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March 5 Agenda

• YOUNGSTOWN CITY COUNCIL will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at the caucus room at city hall for 2026 department head budgets.

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• LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE ZONING BOARD will meet at 6 p.m. today at the municipal building for a public hearing to discuss vacating the alley Robinson Court between 1st and 2nd streets. • AUSTINTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday at the board conference room for an executive session on security arrangements and response protocol. No action will be taken. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the hearing room at the county courthouse basement and at 11 a.m. for the staff meeting at the conference room at the ...

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• CANFIELD PARKS/RECREATION BOARD will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • CANFIELD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • CAMPBELL CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7:30 p.m,. Wednesday at the municipal building with caucus at 6:30 p.m. • STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building for the community development committee and finance and legislation committee. • LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL Finance Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building to discuss the permanent ...

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• BOARDMAN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have special meetings at 3 p.m. today and Tuesday at the township government center for executive sessions on personnel and administrator employment. • POLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. today and Tuesday at Dobbins Elementary School on employment of public employees. • MAHONING COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the board room at the offices, 345 Oak Hill Ave., Youngstown. • AUSTINTOWN-BOARDMAN-MAHONING COUNTY JOINT COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Boardman ...

Community news

CLEANUP AT CEMETERY: Tod Homestead Cemetery on Belmont Avenue in Youngstown has set its annual cleanup on March 16. All decorations on graves, including solar lights and artificial flowers in cemetery vases, will be removed at this time. Anyone wanting to recover the decorations must do so before that date. ASSOCIATION TO MEET: The American Business Women’s Association Mill Creek Chapter will meet at 6 p.m. March 10 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. The speaker is Linda Barton, founder of Sweet Memories Vintage Tees and Candy in Girard. Cost is $19. ...

Honorable mention for YSU student in international contest

Youngstown State University student Jacob Norton recently earned an honorable mention in the International Trombone Association’s Alto Trombone Competition, placing him among some of the most accomplished young trombonists in the world. Norton, a third‑year trombone performance major in the Dana School of Music, was part of an international division with musicians 25 and under. The virtual competition drew applicants ranging from undergraduate students to professional orchestral players and graduate‑level musicians. “It’s really cool to be in that kind of company,” Norton ...