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Boardman residents bring flooding problem to Canfield trustees

CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — A delegation of Huntington Ridge residents attended this week’s trustees meeting looking for a solution to a major flooding problem. Heavy rains have destroyed a retaining wall in the development that will be a costly endeavor to repair. “We don’t want to fix a wall that will cost a lot, just to end up fixing it again next year,” spokeswoman Julie Troup said. She said the reason they were addressing trustees is because the flood waters are flowing across Tippecanoe Road from the Ohio Turnpike in Canfield and flooding the Huntington Ridge area, which ...

Nero’s Bridge emerges from Tiber River as Rome faces water crisis

ROME (AP) — The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge. The bridge — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s right bank. “Nero is the most famous person linked to this area, because precisely in Nero’s circus, where the Vatican is now located, the Apostle Peter was martyred,” said Antonella Bonini, an archaeologist at Rome’s cultural heritage superintendency. “However, ...

On the record: Campbell Board of Education

Campbell WHAT: Board of Education special meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Gary Bednarik, Beth Donofrio, Judy Gozur, Tony Kelly and Tina Tsagaris The board: ● Approved an agreement with Emergency Medical Transport Inc. to provide ambulance coverage for football standbys at a rate of $200 per hour per unit per game. ● Approved a three-year agreement with SOS Security Systems Inc. for a 24-hour burglary alarm monitoring service at the new Campbell Health and Community Development Center. ● Approved a three-year contract with SOS Security Systems Inc. for elevator alarm and video ...

Ice halts Valley native’s Arctic trip

Warren native Matt Rutherford will have to wait until 2027 to complete another record-setting solo voyage. Rutherford, 45, was forced to end his attempt to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo, a journey of about 10,000 nautical miles. According to a news release issued Thursday, ...

Three US criminals executed in one day

Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday and Alabama followed suit hours later as U.S. states executed three men by lethal injection in one day for the first time since 2010. The Tennessee man was executed for killing a motel maid in 1985 and the Oklahoma man for killing his girlfriend in 2003. In Alabama, a man was put to death for killing a 5-year-old girl he had offered to pay her mother to abuse. Having three executions in one day was a coincidence in scheduling, but reflected a trend of increased executions in the U.S. Eleven states ...