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Local winery continues to grow

HANOVERTON — Nothing like a nice glass of wine, as one listens to live music on a sprawling country hillside. At least that was the inspiration behind Tipsy Farmer Winery more than five years ago. Opening at the height of COVID, Don and Jen Paynter had been enjoying the hobby of ...

ELFD receives new plume detection monitors

EAST LIVERPOOL—Sean Meigs, senior account manager, Honeywell, met with East Liverpool Fire Dept.members Wednesday for their first training on the Arearaes air monitoring/plume detection system. The system was obtained via grant money. Meigs spent the morning introducing the firefighters to ...

Emergency planners mostly prepared for Canfield Fair

CANFIELD — The Canfield Fair does not begin until Aug. 27, but the preparation to make sure it goes off without a hitch is already well under way. Canfield’s Cardinal Joint Fire District Chief Don Hutchinson said police agencies around Mahoning County already have had their planning ...

French running for Perry Township trustee seat

Editor’s note: Following is a release from Austin French announcing his candidacy for Perry Township Trustee: I have filed to run for the position of Perry Township trustee, as I have been a resident for the past twenty years. I believe that a resident should be on the board since the ...

Community Calendar

MON/8-11 Calcutta St. Clair Township trustees, 4 p.m., government building Columbiana Space for Grief, 2 p.m., First Presbyterian Church; information at 330-482-2666 East Liverpool Camp Yeshua VBS, 6-8 p.m., Yshua Assembly of God, 49345 Calcutta Smith Ferry Road; for grades ...

Gaffney joins Summit Academy Management

Sean Gaffney of Columbiana joined Summit Academy Management, which operates 18 special education community schools throughout Ohio, as controller on Aug. 4. Gaffney says he looks forward to bringing both his expertise in public school finance and commitment to Summit Academy’s mission to his ...

Doris May Eells Memorial Saddle Horse Building

LISBON — Doris Eells believed in giving back to the community she called home. Sixteen years after her passing at the age of 81, Doris’ contributions continue to make a difference. That was on full display at last week’s Columbiana County Fair when the Saddle Horse Committee cut the ...

Four West Branch BOE seats draw several candidates this November

BELOIT — Nearly a dozen candidates have filed to run for the West Branch Board of Education in the upcoming November election. Following the filing deadline Wednesday, nine people will be vying for three board seats in November with incumbents Joe Courtwright, Bryan Hobbins, and David Yaggi ...

Leetonia scales back on community center design

LEETONIA — The village of Leetonia still plans to build its Community Learning and History Center; however, officials had to scale back the initial conceptual design. During Tuesday’s regular meeting, council took action to take next steps for the project, after hearing from Brian ...

Elvin Tisdale denied new trial, acquittal in 2021 fatal EL shooting

LISBON — The judge who sentenced Elvin EJ Tisdale to prison for the rest of his life for killing Brycen Douglas in 2021 said no to his requests for a new trial and acquittal. Tisdale’s trial defense attorneys Paul Conn and Coleen Hall Dailey filed motions for acquittal and a new trial in ...