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Salem council recognizes high school's track and field standouts

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SALEM — City council recently recognized Salem High School’s track and field standouts. Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey recognized the outstanding performance of Salem City School District students at the state track and field meet and presented them with certificates of recognition and appreciation for their efforts. Dickey said that Salem was represented at the state championship in 10 of the 17 total events, with freshman Chaya Murray taking first place in the state in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.52 seconds and the Lady Quakers finishing seventh overall as a team amongst a ...

New Waterford to sell its ambulances

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NEW WATERFORD — The village has decided to sell its two ambulances. Council this month approved a motion to put the ambulances up for sale by sealed bid. Village Mayor Shane Patrone said the ambulances were originally purchased from funds used for Fire and EMS and therefore any money received from their sale will go back into those funds. The ambulances are no longer needed due to the village halting its EMS services for now due to lack of funding and manpower. The decision to temporarily suspend the ambulance service was made by council in April. In other matters during the ...

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TUE/6-23 Beloit United Quilt Guild charity group, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., West Branch booster hall, 26701 U.S. Route 62; will be working on kits for quilt blocks and quilts for our various charity projects. Bring sewing machine as desired, fabric and patterns are provided. Info at 330-337-6459. Boardman DARE Singles Group, bocce at Boardman Park, 5:30 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Calcutta Calcutta Beaver Local school board, 6 p.m., 8th grade pod; special meeting for personnel Calcutta Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Peter Metrovich Community Center County Columbiana County Mental ...

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Salem — Brian Spencer II, 20, Salem, was cited for driving under suspension after his vehicle was observed driving recklessly in the parking lot of a business in the 2900 block of East State Street at 11:23 p.m. Sunday. — Officers spoke with a man at the police department at 7:05 p.m. Sunday about being threatened. The man advised his son-in-law had approached him and began threatening him and showed officers a recording he had made of the conversation. The man did not want to pursue charges but wanted the incident to be documented and the son-in-law to be instructed not to ...

Appeal of vicious designation for second dog in attack dropped

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LISBON — The owner of the second dog accused of attacking and seriously injuring a woman on May 15 at Lake Tomahawk dropped her appeal over the vicious dog designation against her dog, Beau, last week. Laurel Brothers, Youngstown, filed the complaint through her attorneys Chris Amato and Frank Williams against the Columbiana County Dog Warden Heidi Wallace, seeking a hearing in county Municipal Court to reverse the designation, claiming “the decision was arbitrary, capricious and unsupported by the evidence.” But before the hearing, which was set for June 15, her counsel moved ...

County park board approves 2027 proposed budget

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LISBON — The Columbiana County Park District Board approved next year’s proposed budget totaling $86,350, hired a second seasonal maintenance worker and approved a roof repair contract during a special meeting Monday. “Our biggest expenses are utilities, employees and port-a-jons,” Chairman Tom Butch said, along with maintenance. Butch discussed financial matters with board members Linda Linebaugh, Neal Bayless and Kevin Todd to kick off the special session, reviewing the revenue, expenses and balance as of May 31. “This is all the money we have,” he said. Butch ...