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City lake to close after Labor Day

SALEM — The parks department will cut the season short at the Salem City Lake this year. During the parks commission’s August meeting, Parks Director Kelli Pastore told the commissioners that the department was once again operating at a loss for the year at the city lake and asked when they wanted to close the lake this year. Pastore said that while the department had expected a bump in activity at the lake this year due to Guilford Lake temporarily closing for dam work during the summer, the department had sold roughly the same number of day and season passes as last season, ...

REAL ESTATE

Center Township Barbara R. DeCort to John William Rankin et al, other residential structure on Steubenville Pike Road; $45,000 Columbiana Randal S. and Kimberly S. Guy to Glenn and Michele Orlosky, home on Terra Verde Avenue; $595,000 Barbara E. Farrand to John C. and Sylvia C. Harris, home on South Vine Street; $180,000 Debra S. Schaefer to Charles L. Beiling (trustee), home on Fairfield Avenue; $123,000 East Liverpool Andrea Dankanecs to Millicent Calkins, home on Elysian Way; $335,000 Travis and Mary Anne Belich to Jason Jimmie and Allanna Gorman, home on Gardendale Street; ...

U.S. Route 30 closure for pavement rehabilitation

Starting Sept. 21, U.S. Route 30 will close at the state Route 11/U.S. Route 30 interchange in West Point for 45 days. The closure includes the section of U.S. Route 30 from state Route 45 to the state Route 11 northbound on- and off-ramps. Additionally, the ramp from state Route 11 to U.S. Route 30 and the eastbound U.S. Route 30 ramp will close as part of this phase of the project. The detour is from state Route 11 to state Route 154 west, back to U.S. Route 30. This work is the first of five phases of the project. Following this closure, the state Route 11 northbound ramps ...

Community Briefs

Good As New Shoppe women’s clothing giveaway The Good As New Shoppe will hold a free giveaway of women’s clothing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. The shoppe is located at the Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St. Mile Branch Grange Ham Loaf Dinner Mile Branch Grange, 495 Knox School Road, Alliance, will hold a drive-thru ham loaf dinner from 5 to 6 p.m. or sold out Thursday, Sept. 10. The meal includes ham loaf, scalloped potatoes, green beans, cole slaw and brownie for $12, cash only. No preorders; all meals will be first-come, first-served. 141st Hawkins Reunion The 141st ...

Columbiana 40&8 names Voyageur of the Year

COLUMBIANA — Voiture 273 has recognized Wade “Buz” Payne as its Voyageur of the Year for 2026. Payne has been a member of the 40&8 for 41 years. He is an Air Force veteran that served in Guam with the B52 Operation Arc Lite during Vietnam with four years on active duty before spending ...

East End church welcomes back former longtime preacher

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Oakland Free Methodist Church is welcoming back the Rev. Harold E. Haire—better known now as “Pastor Hal”—who served the congregation at 506 Wedgewood St. starting at age 30 in 1982. In 1995, he accepted another pastoral position in Spencerville, Maryland, and ...