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On the Record: Austintown Board of Education

Local News October 21, 2026

WHAT: October Austintown Board of Education meeting Who: Kim Smrek, Don Sherwood, Katie Berdis, Fred Marcum and Harold Porter The board: * Approved the September financial and expenditure report and month-end forecast report. * Approved purchase orders over $15,000 and transfers for the month as submitted. * Approved the following donations: $500 from MSVC-MOAA to the Fitch Junior ROTC program; $300 worth of school supplies from Greenford Christian Church to Austintown Elementary School; $500 from the Tim Welsh Memorial Run to Austintown Local Preschool; $250 from Home Depot to ...

Valley victims advocate dies at 86

Local News October 21, 2026

CORTLAND - Trumbull County victims advocate Miriam Fife, who lost her young son, Raymond, in 1985, gave much of her time helping and counseling thousands of crime victims and their families. Fife died Saturday at 86. She spent a lot of her adult life as a victims advocate for the Trumbull ...

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Hubbard trustee emphasizes importance of renewal levy

Local News October 21, 2026

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP - While much of a recent meeting's focus was on data centers, one trustee emphasized the importance of a renewal levy on the ballot in the Nov. 3 election. During his road report at a meeting earlier this month, Trustee Eric Lamb noted the paving of Hubbard Masury Road may be pushed back by the county until the upcoming spring, and the department is still down one employee while one of its employees is on leave. Lamb used the time to acknowledge all the signs around the township, adding that residents will see a 1-mill, five-year renewal levy on the ballot, adding that ...