Boardman safety village

Boardman safety village

BOARDMAN — Boardman Council PTA will present the 16th annual safety village from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Wednesday at West Boulevard Elementary. The program is open to any incoming kindergarten pupil enrolled in the Boardman school district. Safety village offers youngsters an opportunity to engage in various safety activities and the chance to learn safety tips. The cost is $10. Call Stacy Hill at (330) 550-8036 to register.

Assistance for veterans

NILES — AMVETS will be offering free assistance to veterans who want to learn more about pension and compensation entitlements. A staff member will be available to initiate new claims at the Niles AMVETS Post 101, on Belmont Avenue, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Sunday and every fourth Sunday of the month. For more information call Joe Burkey at (330) 766-1138 or (330) 522-3500.

Child starts house fire

YOUNGSTOWN — A child playing with a lighter started a fire that did $16,000 damage to a house at 545 Cameron Ave. Firefighters said flames were coming from the second-floor windows when they arrived on the scene shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday. There were four children in the home with a baby sitter and all got out safely, firefighters said. The child who started the blaze is about 5 years old and was igniting papers and throwing them onto a bed, firefighters said. The baby sitter attempted to put out the fire before calling 911, firefighters said, noting that flames spread through part of the second floor and into the attic and the second-floor porch before the fire was brought under control. The American Red Cross provided food, clothing and shelter to the victims.

Barbershop tales

SALEM — Joe Armeni will share memories of Salem’s many barbers from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Salem Historical Society Museum, 208 S. Broadway Ave.

Joe restored the barber’s chair, backboard and other items his father, also named Joe, used in the barbershop he operated in Salem for nearly 50 years. They are now on exhibit. The museum will celebrate its 60th anniversary in July. The society has obtained 50 new members in its goal to obtain 60 new members. For more information, call (330) 337-8514.

Boardman robbery

BOARDMAN — Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in broad daylight at a U.S. Route 224 business. A man was dropping his wife off at work shortly before 9 a.m. Friday at Cash Connection. As the man was about to leave, a man approached them holding a gun, said Police Chief Patrick Berarducci. The gunman ordered both people inside the business and told the woman to open the safe. He grew agitated when the woman told him that she couldn’t because of a time delay, and he threatened to shoot both the man and woman, the chief said. The woman then opened the cash register and gave the robber about $2,300. The gunman then fled.

Bicyclist injured

YOUNGSTOWN — Police said Adam Hixson, 18, of West Myrtle Avenue, was injured when he rode his bicycle into the side of a commercial van at the intersection of Mahoning and Glenellen avenues. Hixson was riding on the sidewalk eastbound along Mahoning around 1:30 p.m. Thursday and tried to cross Glenellen before a van exiting that street could make its turn onto Mahoning, police said. Hixson suffered facial injuries and was listed in satisfactory condition Friday in St. Elizabeth Health Center. The driver of the van, Michael Ray, 54, of Chapel Hill Drive, told police he stopped at the intersection, looked both ways and saw no traffic coming. He began to pull onto Mahoning when the bike hit the van, he told police.

Brookfield meeting

BROOKFIELD — The Brookfield school board will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday in the high school cafeteria, to pass a resolution authorizing the board to borrow money to pay outstanding debts of about $350,000 for the current year, said board President Joseph Pasquerilla.

Korean War ceremony

AUSTINTOWN — Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 137 will conduct a Laying of the Roses ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday at Austintown Veterans Park on Wickliffe Circle along Mahoning Avenue honoring the 118 members of the military from Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties who died during the Korean War. Family and friends of those killed in action, and the general public, are invited to the ceremony, during which the names of those who died will be read and a rose placed in their honor.