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RAILCARS DISPLAYED: The Mahoning Valley Railroad Heritage Association Museum, 1340 Poland Ave., Youngstown, will be open 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. There will be two cabooses visitors can walk through, as well as other displays. Cost is $2 per person. MAHONING RIVER CLEANUP: Help protect and restore our local waterway at the next Friends of the Mahoning River cleanup, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, weather permitting. Meet at Thomas Swift Park, Warren, at 9:45 a.m. Cars will shuttle to the takeout at Canoe City in Leavittsburg. This is primarily an on-water cleanup, but there is work to do ...

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• MILL CREEK METROPARKS Finance Citizens Advisory Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the education building at Metroparks Farm in Canfield. • CANFIELD COMMUNITY JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in Canfield City Hall’s council chambers.

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• BOARDMAN BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the central office conference room at the high school for an executive session to discuss negotiations and financial and policy updates. Action will be taken. • MILL CREEK METROPARKS Education Citizens Advisory Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Ford Nature Center education building in Youngstown. • CANFIELD COMMUNITY JEDD BOARD will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday at city hall. • WESTERN RESERVE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the K-12 cafeteria. • MAHONING COUNTY ...

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CIVIL WAR TALK: The Canfield Historical Society will look at one soldier’s Civil War experience in “Jacob Shenkel, an Ohioan at Gettysburg” at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Canfield Library’s large meeting room. Timothy R. Brookes will make the presentation. The talk is free. Shenkel served with the 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry and kept a detailed diary of his experiences during the Battle of Gettysburg. SEED EVENT: A seed donation event will take place 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday at Pocket Park at the corner of Berkeley Avenue and McGuffey Road, Youngstown. The Healthy Community Partnership of ...

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WALK AND CHALK: The McDonald summer recreation program will kick off the season with a Walk and Chalk event 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Woodland Park. Children can decorate the sidewalk in front of the park. Children can meet at the splash pad to find the sidewalk they want to decorate. There will be buckets of chalk available. SUMMER KICKOFF AT ACADEMY SPORTS: Academy Sports + Outdoors, 1280 Doral Drive in Boardman, will host a free summer kickoff event 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. There will be classic outdoor games, a dunk tank, a meet-and-greet with local police and firefighters, ...

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• WESTERN RESERVE JOINT FIRE DISTRICT will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Poland village hall. • CAMPBELL COUNCIL will have a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the community center at Roosevelt Park. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the conference room at the county administration building. • STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building with caucus at 6:15 p.m. • LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. The ordinance committee will meet at 6 ...