Leetonia water

Leetonia water
LEETONIA -- Village Administrator Gary Phillips is asking water customers to conserve water until a break in a main waterline is located and repaired. Customers may experience low pressure and discoloration because of the leak, Phillips said. There is a break somewhere significant enough to cause a drop in the storage tank on Walnut Street, Phillips said. He said crews located a leak on Hazel Street, but it wasn't significant enough to have caused much loss. Since much of the soil in the village is sandy, water can flow underground without surfacing, even on a main waterline break, Phillips noted.
College visitation
ALLIANCE -- Mount Union College has visitation Saturday for high-school juniors and seniors. Events include a tour, meetings with faculty and panel discussions for parents and students. Brunch will be provided, and visitors are invited to the 1:30 p.m. football game against Marietta College. Game tickets are provided for those registering in advance.
To register, call (800) 334-6682 or (330) 823-2590. E-mail admissn@muc.edu for more information.
Checking treats
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Trick-or-treaters can have their candy and other goodies checked for metal objects at the Lawrence County Courthouse. Commissioner Brian Burick said he and a security officer will be at the courthouse from 8 to 9 p.m. Thursday putting candy through the metal detector. The service is free.
Critical condition
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Beth Dulaney, 29, of Highland Road, Hermitage, was in critical condition this morning in St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, with injuries from a one-car accident on South Good Hope Road. Police said her vehicle ran off the road and struck an embankment just north of Orangeville Road around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The vehicle rolled onto its side and Dulaney was partially ejected from her seat, police said. Her twin children, Tyler and Taylor, 5, were restrained in child seats and weren't injured, police said.
Farrell Favorites
FARRELL, Pa. -- Mayor William Morocco honored residents Zora Koukis of Washington Street and Kim Hawkins and her daughter, Mary, of Roemer Boulevard, as "Farrell Favorites for their efforts to beautify their neighborhood.
It's an unofficial honor started by Morocco to recognize those who go out of their way to help others or improve the city.
Morocco said Koukis was helping a neighbor with some lawn edging and trimming, then decided to take on the task around an entire city block.
Hawkins and her daughter assisted her, he said, noting he just happened upon the three working and stopped to see what they were doing.
"It is so pleasing to learn of such a strong commitment toward being a friend; such openness and friendliness are somewhat uncommon today," Morocco wrote to the three.
Charity program
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- International students at Thiel College will participate in a World Community Day program at 1 p.m. Friday at Calvary United Methodist Church, 44 S. Mercer St.
The program is sponsored by the Greenville Council of Church Women, which will collect donations of paper products and personal care items for charity.
The program is free, but donations will be accepted for Heifer Project International, a program dedicated to curtailing hunger and poverty.
New bridge
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A new Hickory Run Bridge on Pa. Route 551 in North Beaver Township should be open by next summer, said state Rep. Chris Sainato of New Castle, D-9th. The 200-foot span has been closed since 1994 when Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials deemed it unsafe. Sainato said workers will begin dismantling the old bridge next month and then work will begin on the new one. It is expected to cost about $1 million. The bridge is owned by the state, and all funding is coming through PennDOT.