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MON/8-10 Calcutta Beaver Local school board, 7 p.m., 8th grade pod County Columbiana County Park District, 5:30 p.m., CCPD office East Liverpool Preschool Story Time, 6 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room East Palestine Create & Innovate Jr., 1 p.m., East Palestine Library Eagles kitchen open 4-8 p.m., turkey club sandwich with side $9; 330-886-0397 School board, 6 p.m., elementary media center Town & Country Garden Club of East Palestine, 6 p.m., First Church of Christ Village council, 7 p.m., municipal building Lisbon Free Family Search Center, 10 ...

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Columbiana County Summer Crisis Help LISBON — Community Action Agency’s HEAP Summer Crisis Program (SCP) runs July 1 through Sept. 30. Appointments for the HEAP Summer Crisis may be made by calling the automated phone service at 330-892-8880. The Summer Crisis Program assists low-income households with an older household member (60 years or older) or households that can provide medical documentation that cooling assistance is needed for a household member’s health. This year, households that have a disconnect notice, have been shut off, or are trying to establish new electric ...

Malvern teen sharing love of violin at Columbiana County Fair

LISBON — Among all the baked goods, animals and other attractions at the Columbiana County Fair, there’s a young man named Owen Hoopes playing old time music on a violin, sharing his love for the strings. “I like to share music with others — it’s my responsibility. I love it,” ...

Ramaswamy, Acton take positions on data centers

With data centers popping up in Ohio and creating controversy, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, who are running for governor, are taking positions on them. Ramaswamy said Thursday that he has three nonnegotiable requirements for data centers — they must ensure that Ohio families who live near them receive free electricity by providing power or compensation that directly lowers residential electric bills, they must pay their full property taxes, and they must comply with strict air and water quality standards while prioritizing brownfield and industrial ...