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WED/9-23 Boardman DARE Singles Group, pool night at Camelot Lanes, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Canfield South Range school board, 6 p.m., K-12 building County Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities, 4 p.m., administration offices Area Singles, 6 p.m., Paul’s Italian Grille in Columbiana East Palestine Way Station, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 109 W. Rebecca St. Preschool Storytime, 11 a.m., East Palestine Library Leetonia School board, 6 p.m., Room 204 Lisbon Free Family Search Center, 6-8 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7250 Lisbon ...

Lisbon to host ATP open house today

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LISBON — Area residents, visitors and people who work in Lisbon can attend an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Lisbon Village Hall to share their views on what’s needed to improve travel for pedestrians and bicyclists in Lisbon. The event is for the village’s proposed Active Transportation Plan through the Ohio Department of Transportation. Toole Design representatives, the consulting firm working on the ATP, will be in Lisbon to meet with village officials and the public. Plans also call for representatives to visit the schools today and Thursday.

United Local receives donation to cover costs of performing in Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade

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HANOVERTON — The United Local School District has received $110,000 in donations to help cover the cost of the band’s performance at Pearl Harbor in December. It was first announced in May of this year that the marching band would be participating in the 85th Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade on Dec. 7. At that time funds were donated by local veterans organizations in support of the trip that will honor the lives of those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Band Director Nome Baker told news partner WKBN First News in May that the band will get to see the U.S.S. Arizona and ...

Salem Fire Department responds to kitchen fire Monday

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SALEM — A Salem business experienced a kitchen fire Monday. A structure fire was reported at the Foundry at 7:18 p.m. When firefighters arrived, smoke was visible from the rear of the building and employees of the business advised them that the fire was in the kitchen. Salem Fire Department Capt. Jeff Olinger said that fire was located on a stove top and appeared to have been started by items on the stove top overheating when someone accidentally turned on the wrong burner while attempting to heat something. He said that the oven hood system was deployed but did not fully ...

Equipment fire briefly blocks Broadway

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SALEM — An equipment fire required employees at a Salem business to be temporarily evacuated Tuesday. An equipment fire was reported at around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday at American Standard Brands in Salem. Salem Fire Department Lt. Kevin Bryan said that employees of the business had extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher and shut off power to the machine to prevent further fire prior to firefighter’s arrival. He also said that the employees had already begun evacuating the area for safety when the department arrived. “The employees did a great job by using the extinguisher ...