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Salem council recognizes high school’s track and field standouts

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SALEM — City council recently recognized Salem High School’s track and field standouts. Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey recognized the outstanding performance of Salem City School District students at the state track and field meet and presented them with certificates of recognition and appreciation for their efforts. Dickey said that Salem was represented at the state championship in 10 of the 17 total events, with freshman Chaya Murray taking first place in the state in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.52 seconds and the Lady Quakers finishing seventh overall as a team amongst a ...

System hiccups continue as work winds down on third phase of wastewater treatment plant upgrade in Salem

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SALEM — Some system hiccups continue as work winds down on phase three upgrades at the wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager Dean Stokes told the utilities commissioners in their June meeting that issues with the sludge conditioning building’s main flow meter reading incorrectly still had not been resolved despite ongoing collaboration with Centrisys to diagnose and correct the route issue in recent months. Stokes said that he and his team were doing everything possible on site to keep the sludge treatment process running, but that he “does not want ...

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EP Eagles stuffed chicken breast dinner East Palestine Eagles #1506 will hold its monthly stuffed chicken breast dinner on Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. Dinner consists of stuffed chicken breast, baked potato, vegetable and roll for $11. Call 330-853-8483 to reserve meal(s). WLC club meeting The WLC club met on June 26 at the Living Room Church in Wellsville. Linda Seaver was the biggest loser for the week and Gladys Buzzard wore the officers ribbon. Seevers won the dimes and Peggy Imburgia had three weeks weight loss with no gains. Janice Monte won the 50/50 drawing. Barb Tranter ...

East Liverpool school board approves new principal, band director

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EAST LIVERPOOL — The East Liverpool school board has hired a new principal for North Elementary and band director for the junior senior high school. The board Thursday night unanimously approved Lindsay Ramsey as the new principal. She is currently an intervention and behavioral support ...

East Palestine School District to seek continuous earned income tax in November

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EAST PALESTINE — The East Palestine School District is asking voters to approve a new 1 percent continuous earned income tax levy this November. The board of education passed a resolution during this month’s regular meeting to place the levy on the general election ballot. According to the resolution the district “has determined that the current revenues available to the School District will be insufficient to provide for the necessary requirements of the school district and that it is necessary to levy an additional school district income tax.” The tax would be levied on ...

East Liverpool to celebrate America 250 with monument reveal and family activities

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EAST LIVERPOOL — The City of East Liverpool will celebrate America 250 on July 11 with the unveiling of the Revolutionary Patriots Memorial followed by a wide variety of activities featuring something for all ages. The celebration runs 1 to 8 p.m. The event begins at East Liverpool City Hall, 126 W. Sixth St., at 12:45 p.m. with a procession to the monument unveiling program which will begin at 1 p.m. at the corner of Sixth and Washington streets. The Memorial program will include posting of the colors, invocation, pledge of allegiance and the national anthem, historical remarks ...