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Deep clean at Salem Community Center

The Salem Community Center pool and hot tub are closed for routine maintenance. The closure began on Aug. 22 and will end Sept. 7 with re-opening to the public on Sept. 8. The rest of…

No injuries in Third Street fire

SALEM — Multiple departments responded to a house fire on Third Street Friday. The Salem Fire Department was notified at…

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Local Sports

CARROLLTON — West Branch's boys soccer team topped Carrollton 9-0 on Tuesday. Dane Martucci had three…

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Local Columns

Hope is local: Columbiana County prepares for Suicide Prevention Month

Every month, a dedicated group meets to tackle a critical mission: preventing suicide. The Columbiana County Suicide Prevention Coalition brings together a diverse group of voices from behavioral health professionals to suicide attempt survivors and family members who have lost loved ones. By combining professional knowledge with personal, lived experience, members work together to…

Recognizing that June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, we are challenged to look at…

When trauma is also grief

Neighborhood News

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WED/9-2 Columbiana Educational session on understanding potable water testing results, 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Best Western Dutch Haus Inn, 150 East state Route 14; hosted by the Columbiana County Port Authority (CCPA) in partnership with the Columbiana County Health District (CCHD) County Area Singles, 6 p.m., East of Chicago…

Friends of the Banquet will sponsor Labor Day Banquet in Salem The Dine In or Drive…

Community Briefs

TUE/9-1 Chester Brooke Hancock Food Security Team, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 600 Indiana Ave.; schedule appointment at…

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Washingtonville VFW to meet Sept. 10 VFW Post 5532, Washingtonville, will be holding its next monthly…

Community Briefs

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Business

Covelli Enterprises, Caribou Coffee ink coffeehouse deal

WARREN — Already the largest franchise operator of Panera Bread restaurants and one of the largest restaurant franchisees in the U.S., Covelli Enterprises in Warren is growing with the addition of Caribou Coffee to its lineup. The companies on Tuesday announced they signed a domestic franchise development agreement, touting it as the largest deal…

Editorials

America at 250: A reminder that all are created equal

As our country celebrates not just any Independence Day, but the 250th anniversary of one of the boldest declarations in human history, the festivities give us an excellent opportunity to look back on two-and-a-half centuries of this American experiment and check ourselves against what the founders hoped they were setting in motion. Draped in…

Letters to the Editor

A starving horse does not suffer less because Ohio calls it livestock

Dear Editor: I am part of Northeast Ohio’s horse community, and I want people to keep paying attention to the Heather Birkmire animal-cruelty case. Five horses are dead. Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino has said necropsies found evidence of starvation and dehydration. Yet the cruelty charges are misdemeanors. Birkmire, the former operator of Pure Gold Stables…

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