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Oct. 19 Agenda

MAHONING COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY BOARD PROGRAM AND POLICY COMMITTEE WILL MEET at 5 p.m. Monday at the Children Services Bureau Building, 222 W. Federal St., Youngstown. SPRINGIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Intermediate School auditorium. MAHONING COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION will meet at 1:30 pm. Tuesday at the county auditor's office. POLAND VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the municipal building. CANFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. MILTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the ...

Mahoning Valley SAR chapter marks 10 years

CANFIELD — The Mahoning Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) celebrated its 10th anniversary during its Oct. 3 meeting at the Canfield Public Library. The chapter traces its roots to 2015, when fewer than 10 local residents met at the library to reestablish an SAR ...

Youngstown woman gets educator award

Michelle Ani of Youngstown was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $1,000 from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Ani is one of 155 recipients to receive the award. The Love of Learning Award supports post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members, funding opportunities such as graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, research and teaching-related travel, career advancement and more. Ani, a medical student at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, will use funds from the award to ...

Boardman grad named president of MWAN

BOARDMAN — Military Women Across the Nation (MWAN) announced that Jennifer Baun, a 1984 Boardman High School graduate, has been elected to serve as its next national president. Baun was installed during the 2026 MWAN National Convention Sept. 21 to 23 in Put-in-Bay. Baun is a veteran of the United States Navy who served during the Cold War as an Ocean System Technician Analyst Second Class Petty Officer. She enlisted through the delayed entry program and reported for service after graduating in 1984 from Boardman High School and the Mahoning County Joint Vocational School, now ...

MOAA gives grant to AFR

VIENNA — The Military Officers Association of America-Mahoning and Shenango Valleys Chapter supported the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 910th Airlift Family and Readiness (AFR) in early August and mid-September with an MOAA Foundation Community Outreach Grant of $2,500 and plenty of manpower. Chapter treasurer Bruce Bille led the project by presenting $1,500 in GetGo cards to AFR Director Kelly Turner prior to an Aug. 1 Welcome Home event at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna. The cards can be used at GetGo gas stations and Markets and Giant Eagle grocery stores, making them ...

Oct. 17-18 Agenda

AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES staff meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the township administration building. MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Records Commission will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the commissioners' hearing room at the Mahoning County Courthouse. MAHONING COUNTY CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER Foundation Board will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at the conference center and the regular board meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the Joyce Brooks Conference Center. BOARDMAN BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Glenwood Junior High School. POLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 ...