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FRI/10-31 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Card Night at Perkins in Boardman, 5 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana ‘Half-Price, Full-Impact Week,’ The Way Station thrift stores: 769 Springfield Road, Columbiana, 109 W. Rebecca St., East Palestine and 125 W. Fifth St., East ...

Heartland Fall Pops Concert

The Heartland Christian School band will remember fallen Canfield post Ohio Highway Patrol trooper Nicholas Cayton during its Fall Pops Concert  on Tuesday, Nov. 4. According to school band director Joe Kane, composer Carl Strommen was commissioned by Tennessee High School Symphonic Band to ...

‘Halloweentown’ winners announced 

EAST PALESTINE — The Village of East Palestine thanked all participants and announced the winners of the first annual “Halloweentown” home decorating contest at the start of Monday’s council meeting.  The village-wide decorating contest was the brainchild of Village Manager Antonio ...

Knox Township Chili Social

The 7th Annual Knox Township Community Chili Social will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at The Hidden Abbey, 23250 Main St., Homeworth. The signature chili with its proprietary secret recipe will be available with cornbread and desserts for a donation. Caramel apples and chili dogs will be ...

Rotary Pancake Day

The Rotary Club of Salem will be holding its 65th Annual Rotary Pancake Day from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday in the Salem High School Cafeteria. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee, milk and juice will be served continuously by Rotary members, Interact members and volunteers. Tickets are ...

Adopt-A-Class Christmas project

The Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Robert Bycroft School are once again asking for support for their Adopt-A-Class Christmas project. This project involves members of the community donating money to adopt a classroom or child served by the program. The money received ...

County agencies respond to SNAP cut-off due to federal shutdown

LISBON — During a presentation to a Salem social organization, George Hays explained that 17.8 percent of Columbiana County residents, or 19,000 people, would fall into the status of food insecure. This came months before the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the “well has ...

HOLIDAY HELP

HOLIDAY HELP: With the holidays around the corner from what already is on record as the second longest government shutdown in history, there are entities able and willing to help with everything from food insecurity to making Christmas bright for the struggling. — House of Grace: Is ...

Commissioners approve New Waterford annexation

LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners approved the annexation of 8.238 acres of New Waterford-owned land into the village, then heard a complaint from a Unity Township trustee. “We didn’t know anything about the annexation with New Waterford,” Trustee Bryan Henderson said ...

Murder trial for Long bumped to next year

LISBON — The jury trial in the aggravated murder case against William P. Long Jr. has been bumped to 9 a.m. Feb. 3, with a motion to suppress pending and another motion related to expert evidence expected to be filed. Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton agreed to ...