Curb work planned

Curb work planned
CORTLAND -- City council met in special session Wednesday and approved seeking bids to resurface and replace curbs on Corriedale, Cricklewood and Karakui drives, Argali and Chevoit places, Greenbriar Avenue and Wae Trail.
Watch for bogus checks
HUBBARD -- Township police are warning area businesses to be on guard against a man who is cashing fraudulent checks drawn on Ohio Rail Corp. The company account was closed in 1996. Township Detective Mike Begeot said today that a white male has cashed two checks totaling about $1,000 in the township. Fraudulent checks drawn on Ohio Rail cashed in Liberty, Youngstown, Brookfield and Howland total more than $5,000, Begeot said.
Magistrate hired
YOUNGSTOWN -- Eugene J. Fehr of Canfield Township is the new magistrate in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, chosen from a field of more than 40 candidates.
Fehr, an assistant county prosecutor since 1989, will start his new job next week and be paid $62,500 a year, said Administrative Judge Maureen A. Cronin. He replaces Bernard J. Wilkes III, who died in December.
Fehr will preside over nonjury trials for the five common pleas judges, primarily handling insurance cases, business disputes, breaches of contract and other civil matters. His rulings will be subject to review by a judge.
Mayor's hearing moved
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown Mayor George M. McKelvey's hearing for a three-car accident has been moved from Canfield area court to Austintown area court and reset for 6 p.m. Monday. McKelvey was involved in the accident March 16 on U.S. Route 224 in Boardman.
He is charged with failure to maintain assured cleared distance. The hearing was moved from Boardman area court to Canfield area court after Judge Joseph Houser removed himself from the case because of a conflict of interest -- his private practice handles cases for the city.
Maple trees available
McDONALD -- Village Administrator Robert O'Connell said the village has 15 to 20 maple trees left from its spring planting. Any resident who has lost a tree in the devil strip and would like it replaced should call the municipal building. They will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, he said.
Forgery, theft charges
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- A city man arrested March 19 after a car chase from Brookfield into Shenango Township was arraigned Wednesday on charges of forgery and theft filed by Hermitage police.
John T. Reeher II, 33, of Todd Avenue, already faces charges in Trumbull County Eastern District Court in Brookfield of receiving stolen property and fleeing and eluding in the car chase, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in a separate case.
Hermitage police have accused Reeher of taking some checks from a car that belonged to a Brookfield woman and cashing two of them for a total of $150 at two Hermitage grocery stores March 17. He was charged with two counts each of forgery and theft from a motor vehicle and was arraigned before District Justice Henry Russo, who ordered him held in Mercer County Jail on a parole detainer from a previous offense.
Tag Day for pets
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Saturday is National Tag Day for pets, and Ginny Steese Richardson, Mercer County treasurer, will be at Shenango Valley Mall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to hand out name tags and name tag order forms.
A 1996 study by the National Council on Pet Population said about 1 million dogs and nearly 600,000 cats were taken in as strays that year, but 17 percent of the dogs and 2 percent of the cats were reunited with their owners. Adding a name tag to a pet's collar makes it easier to return lost animals to their owners, according to Animal Appeal of Sharpsville, organizer of Tag Day.
Operation Safe Streets
NORTH JACKSON -- Township police, as participants in Operation Safe Streets, will crack down on speeders and violators of child restraint and seat-belt laws April 15 to 21.