is old and hard to enforce,” Trustee Brian Governor said. Decapua ...

Liberty expands housing market

LIBERTY — With the influx of new businesses and infrastructure coming to the Mahoning Valley, a solution to the housing shortage has been contributed to, thanks to a new expansion. On Thursday, Altobelli Real Estate, together with Home & Land Developers LLC, celebrated the launch of 32 ...

City to consider delayed $40K settlement

YOUNGSTOWN — City Council will consider legislation Wednesday to authorize a $40,000 payment from a settlement agreement reached six months ago for damage caused to Erie Terminal Place during a project at the city-owned 20 Federal Place. The settlement was reached after a May 15 mediation ...

Howland OKs second tax abatement with Kimberly-Clark

HOWLAND — Consumer paper products company Kimberly-Clark looks to grow in Trumbull County as township trustees approved another agreement with the company. At their Wednesday meeting, they authorized an enterprise zone agreement between the Trumbull County commissioners and the Texas-based ...