Rules on open burning

Rules on open burning

BOARDMAN — The township’s fire prevention bureau is reminding residents about open-burning regulations.

Camp fires are permitted for cooking or enjoyment purposes, and fires are limited to 3 feet in width and height. Burning of leaves, yard waste or painted, treated or sawn lumber is prohibited.

Residents are permitted to burn clean, dry, fallen wood. The fire must be kept away from any combustible structure and must be supervised by an adult with a means of extinguishment close by.

Burning permits issued by the fire department must be obtained. Permits are available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the fire prevention office, 126 Boardman-Poland Road.

Soap Box Derby planned

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Union Township supervisors agreed to let the New Castle Soap Box Derby again use Municipal Drive on May 31 for the organization’s local qualifying race.

Mark Mroczynski attended the Thursday meeting on behalf of the organization and requested the road be closed from Saturday morning to late afternoon. Supervisors also granted his request for use of the township garage for storage from May 29 to race day.

Mroczynski said about 30 participants are expected. The winner will go the All American Soap Box Derby final in Akron. A rain date of June 1 has been set for the qualifying race.

Supervisor Pat Angiolelli also announced that forms are available at the township building for anyone who wants to report suspected drug activity as part of a state anti-drug effort.

Save Harding meeting

WARREN — The Save Harding Group, whose members want to save as much of Warren G. Harding High School as possible when it’s demolished, will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday at United Steel Workers of America Local 1375 Hall, 684 N. Park Ave. The group will discuss Harding and other school construction projects. The school board has decided to retain the school’s facade when the building is razed at the end of the school year. Students will move to a new high school next to the old structure.

Charity collections

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown firefighters who are members of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 312 will collect money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association today during their “Fill-The-Boot” campaign during the Mahoning Valley Thunder game, which starts at 7:05 p.m. at the Chevrolet Centre.

3 hurt inside house

GREEN — A vehicle crashed into the house at 6534 Calla Road around 7:45 a.m. Thursday and injured three people inside, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Canfield post.

Robert Patrick, 22, and Keri Patrick, 24, were in the living room of the home, and Arlene Patrick, 58, was in a downstairs bedroom. All three family members were treated at the scene for minor injuries by township paramedics.

The car, driven by Hunter Spitz, 16, of Knauf Road, Canfield, went off the right side of the road traveling west, struck a sign and then went off the left side of the road and hit the house, the patrol said. His vehicle then overturned. His injuries were minor, the patrol said.

Bids for road paving

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Village council has received bids for the summer road paving program. Officials will review them and award the contract at their May 12 meeting. Bidders for the paving program, which includes Ohlin Drive and Warner, Jeffrey and Linford lanes, are: Butch and McCree Paving, Hillsville, Pa., $83,396; Diorio Paving, Girard, $98,735; Kirila Contractors, Brookfield, $97,751; Shelly and Sands, Girard, $96,904; R.T. Vernal Paving, North Lima, $86,298; and Shelly Co., Twinsburg, $114,333.