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Sheriff’s Office — A deputy returned a call at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday to an out-of-state person regarding a trespass complaint involving a property on Walnut Street, Rogers. The person said they live out of state, but someone may have moved into a property they had for sale that’s in unliveable condition. The deputy checked the residence and found signs someone moved in, but there was no one there. — Deputies responded at 8:43 p.m. Wednesday to Rose Drive, Center Township, for a domestic dispute, advised by both parties that everything was verbal and one party would be leaving. ...

Salem school board approves revised five-year forecast

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SALEM — The Salem school board approved a revised five-year forecast in a June 29 special meeting. Typically, Ohio school districts present and approve a five-year forecast twice each year. However, in the wake of major changes to public school funding in the state, Treasurer Mike Douglas presented the board with a revised forecast projecting a mixed financial future for the district. The forecast projects annual increases to the district’s end of year cash balance for the three years with a projected final balance for fiscal year 2026 of $9,677,528, an approximately 17% increase ...

On the calendar

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SAT/7-11 Beloit West Branch High School Class of 1970, 10 a.m., Brickhouse in Sebring Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Firestone Farms in Columbiana, 6 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Celebrating Our 6th Year Serving The Community; 40 percent off the entire store. Drawings for gift cards. Historical Society of Columbiana & Fairfield Township Log House Museum open 2-4 p.m. East Liverpool Veterans Committee All You Can Eat Breakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, The Elks Lodge 258, 620 Broadway St.; ...

Goshen Twp. awards bid for Ohio Public Works Commission project

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GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — Township trustees have awarded the bid for the their Ohio Public Works Commission project. Goshen Township received a total of seven bids for this year’s OPWC project, which will pave the section of Diagonal Road between Duck Creek and Middletown roads. In a special meeting Monday, trustees selected the bid from North Lima-based contractor R T Vernal Paving & Excavating for $164,975.50. R T Vernal was the lowest bidder. The other bids received including $205,796 from Phillips Paving, $192,999 from the Shelly Company, $190,039 from Barbicas Construction ...

REAL ESTATE

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Center Township John and Agnes Hoover to Andrew D. and Arlene K. Lehman, 40.934 acre farm on Grafton Road; $360,000 Shawn Apple to Rober J. Miller, home and other residential structures on Center Avenue; $30,000 Columbiana Paul M. and Kaitlyn R. Potesta to Jacob and Angela Sevek, home on Fairfield Avenue; $375,000 East Liverpool George M. Williams III to Debra Puryear, home on St. Clair Avenue; $4,000 BCHF Oddfellows LLC to Ohio Community Housing LLC, apartment complexes on Sixth and Fifth streets; $75,000 Melanie L. Davis to Kenneth S. Page et al, home on Bradshaw Avenue; ...