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Oct. 13 agenda

WESTERN RESERVE JOINT FIRE DISTRICT Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Poland Township village hall. POLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the township government center. There will be an executive session on personnel. LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building with caucus at 6:15 p.m. WEATHERSFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 5:30 p.m. today at the board administration offices and 7 p.m. Wednesday ...

Nonviolence Week closes out with roundtable discussion

YOUNGSTOWN - In 1959, legendary jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington popularized the hit song, "What a Difference a Day Makes." In a day, Steve Schultz articulated what a difference a hyphen makes. "Nonviolence with a hyphen means without violence; nonviolence without a hyphen means what you are going to do about the violence and injustice we see," Schultz, assistant director of the Millbrae, California-based Sojourn to the Past program, said. "Nonviolence (not hyphenated) is about action, not inaction." Schultz, who was in the Mahoning Valley from his home in the San Francisco ...

Youngstown man killed in Interstate-80 crash in Hubbard

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Gregory Connors, 43, of Youngstown, was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 80 eastbound that involved two other vehicles that were stopped on the highway because of traffic. The Ohio State Highway Patrol issued a news release Saturday morning stating that the crash occurred at 4:55 p.m. in Hubbard Township. The release states that Connors was in the left lane, failed to slow down, and “clipped the right rear portion” of a 2011 Subaru Legacy operated by Nicholas Shields, 23, of Elyria, then continued into the right lane and struck ...

Giant pumpkins attract hundreds to Canfield

CANFIELD - The only thing larger than the size of the produce at Parks Garden Center in Canfield on Saturday was the enthusiasm of the crowd. Approximately 200 people attended the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers World Weigh-off. Owner and Board Site Coordinator Tim Parks emceed the event as growers came to the stage with the fruits of their labor. Board Director Bill Hendricks said the weigh-off has taken place for about thirty years, even during COVID. Besides pumpkins, they weighed watermelons, tomatoes, long gourds and sunflowers. Hendricks described this as “the biggest day ...

MCDONALD CELEBRATES OKTOBERFEST

Valley communities set trick or treat

Oct. 31 Mahoning County Austintown 5:30-7:30 p.m. Beaver Township 5-7 p.m. Beloit 5-7 p.m. Berlin Township 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Boardman 5-7 p.m. Campbell 5-7 p.m. Canfield city 5:30-7:30 p.m. Canfield Township 5:30-7:30 p.m. Ellsworth 5-7 p.m. Green 4-6 p.m. Jackson 5-7 p.m. Milton 5-7 p.m. North Jackson 5-7 p.m. Poland Township 5-7 p.m. Sebring 5-7 p.m. Springfield 5-7 p.m. Struthers 5-7 p.m. New Middletown 5-7 p.m. Youngstown 4-6 p.m. Oct. 31 Trumbull County Bristol 5-7 p.m. Brookfield 5-7 p.m. Champion 6-7:30 p.m. Cortland 6-8 ...