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Rare 1929 film shown at the Museum of Ceramics

EAST LIVERPOOL — Chagrin Falls resident Kenneth Koos came to the Museum of Ceramics on Tuesday, July 14 to show a 1929 16-mm film of the operations at the D. E. McNicol pottery. Though the pottery was founded in East Liverpool, production was moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia in 1928. His ...

Hazy outlook

Haze from the Canadian wildfire smoke sits over Lisbon Friday afternoon. The Air Quality Index was in the very unhealthy range but falling on Friday. Better air quality conditions were set to return on Saturday. (Photo by Michael Burich)

East Palestine adds officer to police force

EAST PALESTINE — The village added a new officer to the police force this week. Brant Moore, 21, of East Palestine was sworn in as a full-time patrolman during the Monday council meeting. “Brant is highly qualified and the village administration is thrilled to have him come aboard,” ...

Multiple departments respond to Perry Township house fire

PERRY TOWNSHIP — Multiple fire departments responded to a fire at a Perry Township residence Thursday. According to the Salem Fire Department’s report, the Salem department responded to a structure fire at 419 Benton Road at 12:50 p.m. Thursday to provide automatic aid to the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department. Due to a lack of available personnel from Perry Township, the Salem Fire Department served as the primary responding agency with automatic aid received from the Perry Township, Green Township, Winona, and Damascus fire departments. When firefighters arrived, light ...

Columbiana County Park District adjusts social media page

LISBON — “The Columbiana County Park District” is the new official Facebook page for the county park district after several social media address changes the past several months. District commissioner Neal Bayless, who’s been working on the district’s social media presence since joining the board last month, suggested the new name and the rest of the board agreed. “Hopefully we can work out the oversight details so we don’t have to go through this ever again,” he said. The original Facebook page did not have “the” in front of the name, but the board no longer had ...

Goshen Township trustees review upcoming expenses

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — The board of trustees reviewed several upcoming expenses in its meeting Tuesday. Police Chief John Calko told the trustees he’d obtained quotes from three companies to potentially provide supplemental IT services to bring the township into compliance with the requirements of House Bill 96 regarding cybersecurity. He said that all three ranged from $25,000 to $27,000 before equipment costs and suggested arranging a meeting with the township’s current IT provider to discuss potentially providing the supplemental services directly rather than retaining a ...