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Canfield council preps for projects

CANFIELD — City council members approved engineering and project management for several upcoming projects at Wednesday’s council meeting. Council authorized the city manager to enter an agreement with MS Consultants Inc. at a cost of $35,000 for engineering, design and bidding for the ...

On the record Hubbard

Hubbard WHAT: Board of education meeting May 18 PRESENT: Anna Martin, William Cummings, Josh Barr, Donald Newell and Amanda O’Neill The board: •Accepted the following donations: $10,000 to the high school band brass instrument purchasing plan from the Hubbard Band Sponsors; $4,287 to ...

Man guilty of vehicular homicide

YOUNGSTOWN — Despite what seemed like conflicting and complicated testimony, a jury only deliberated about 80 minutes Wednesday before finding Robert C. Powell, 25, of North Carolina, guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide, drunken driving and improperly handling firearms in a motor ...

City Council wants more information on $1.95M project before vote

YOUNGSTOWN — City council still wants more information about a request to spend up to $1.95 million on sanitary sewer improvements to a site in the Salt Springs Road Business Park before committing to it. Councilman Mike Ray, D-4th Ward, said Wednesday he supports the improvements, but ...

Administration pulls SOBE law firm legislation

YOUNGSTOWN — The city administration decided not to move forward with a request to have city council authorize up to $130,000 to hire a law firm to assess the functionality and long-term viability of SOBE Energy Solutions LLC, the beleaguered downtown utility company. The item, sponsored by ...

Boardman OKs 1-year data center moratorium

BOARDMAN — Under pressure from residents, Hubbard city officials on Monday agreed to draft legislation for a moratorium on data centers in the community. Mahoning County’s largest urban township also recently took steps to prohibit the facilities, and one official explained why. “We ...