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Salem Quakerfest set for Saturday

SALEM — Quakerfest returns to Salem Saturday. The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, local businesses and community organizations are coming together to offer a day of fun for everyone from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The festivities will extend across the entire downtown area with giveaways, activities for children, live music and special sales. Liberty Park At Liberty Park, located at the corner of State Street and Ellsworth Avenue, attendees will be able to enjoy live music by Kelly and Co. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. who will perform favorites from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Children ...

Salem utilities department invites community to open house

SALEM — The utilities department is inviting the public to learn about the upgrades which have been made to the city’s wastewater treatment plant during an upcoming open house. During the utilities commission’s September meeting, the commissioners announced that the department will host an open house at the wastewater treatment plant at 4 p.m. Oct. 15 following the commission’s next meeting. The open house will offer attendees an opportunity to take guided tours of the plant and learn about the upgrades made across the facility over the last several years. Attendees will ...

Engineering to begin on Columbiana traffic signals update

COLUMBIANA — Engineering is expected to begin this fall for the traffic signal upgrades at the state Routes 14, 46 and 146 intersection. Columbiana City Council approved an agreement on Sept. 15 with the Ohio Department of Transportation to do the project. ODOT announced last year that it was awarding $1.45 million in funding for the traffic signal upgrades through the Small Cities Program. City Manager Lance Willard said that the city is only responsible for five percent of the cost of the project. With engineering beginning this fall construction is expected to begin in ...

Valley manufacturing center renamed in honor of Lamoncha family

YOUNGSTOWN — A dedication program took place at the Lamoncha Family Center for Advanced Manufacturing on Tuesday. The center was renamed in honor of the Lamoncha family to recognize their role in industry in the Mahoning Valley, specifically Mark Lamoncha, CEO of Humtown Products, a ...

New Waterford looking at single garbage hauler for residents

NEW WATERFORD — The village is taking bids to begin contracting with a single garbage hauler for residential service. Council this month passed a resolution to seek bids for the service and Village Mayor Shane Patrone said the idea is to alleviate wear and tear of local roads. “This was done to limit the truck sizes and the amount of trucks that use the village streets. The village is paving all of the village streets and this is an attempt to add to the useful life of the roads as well as provide the lowest possible collection rates to our residents,” he said. Currently the ...

Pepper targets Ramaswamy’s policies

YOUNGSTOWN — David Pepper, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, said the platform of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, is a disaster for working class Ohioans and continues the GOP’s efforts to benefit the rich. During a Tuesday news conference in ...