SEBRING — The Mahoning County Land Band, Mahoning County Commissioners, Ohio Department of Development and the Village of Sebring partnered together to demolish an old manufacturing building and clean up the site at 221 W. Georgia Ave. to free up 4.5 acres of land for development. The ...
LISBON — The Columbiana County Archives Storage Facility is getting closer to finishing, with substantial completion expected in the next week or two and the building expected to open sometime in September. “There is progress being made on the archives building,” county Commissioner Tim ...
EAST LIVERPOOL – City council recently granted permission to the fire department to install a rapid entry system to businesses and nuisance properties. At its Aug. 3 meeting, council unanimously granted permission to Fire Chief Antony Cumo to require certain businesses and nuisance property buildings to install Knox Box Rapid Entry Systems. The Knox Box Rapid Entry System as described in the ordinance is a “nationally recognized program that allows fire departments to gain rapid, non-destructive access to secured buildings through a secure keyed lockbox.” It also notes that the ...
Lt. Randy Schneider and firefighter Alex Fantone of the Calcutta Fire Swift Water Rescue team responded at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to assist the Crooksville Fire Department in Perry County east of Columbus with a swift water boat night operation and search and rescue. The team stayed for night ...
SALEM — City council voted to reduce outstanding zoning fees for a city property in its Aug. 4 meeting. Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey told council that a landlord with multiple properties within the city had purchased a property whose prior owners had not kept the property to code, accruing approximately $3,600 in fees prior to the purchase unbeknownst to the new owner. She explained that while the new owner had contracted a title company to do a search of the property’s deed prior to the purchase, that the fees had not been delivered to the county auditor’s office yet and the ...
GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — The board of trustees approved adjustments to the township’s special assessment for street lighting in its meeting Tuesday. The trustees unanimously approved a 4% increase in the township’s special assessment for electricity for 2027. The trustees and Fiscal Officer Michele Barratt said that the increase was being made to keep up with ongoing inflation. Barratt said that currently electricity rates were expected to rise 3.8% next year. “We don’t get all that money because some people don’t pay their taxes, but if everything was paid in full, we would ...
