Staff report Susan Wojnar of Youngstown has been awarded a $2,500 grant through the Ohio Arts Council’s Artists with Disabilities Access Program (ADAP), a competitive program that helps artists with disabilities advance their careers and expand opportunities to share their work with the ...
CLOTHING FOR ALL AGES: Grace Community Closet at Grace Lutheran Church, 162 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown, offers cost effective clothing for all ages. The Closet is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month. For information, call 330-792-5889. BACK TO SCHOOL BASH: Alta Care Group is hosting its first Back to School Bash noon to 6 p.m. Friday at Master’s Pavilion in Boardman Park. This free community event will feature stuffed backpacks (children must be present to receive them), preteen hygiene kits, hair cuts and simple hair styles, concessions, music, ...
• MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday for the board meeting at the commissioners hearing room at the county courthouse basement and at 11 a.m. for the staff meeting at the commissioners conference room at the administration building. • WESTERN RESERVE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the K-12 cafeteria.
TOWN HALL SET: The Mahoning Valley People’s Action Alliance is hosting a town hall with the topic “The Needs of Working Class Americans” at 2 p.m. Friday at the Local UAW 1112 Union Hall, 11471 Reuther Drive, Lordstown. One of the items that will be discussed is Social Security and affordability for seniors. Aug. 14 is the anniversary of the founding of the Social Security Administration. The event is free and doors will open at 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by Alliance for Retired Americans, SOAR, Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans Education Fund and the Mahoning Valley ...
• MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the commissioners conference room at the administration building. • WESTERN RESERVE JOINT FIRE DISTRICT will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Poland village hall. • JACKSON-MILTON BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the high school. • LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • POLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the township government center for an executive session on personnel. • SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES ...
OCCHA FOOD FEST: Organizacion Civic y Cultural Hispana Americana Inc. (OCCHA) will present its 14th annual International Latino Food Festival noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at OCCHA, 3660 Shirley Road, Youngstown. The featured cuisines will be Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, Venezuelan and Latin American. Dinners are $15 each and include drinks and desserts. Entertainment will be provided by the Mahoning Valley Latin Orchestra. There also will be dancing, dominoes, raffles and family activities. Dinners will be dine-in or carryout. For more information, call 330-781-1808. VETERANS POKER RUN: ...
