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WED/6-10 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Woodworth Park, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Columbiana High School Class of 1961, 11:30 a.m., American Legion Post 290 County Columbiana County Veterans Service Commission, 2 p.m., VSC office East Palestine East Palestine Library, Drop-In Book Club, 6:30 p.m. Hanoverton United Local school board, 5:30 p.m., media center 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. Vacation Bible School for ages 4 to 12, 6-8:30 ...

Widow’s Sons Spring Fling

The Widow’s Sons Pillars of Strength XIX are having their annual Spring Fling Saturday at the Rogers Community Auction grounds, with proceeds to benefit Shriners Children’s Hospital. Admission is $20. The First Annual Kendall Chadwick Motorcycle Run begins at 11 a.m. and the gates open to ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Telecommunication harassment was reported at 10:07 p.m. Sunday by a Salem Township resident on Salem Unity Road. — An alarm was reported at 11:05 p.m. Saturday at Dollar General, state Route 172, Hanover Township. The keyholder was on scene and all doors and windows were secure. — Aultman Alliance Community Hospital requested a welfare check at 10:20 p.m. Saturday on a patient from Slater Road, Butler Township, who left the hospital against medical advice and was on narcotics. A deputy spoke with the woman, who was at her residence and was fine. — A ...

Two local public libraries receive grant funding

Two local public libraries have been awarded state funding. The Salem Public Library will receive $10,143 and the Columbiana Public Library $13,500 in Guiding Ohio Online grants through the State Library of Ohio. During its May meeting, the State Library of Ohio Board approved more than $368,000 in federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding for eighteen public libraries across the state. The LSTA funding is distributed to the State Library via the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This initiative provides public libraries in Ohio that serve rural ...

Perry Township trustees approve retroactive transfer of funds

PERRY TOWNSHIP—The board of trustees gave retroactive approval for a transfer between the township’s accounts in its meeting Monday. The trustees voted unanimously to retroactively approve the transfer of $15,031.41 from the General Fund to the Police Levy Fund on Dec. 24. Fiscal officer John Volio explained the transfer had previously been approved by trustees, but that an official motion hadn’t been made at the time to do so, necessitating the retroactive approval. The transfer had been made as the amount of revenue in adult fines collected by the police department, which ...