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Columbiana County park board rehires former administrative assistant

LISBON — Columbiana County Park District board members rehired Lisa Shafer of Salem as the district’s new administrative assistant, noting she previously did the job for nearly three years before resigning in January. The board took the action Thursday in an emergency special meeting, which is when they also voted to accept the unexpected resignation of now former administrative assistant Mark Guy. Both votes were unanimous, with board member Neil Bayless unable to attend. Vice Chairman Eileen Dray-Bardon said Shafer was always very organized and very efficient, she was ...

County commissioners authorize engineer’s office to seek bids for manhole project

LISBON — A Columbiana County engineer’s project to replace and rehabilitate manholes along Dresden Avenue in St. Clair Township received the go-ahead from commissioners to seek bids for the first phase of work. Commissioners on Wednesday authorized the engineer advertising for bids, which will be opened at 9 a.m. Aug. 19 at the engineer’s office. Chief Deputy Sanitary Engineer Troy Graft explained that hydrogen sulfide gas from the sewer was traveling up the line along Dresden and eating the concrete for the manholes, causing at least two to collapse which had to be replaced ...

Salem council approves union contracts

SALEM — City council approved two new union contracts in its meeting Tuesday. Following a near hour-long executive session for the discussion of personnel matters council unanimously approved collective bargaining agreements with Salem Firefighters Local 283 of the International Association of Firefighters, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 2701, which represents employees of the street, traffic and safety, and parks departments as well as some city hall personnel. Councilman Jim Harrington, who chairs the city’s finance committee, ...

Salem council approves amended resolution for parks renewal levy

SALEM — City council Tuesday night approved an amended resolution declaring a necessity for renewing the park department’s recreational levy. Council unanimously approved two resolutions declaring it necessary to present the renewal of the 1.3-mill levy to voters in Columbiana and Mahoning counties, respectively, in the upcoming general election on Nov. 3. Council previously approved two similar resolutions declaring it necessary to present voters with the levy’s renewal in the July 7 meeting. However, City Auditor Sal Salvino said that the previous resolutions incorrectly ...

ASMV seeks teacher mini-grant applicants

The Autism Society of Mahoning Valley is now accepting applications for its 2026 Teacher Mini-Grants Program, which provides funding to educators serving autistic students throughout Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties. Made possible by the support of Associated School Employees ...