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Liberty and Girard’s shared services deal locked in

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LIBERTY — An agreement between two districts for services has finally been set, as the Liberty Board of Education approved a shared services agreement with Girard City School District. According to the resolution, Liberty could not employ a chief bus mechanic/bus driver and was in need of someone to assume the role, which Girard had. The agreement allows Liberty to purchase 50% of the employee’s services from Girard for the upcoming school year, effective today through July 30, 2027, which will be reimbursed to Girard through half of the employee’s $72,800 salary and fringe ...

Actor and activist Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer’s disease

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NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring as an easygoing police officer in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer’s disease. The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told “Today” and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive, memory-destroying disease three years ago. “I’m still not accepting in my mind all parts of it,” he told People magazine. “There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I’ll ...

Boardman to seek new police/fire levy

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BOARDMAN — Township trustees will request a new levy in November to support police and fire services. Officials say the township’s five-year forecast makes it clear that the cost to maintain services at their current level will become prohibitive. Those calculations do not include the roughly $204,000 Boardman stands to lose from its budget after Mahoning County Commissioners approved a resolution to increase the owner-occupied tax credit by 2.5% on Tuesday. A document provided by Township Administrator Mark Ragozine shows Boardman will ask for a 2.75-mill levy that is expected ...

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has hit a Russian oil refinery for the second time in a week

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s major Ufa oil refinery for the second time in a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year. The Ufa refinery is one of Russia’s largest producers of lubricants and is located more than 600 miles from Ukraine, Zelenskyy said on social media. Ukraine also struck a plant producing missile components in Russia’s ...

Renovation gets $2M additional tax credit

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YOUNGSTOWN — The $21.66 million planned renovation project to Youngstown’s tallest building received another state tax credit. The state on Wednesday awarded a $2 million Transformational Mixed-Use Development Program grant to the proposed Central Tower project. The project on June 24 received notice about a $4.25 million state historic preservation tax credit. That tax credit replaced a $2 million state historic preservation tax credit awarded Dec. 11, 2024. The project would convert the 97-year-old, 17-story building at 1 W. Federal St. into 64 apartments on the upper floors ...