Administrator raises

Administrator raises
CANFIELD -- The board of education gave raises to three administrators, Superintendent Dante Zambrini, business manager Rich Archer and Treasurer Patti Kesner, at its meeting Wednesday.
The raises are for 1.25 percent the first year and 2 percent the second year.
The current salary for the superintendent is $88,592; business manager, $70,002; and treasurer, $71,497.
Zambrini will get a $750 performance bonus to match the business manager's and the treasurer's, which they received from the previous school board.
Park proposal pondered
VIENNA -- Township trustees are having a meeting to determine the interest and feasibility of a community park at 7 p.m. Monday at town hall.
The township owns land behind Baker Elementary that could be used as a park, but it is now vacant and wooded, Trustee Heidi Brown said.
If residents express interest in a park, the township will then form a park committee that will look at financing and other issues.
Road closed for sewer
WARREN -- Panther Avenue Northeast between Elm Road and Woodland Avenue will remain closed until 8 p.m. Monday for construction of a sewer line at the new Warren G. Harding High School. The avenue was scheduled to open Friday, but rainy weather delayed the project.
Shooting of man, house
YOUNGSTOWN -- The wounding of a 20-year-old East Judson Avenue man on Hillman Street and a house shot up in the 50 block of West Auburndale Avenue may be related to an argument between young women, police said.
The shooting victim, who was treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center late Wednesday night, said he had gone to the Hillman address to pick up his sister.
He heard gunshots in the front yard and was shot in the left leg as he ran to the house, reports show.
The residents at the Avondale house acknowledged that a fight had taken place there that involved women from the Hillman address but didn't want to report that the Avondale house was shot up.
Pot-growing charges
NEW SPRINGFIELD -- William H. Dunlap, 32, of 3823 South Range Road was arrested Friday on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession and cultivation of marijuana after plants were found growing on his property, said Robert Domico, a Springfield Township police officer and member of the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force.
Domico said plants were spotted when another officer, trying to contact Dunlap on an unrelated matter, visited Thursday when Dunlap was not at home. Dunlap is expected to be arraigned Friday in Struthers Municipal Court.
Bus driver surrenders
AUSTINTOWN -- A school bus driver charged with theft has surrendered to police. John Price, 45, of Canfield, was charged after failing to reimburse the school district $7,000 he received as the result of a payroll error.
A warrant was issued for his arrest Tuesday. He turned himself in Thursday afternoon.
School officials say the payroll error occurred in February 2003 but went unnoticed until December 2005 when Price came forward and alerted police to the mistake.
Price has been released on $400 bond. He will be arraigned in Mahoning County Area Court at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Pizza place robbed
YOUNGSTOWN -- Police said Friday that two men, one with a gun, robbed Angelo's Pizza on South Avenue of an undetermined amount of cash around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sobriety checkpoint
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Mahoning County Operating a Vehicle Impaired Task Force will hold a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in Mahoning County from 7 to 11 p.m. today. The mission of the multijurisdictional task force is to reduce alcohol- and drug-related crashes.