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Boardman voters will face safety services levy in fall

BOARDMAN — Township trustees have unanimously voted to place a 2.75-mill, five-year additional tax levy on the November ballot for the exclusive use of safety services. Trustees also announced a slew of new businesses coming to the township at its meeting Monday. Trustees Steve Yacovone, Matt Gambrel and Larry Moliterno agreed to place the property tax levy on the Nov. 3 ballot to ensure adequate operations in the police and fire departments. “This is necessary just to maintain services,” Yacovone said in a phone interview after the meeting. It will not be used to greatly ...

Youngstown man gets 30 days in jail and probation for killing dog

YOUNGSTOWN — Dustin M. Shamp, 31, was sentenced to five years of probation and 30 days in the Mahoning County jail Tuesday after pleading guilty earlier to one felony count of cruelty to companion animals and one misdemeanor count of discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises for shooting a dog on Tremble Avenue in Campbell on March 1, 2025. Prosecutors dismissed a firearm specification as part of the plea agreement prosecutors reached with Shamp, said Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Katherine Jones. She asked Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin to ...

Mezuzah blesses entrance at JCC’s Schwartz Center

YOUNGSTOWN — During a quiet ceremony Tuesday afternoon, a mezuzah was placed at the entrance of the newly renovated Schwartz Judaic and Holocaust Resource Center inside the Jewish Community Center (JCC). A mezuzah is a handwritten scroll on parchment paper, called a Klaf, that contains verses of text from Jewish scripture in Hebrew, placed inside a decorated case. Rabbi Seth Sternstein of Temple El Emeth in Liberty led the blessing, which was attended by JCC staff and JCC Early Learning Center pre-kindergarten students. Liron Daniel, the Israel Engagement Program Coordinator for ...

Federal judge rejects Latell’s amended lawsuit

Ruling it was filed too late, a federal judge didn’t permit the attorney for Tod Latell, the former Trumbull County recorder, to amend his lawsuit against Trumbull County’s current recorder, Dawn Zinni-Hanni, and her husband, 7th District Court of Appeals Judge Mark A. Hanni. George Farneth, Latell’s attorney, filed an amended complaint on July 10. The lawsuit was initially filed April 22 by Farneth, on behalf of Latell, a Democrat, against the county, Zinni-Hanni and Hanni, both Republicans, alleging civil conspiracy, defamation and abuse of political authority or ...

Coitsville works to become educated on wildlife preserves

COITSVILLE — Township officials worked to secure funding and talk with volunteers Tuesday about maintaining and expanding its newly acquired William Holmes McGuffey Wildlife Preserve, which the township obtained from Mill Creek MetroParks for $1 in May. During a morning meeting at the ...