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Columbiana County Fair participating in state-wide food drive contest

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ALLIANCE — This month, the Columbiana County Fair is joining a youth-led statewide effort to fight hunger and give back to local community food banks by participating in the Fight the Hunger, Stock the Trailer contest — presented by Farm Credit Mid-America and sponsored by Rural 1st. This friendly competition among Ohio county fairs encourages youth leaders to collaborate with their local community to collect food donations for local food banks throughout their county fair. Since launching in 2021, Ohio junior fair boards have used creative tactics and impressive fundraising ...

ASMV seeks teacher mini-grant applicants

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The Autism Society of Mahoning Valley is now accepting applications for its 2026 Teacher Mini-Grants Program, which provides funding to educators serving autistic students throughout Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties. Made possible by the support of Associated School Employees Credit ...

Salem school board updated on new state laws impacting public schools

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SALEM — The board of education was updated on new state laws that will impact public schools in its meeting Monday. Superintendent Jamie Kemats updated the board on new requirements set by House Bill 96 which concern attendance reporting and Senate Bill 19 which Kemats said implements new math curriculum requirements similar to the science of reading guidelines implemented by House Bill 33 in 2023. Kemats said that under House Bill 96 all absences, even those which are medically excused, will count toward a student’s total hours absent for state-defined thresholds of chronic ...

Beaver Local Elementary flower fundraiser top sellers

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Beaver Local Elementary held its annual Foertmeyer Flower Fundraiser and awarded the top seller in each grade level with a Bruster’s gift card. Top sellers by grade level include, from left, elementary principal Brianne Hall, preschool: Everly Thompson and Jhett Watkins, kindergarten: Devon ...

On the calendar

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WED/7-22 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Woodworth Park, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana American Red Cross blood drive, 1-6 p.m., Das Dutch Village Inn East Liverpool Friends of the Carnegie Public Library book sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Carnegie Library’s Community Room East Palestine Health Coaches for Hypertension Control, 11 a.m., East Palestine Library Leetonia School board, 6 p.m., Room 204 Lisbon Free Family Search Center, 6-8 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7250 Lisbon Road; information at 330-271-1661. Salem Park Board ...

County park board to hold special meeting to discuss administrative assistant position

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LISBON — The Columbiana County Park District Board will hold an emergency meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at board offices, Maple Street, Lisbon to hire a new administrative assistant. According to an email from board Vice Chairman Eileen Dray-Bardon, administrative assistant Mark Guy resigned on Friday. Guy was hired by the previous board in February and just last week was reclassified as permanent part-time, which made him eligible for paid time off.