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OSU EXTENSION PLANT SWAP: OSU Extension Mahoning County invites local gardeners and plant lovers to take part in the annual Bring One, Take One Plant Exchange Saturday at the Extension Office, 490 S. Broad Street, Canfield. Check-in begins at 9:30 a.m. and the exchange starts at 10 a.m. Attendees can bring up to five healthy, labeled and weed-free plants to swap. Master Gardener Volunteers will be on hand to assist with plant identification, answer gardening questions and ensure plants meet quality guidelines. Participants will receive one ticket per plant they bring (limit of 5), ...

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WOOFSTOCK SET: The Steel Valley Woofstock music festival to benefit local animal charities is Saturday at Packard Music Hall in Warren. There are two tiers of tickets available. For $60, guests can get dinner, dessert, nonalcoholic drinks, entry into a progressive prize drawing and live music, as well as access to the basket raffle and rock & roll memorabilia silent auction. All seats at this price are floor seats. For $35, guests get premium balcony seating on a first-come, first-seated basis. For $25, guests get open balcony seating. The bands this year are the Steel Valley All ...

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• MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will have a board meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the commissioners’ hearing room at the county courthouse and staff meeting at 11 a.m. in the conference room at the administration building. An executive session will take place. • CANFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the township hall for an executive session on public employee terms of employment and compensation. • SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at noon Friday at the township hall for roads, fire and police matters.

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TEACHERS TO SPEAK ON POLAND TRIP: Area teachers who recently participated in a Classrooms Without Borders trip to Poland will share their experiences at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the JCC of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane. The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation event will include not only this year’s participants, but those from the past three years as well. The two-week trip with a Holocaust survivor immersed participants in the history and culture of the Holocaust. Teachers attending this year were Brian Bugos (Newton Falls High School), Christen ...

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• CANFIELD PARKS, RECREATION and CEMETERY COMMITTEE will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the city municipal building. • CANFIELD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • CANFIELD TOWNSHIP ZONING COMMITTEE will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the township building on adoption of new zoning resolution. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will have a staff meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the conference room at the administration building. • MAHONING COUNTY EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE will have a quarterly meeting at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the ...

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• MAHONING COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the board room of the offices, 345 Oak Hill Ave, Youngstown. • POLAND VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the municipal building. • McDONALD VILLAGE COUNCIL will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. today at the municipal building to renew a contract with KO Consulting, street paving and amended resolution on a 1.5-mill renewal levy.