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CVFD to host second annual Italian Festival

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ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP — The Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD) is hosting its second annual Calcutta Fire’s Italian Festival at Dunham’s Plaza, 15765 state Route170, Calcutta, from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday. The event, which will feature many of the activities it had last year such all-day music, entertainment, Italian food, a beer trailer, king and queen pageant, car show, bar crawl, party bus and after party, is held as a community event to provide the community with a day of Italian food and food and also serves to raise funds for the CVFD to purchase equipment and hosting ...

American Legion Post 290 Columbiana Newly Elected Officers

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American Legion Post 290 Columbiana recently elected offcers for 2026-2027. From left, Glenn Crosby, trustee; Walter Grossen, trustee; Rick May, chaplain; Howard Stouffer, District 10 commander & post 1st vice commander; Mike Curl, commander; Ken Allcorn, adjutant & sergeant-at-arms; Chris ...

East Liverpool FD gets council approval to require Knox Boxes

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EAST LIVERPOOL – City council recently granted permission to the fire department to install a rapid entry system to businesses and nuisance properties. At its Aug. 3 meeting, council unanimously granted permission to Fire Chief Antony Cumo to require certain businesses and nuisance property buildings to install Knox Box Rapid Entry Systems. The Knox Box Rapid Entry System as described in the ordinance is a “nationally recognized program that allows fire departments to gain rapid, non-destructive access to secured buildings through a secure keyed lockbox.” It also notes that the ...

Holborn Herb Growers Guild to host tea party Sept. 20

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BOARDMAN – The Holborn Herb Growers Guild will host its 2026 Annual Tea Party from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Lariccia Family Community Center in Boardman Park, 375 Boardman-Poland Road. Adults and children are encouraged to attend this year’s planned festivities which will ...

Eagle Scout project to provide two new homes for owls in Salem

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SALEM — Owls will have two new homes in Salem’s parks as the result of an Eagle Scout project. Aaron Rea, a 15-year-old Eagle Scout candidate from Boy Scout Troop 2006, has been working on a project which will offer homes for four different types of owls in Columbiana County for the ...

Goshen Township trustees adjust street lighting assessment

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GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — The board of trustees approved adjustments to the township’s special assessment for street lighting in its meeting Tuesday. The trustees unanimously approved a 4% increase in the township’s special assessment for electricity for 2027. The trustees and Fiscal Officer Michele Barratt said that the increase was being made to keep up with ongoing inflation. Barratt said that currently electricity rates were expected to rise 3.8% next year. “We don’t get all that money because some people don’t pay their taxes, but if everything was paid in full, we would ...