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• MAHONING COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION has canceled the meeting for this week. • POLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the board room at Dobbins Elementary School. • SOUTH RANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the K-12 building. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the conference room at the county administration building for a staff meeting. • STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building with caucus at 6:15 p.m.

COMMUNITY NEWS: Writers club to meet, YMCA gala set

• WRITERS TO MEET: The Monday Night Writers will meet 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at Leana’s Books and More, 4317 Kirk Road, Austintown. Writers, both published and nonpublished, are invited to attend. The meeting is led by author Nancy Christie. For information, email l nancy@nancychristie.com • FALL FEST: St. Rose Parish, 48 E. Main St. in Girard, will have its Fall Fest 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday in the church parking lot. There will be food, music and a cake walk. • YMCA GALA SET: The YMCA of Youngstown will have the second annual Central YMCA Gala, a ...

Agenda for Sept. 21 and Sept. 22

AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the township administration building. MCDONALD PLANNING COMMISSION will meet 5:30 p.m. Monday at the community center. YOUNGSTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the board conference room, 20 W. Wood St. BOARDMAN TOWNSHIP CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION will meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at 7440 Market St. to certify the results of the Boardman Fire Department captain’s exam. BEAVER TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the administration building on a road project change order, ...

Agenda

• MAHONING COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER Board of Education will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Joyce Brooks Conference Center at MCCTC. • LORDSTOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the municipal building. • HUBBARD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building.

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SPIDERS NEED LOVE: Pat Rydquist, a retired interpretive naturalist from Summit Metro Park, will share the lives and value of spiders in the hopes that others will appreciate their beauty and worth. The talk is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Austintown Senior Center, 112 Westchester Drive, Austintown. Social time is at 6:30 p.m. TEA PARTY: The Holborn Herb Growers Guild will have its annual tea party 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Lariccia Family Community Center at Boardman Park, 375 Boardman Poland Road. The annual celebration, organized by the Holborn Herb Growers Guild (founded in 1982 to ...

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FOOD DRIVE: The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is hosting its annual High Holiday food drive for Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley through Oct. 14. Donations are being accepted at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown and Akiva Academy, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown; Temple El Emeth and Children of Israel Congregation, 3970 Logan Way, Liberty; and Ohev Beth Sholom, 1119 Elm St., Youngstown. Items needed the most year-round include peanut butter, cereal, canned vegetables, canned fruit, tuna fish, dry pasta, canned soup, and ...