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Sept. 30 community news

PROJECT PLAYHOUSE: Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning Valley brings Project Playhouse to Penguin City Brewery on Thursday as businesses and organizations will build and design individualized playhouses for families in need – providing children with a safe place to play and imagine their own home. Building teams include: Southwoods Health, Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course, Dearing Compressor, YSU Sokolov Honors College, Window World, America Makes, Farmers National Bank and Mercy Health Foundation/Thrivent Financial. These groups will each be building, painting and decorating ...

Sept. 30 meeting agenda

MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the hearing room of the courthouse basement for the board meeting and at 11 a.m. for the staff meeting in the conference room at the administration building. STRUTHERS BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a policy committee meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday at the board offices.

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GIRARD BOARD OF CONTROL will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the city hall meeting room. YOUNGSTOWN CITY COUNCIL will have a staff meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the city hall caucus room. COITSVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the township hall t o discuss changes to the township policy book and township cybersecurity plan. MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the conference room at the administration building for a staff meeting. MAHONING VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the district assembly ...

Community News: Healing in a Time of War set

HANDS OF HEALING: The Nurse Honor Guard of Eastern Ohio will host Hands of Healing in a Time of War at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Warren Heritage Center/Kinsman House, 303 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. The event is a tribute to the nurse veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Speakers include a nurse veteran who served on the USNS Comforter. WASTE COLLECTION: A household hazardous waste collection will be provided 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Canfield Fairgrounds, state Route 46, Gate 9, for Mahoning County households only. No business collections will be permitted. Various items will be ...

Agenda for Monday, Sept. 28

AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a staff meeting at 9:30 a.m. today at the township administration building to approve the retirement and rehiring of part-time police officer Ron Crum as a grant writer for the police department and to approve the purchase and upfit of three 2027 cruisers not to exceed $69,000 per cruiser. There will also be an executive session on personnel matters.

The Vindicator seeking breast cancer survivors

The Vindicator plans to honor breast cancer survivors during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The idea is to put a human face on this disease, to help those diagnosed by hearing voices of those who have experienced the journey, and to spotlight therapies and support that helped. We also will honor the memories of those who lost their battle. To share your story, or to honor someone and tell how they inspired you during their struggles and triumph with breast cancer, send a brief description to Metro Editor Marly Reichert at mreichert@tribtoday.com or by mail to 240 Franklin ...