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West Township Memorial Association Memorial Day service MOULTRIE — The West Township Memorial Association will host its Memorial Day service at 2 p.m. Monday at Moultrie Chapel, state Route 172, Moultrie. The chapel is located 2 miles east of New Franklin, north of Minerva (23577 state Route 172, Minerva). The program inside the Chapel will include speaker Ken Bandy from Knox Township on “The Story Beneath the Stone.” While honoring and remembering all who have died in America’s conflicts, Bandy will tell the story of a young man from Lynchburg in West Township, who was killed ...

C. Tucker Cope earns national recognition

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A local company has earned national recognition in the construction industry. C. Tucker Cope & Associates Inc. of Columbiana served as the general contractor for a project honored by the Metal Building Contractors & Erectors Association (MBCEA) at it annual conference last ...

Salem Rotary presents Golden Apple to junior high teacher

SALEM — The Salem Rotary Club presented its annual Golden Apple Award to a teacher at the junior high Tuesday. The 2026 Golden Apple Award was presented to seventh- and eighth-grade teacher Todd Stokes in his classroom Tuesday. Stokes is a 1989 Salem High School alum and earned his ...

Leetonia council OKs construction contract for civic center

LEETONIA — Village council approved a construction management at risk (CMR) agreement with DeSalvo Construction for phase four of the village’s civic center project. Council voted unanimously to authorize a contract with DeSalvo Construction for pre-construction CMR services for a fee of $13,125. Under a CMR agreement, the contractor acts as a consultant initially, working with the client during the design phase to ensure that the project can feasibly be completed within their budget, before shifting to a more traditional general contractors’ role during the construction ...

Beaver Local BOE learns about Bycroft costs

LISBON — A change in service agreements with the Robert ByCroft School has made the Beaver Local School District responsible for half of the cost of their students placed with the specialty school. District Superintendent Eric Lowe said the district was only recently notified of the shift in fee structures that resulted in an estimated $71,379 cost to the district. “In the past, there has not been a charge. The district would likely be paying 50 percent of the cost of the students’ services with what seemed to be a possibility of it increasing along the way in future years,” ...