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CHRISTMAS DAY FREE DINNERS: Two local organizations will be helping at Christmas by providing free dinners to the community. The Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley will host a free holiday meal 1 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the mission, 1300 Martin Luther King Blvd, Youngstown. Parking is available at the back of the building. Donors, community members and local businesses have provided hams and other menu items that will be prepared by the staff and volunteers. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mahoning District Council and McCarragher Family will host a meal for the ...

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• AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at noon today at the township administration building for year-end business, opioid funds and an executive session on personnel. • MAHONING COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the county auditor’s office of the county courthouse. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS have canceled their meetings for this week. • HUBBARD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building on the 2026 budget.

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WINTER NIGHTS: Mill Creek MetroParks is presenting a free outdoor light experience from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown. CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: Unity Spiritual Centre, 1226 Naylor Lloyd Road, Liberty, will hold a Christmas candlelight service 7 p.m. Tuesday. The service will include celebratory harp music by Harper Kirk and a message by Larry Etheridge. HOLIDAY SERVICES: Austintown Baptist Church, 1180 S. Raccoon Road, will hold Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Christmas Day service at 10 a.m. ...

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CANFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will hold a special meeting at 1:30 p.m. today at the township hall to review health insurance. MAHONING COUNTY AUDITOR will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. today at the county courthouse meeting room in the basement to review sealed proposals for real property and personal property. An executive session will be held.

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HOLIDAY CONCERT: Hubbard Church of the Nazarene, 1815 Cherry Lane Drive SE, will present its Christmas program at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. The Christmas Choir will present the cantata. A soup luncheon will follow the morning service in the Fellowship Hall. HOLIDAY DISPLAY: A holiday lights drive-thru is being showcased at Boardman Park through Jan. 6. The public can drive through Boardman Park’s free Winter Wonderland and tune their radio to 88.9 FM to hear the accompanying music for the synchronized lights. The display is open nightly 5 to 10 p.m. through Jan. 6. It is closed Christmas ...

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• SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 11 a.m. today at the township administration building. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONER will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the commissioners’ hearing room for the board meeting with the staff meeting at noon Thursday at the conference room at the administration building. • GOVERNING BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF EASTERN OHIO will meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the board meeting room. • CRAIG BEACH VILLAGE PLANNING COMMISSION will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the municipal building. • McDONALD VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at ...