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Lisbon council talks pool repairs, skate park and single trash hauler

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LISBON — Lisbon village council talked pool repairs, the proposed skate park, a single trash hauler proposal and fees for food trucks this week. Regarding the pool, council agreed this week to spend up to $8,000 for Joe Colian of Salem to dig out the concrete around the pool to get a better look at cracks and where the water’s leaking. “We have to start moving. Summer’s almost over and we haven’t done nothing,” Councilman Jerry Cox said. Cox met with Colian at the Sadie Van Fossan pool at Cedar Park. He said plans will be to remove 2 feet of concrete all the way ...

West Branch to remain in the black for next three years

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BELOIT — The West Branch Local School District is projected to remain in the black for the next three years before trending into the red amid ongoing funding uncertainty for Ohio’s public schools. During the school board’s August meeting, Treasurer Lucas Cooper presented the board with a forecast which continues to project a mixed financial future for the district. Cooper stressed that while the goal is always to make the projections within the forecast as accurate as possible, it is based on current school funding conditions which are liable to change over the next five years ...

Local restaurant has food service license suspended

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SALEM — A West State Street restaurant has had its food service license suspended. According to a press release, the Salem City Health District suspended the license of Sunny’s Chinese Restaurant following “a standard food safety inspection” on Monday. During that inspection “the establishment was found to have critical food safety violations, including improper food temperatures and preparation practices” prompting Environmental Health Director Charles Weatherly to issue an immediate suspension. The suspension will “remain in effect until the identified violations ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A man on Haiti Road, Washington Township reported at 8:44 p.m. Thursday that he asked his neighbor to turn down the music and the neighbor told him he will assault him. — A woman on Township Line Road, Madison Township reported at 4:35 p.m. Thursday that she bought a dog from a company called Puppy Lovers advertising on the website Zangi. She said the company told her to send them $450 in Apple gift cards, which she did, now the company wants more money and is refusing to deliver the dog from their headquarters in Youngstown. She said she believed this was ...

ELHSAA collecting items for annual online Pottery Auction

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EAST LIVERPOOL — The East Liverpool High School Alumni Association will once again be collecting pottery items for consignment or donation for its annual online Pottery Auction. Anyone wishing to contribute pottery items may drop them off at the Alumni Center during the following ...