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NIGHT MARKET: The Wean Foundation will host a night market 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Avon Oaks in Girard. The free outdoor event will feature local vendors, handmade goods, produce, food, music and more. ABWA MEETING: The Mill Creek Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Georgeanna Parker Pavilion in Boardman Park. Networking will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. The chapter will supply chicken for this annual picnic. Each member attending is asked to bring a covered dish. The program for the evening will be the installation of the ...

Burials ongoing despite storm damage at Forest Lawn

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BOARDMAN — While pedestrians and bicyclists remain discouraged from entering, vehicles continue to be barred access to Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Burials, however, are taking place at the cemetery. A EF-1 tornado touched down in Canfield Township in the early afternoon of July 5 and an ...

Quaker Steak & Lube cuts Boardman location

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Quaker Steak & Lube’s Boardman location has closed to become the second franchised restaurant under the JDK Management Co. umbrella to end operations this month. The business announced the move Monday morning on social media. “After three decades of service in Boardman, including the last 15 years in our current location, we have made the very difficult decision to permanently close the Boardman, Ohio Quaker Steak & Lube location, effective immediately,” the post said. “We want to extend a heartfelt ‘ThanQ’ to our guests, team members & community for your loyalty, support ...

Brantley Gilbert returns to Covelli Centre

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Brantley Gilbert will bring his Real American tour to the Covelli Centre on Oct. 15. Gilbert is touring in support of his eighth studio album, “Sins of the Father,” which will be released July 24. It was co-produced with Brock Berryhill, who’s worked with acts ranging from Twenty One Pilots to Kane Brown, and the lead single is “Good Damn.” Since 2005, he’s had five songs top Billboard’s Country and / or Country Airplay charts (“Country Must Be Country Wide,” “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” “Bottoms Up,” “One Hell of an Amen” and “What Happens in a ...

Trump reinstates blockade of strait; oil prices shoot up

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is reinstating a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage, after another heavy exchange of fire threatened negotiations aimed at ending the war. President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Iranian ships will no longer be able to travel through the strait and America would charge a 20% toll on eligible cargo, as the conflict with Iran has intensified after peace talks failed to deliver meaningful progress. “We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only ...

State lauds Poland police department

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POLAND TOWNSHIP — The Poland Township Police Department has been named the July 2026 Agency of the Month for outstanding community policing efforts by The Law Enforcement Foundation and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. Township police officials said community policing is part the ...