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TUE/9-8 Butler Township Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., administration room; date change due toe Labor Day Calcutta Calcutta Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Peter Metrovich Community Center Columbiana Free giveaway of women’s clothing, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St. School board, 6 p.m., high school media center Planning Commission, 7 p.m., city hall County Columbiana County Board of Revision, 9 a.m., auditor’s conference room East Liverpool Needles and Hooks (crochet and knitting group), noon-2 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room East ...

Grace Church Street Fair Chicken BBQ

Laurie Heintzelman, left, and Paige Hoskinson, right, grind the cabbage that will make some of the 45 gallons of coleslaw that will be served at the annual Grace Church Street Fair Chicken BBQ. The BBQ opens at 4 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 and 12 and continues until sold ...

Beaver Local “Red Pride” Marching Band Festival

The annual Beaver Local “Red Pride” Marching Band Festival will be held at Pastore Stadium at 13187 state Route 7, Lisbon, at 6 p.m. Saturday. The show will include the Red Pride Marching Band and Jazz Bands, and guest bands East Liverpool, Sebring, East Palestine, Blackhawk (Pa.), Freedom ...

Salem Historical Society to Feature Sojourner Truth Program

The Salem Historical Society will hold its next membership meeting at 7 p.m. tonight featuring historical re-enactor Eddie Murphy presenting “Sojourner Truth, American Abolitionist.” Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree around 1797, escaped slavery in 1826 and became a prominent ...

Lepper Library September display

For September, the Lepper Library in Lisbon is hosting a Johnny Appleseed collection curated by Jerry Tyson, affectionately known as Johnny Appleseed. Inspired by his role for Lisbon’s very own Johnny Appleseed, Tyson brings the folk hero to life through local and far-away handmade items and ...

Salem Police Department officers sworn in

The Salem Police Department’s newest full-time officer Robert Focht, left, was administered his oath of office by Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey Wednesday. Focht is a 2019 alumni of Marlington High School and graduated from the Youngstown State University Police Academy in July of 2024. Focht ...