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National Night Out events set

Community News August 3, 2026

National Night Out is marked on the first Tuesday in August. The event enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community and provides an opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances, according to the National Night Out website. Local communities hosting events, which include seeing police, fire and emergency medical service vehicles, music, games and food are: • Liberty — 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Churchill Park off Belmont Avenue in conjunction with the rescheduled America250 celebration ...

Girard crews respond to fire

Local News August 3, 2026

GIRARD — The Girard Fire Department was called out at 1:30 a.m.Saturday to a fire at Amex Dies, Inc., a precision tool and die manufacturing company on North State Street. A fire spokesman said the cause of the fire is under investigation and was contained to the north side of the building. There were no injuries. Assisting Girard at the scene were fire crews from Hubbard and Youngstown.

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Community News August 3, 2026

CEMETERY TOUR: The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County joins the Oak Hill Volunteer Research Team for a walking tour honoring police and fire services personnel noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Led by members of the Oak Hill Volunteer Research Team, participants will be able to visit the resting places of local police officers and firefighters and hear stories about their lives, and the struggles and triumphs of public service. Oakhill Cemetery historian Steffon Jones and the research team started out placing flags on the soldier’s graves and replacing their headstones, ...

Agenda

Community News August 3, 2026

• McDONALD VILLAGE COUNCIL will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. today at the municipal building to vote on a candidate for an open council seat. • POLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the township government center for an executive session on personnel. • AUSTINTOWN-BOARDMAN-MAHONING COUNTY JOINT COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Boardman Township government center. • POLAND VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the municipal building. • PUBLIC LIBRARY OF YOUNGSTOWN AND MAHONING COUNTY Service and ...

Block party brings Campbell residents together

Local News August 3, 2026

CAMPBELL — The 19th-century writer, historian and Unitarian minister Edward Everett Hale once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” That philosophical approach spoken more than 100 years ago seems to also foreshadow the ...

Time capsule buried at Craig Beach

Local News August 3, 2026

MILTON TOWNSHIP — A time capsule burial ceremony took place Saturday at Craig Beach in Lake Milton State Park and it is hoped that the time capsule’s contents will give future generations a glimpse into what Lake Milton’s community was like in 2026. “Its purpose is to kind of embody what the pulse of Lake Milton is right now in 2026,” said Milton Township Trustee Wendy DiBernardi, a member of the Lake Milton Women’s League, which hosted the event. The event was part of a second America250 event in Milton Township. Lake Milton’s America250 was organized by several ...