Bridge work over I-680

Bridge work over I-680

Traffic on Western Reserve Road at Interstate 680 in Boardman and Springfield townships will be disrupted for more than a month.

Work began Tuesday on the Western Reserve Road bridge over I-680. The work will include the removal of the concrete median and an overlay of the bridge deck. During this time, Western Reserve Road over I-680 will be reduced to one lane in each direction. Also, the two left-turn lanes onto Western Reserve from southbound South Avenue will be reduced to one left-turn lane.

These lane restrictions are expected to remain in place until the end of April. In addition, I-680 under the Western Reserve Road bridge will have various daytime lane restrictions for the placement of safety platforms.

Recipe contest

BOARDMAN — Our Valley Cooks, a recipe contest featuring area residents, will be at Mr. Anthony’s, 7440 South Ave., Boardman, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

The event also will feature a food expo with about 100 vendors and a cooking demonstration by celebrity chef Aaron McCargo Jr., the season-four winner of “The Next Food Network Star.” McCargo hosts his own show on the Food Network called “Big Daddy’s House,” and during the event he will conduct a question-and-answer segment as well as sign autographs.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or online at www.ourvalleycooks.org.

Police presentation

NEW SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Township Police Department will present “Exposing the Secrets About Our Kids and Drugs” at 7 p.m. March 19 at the intermediate school auditorium.

Bob Pavlich, admissions director of Teen Challenge, is the speaker.

The evening is made possible through donations from Springfield and Poland trustees, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, New Springfield Church of God, New Middletown Mayor Harry Kale, the village council and police department and ROCK, Reclaiming Our Community Kids.

Free health fair

YOUNGSTOWN — A free community health fair will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at Youngstown Christian School gymnasium, 4401 Southern Blvd.

WellnessOne and Youngstown Christian School are sponsoring the first Healthfest. Representatives from WellnessOne, Curves, Small Smiles Dental Centers, Aflac, Humility of Mary Health Partners, the Centers for Hearing Care and others will be available to answer health-care questions.

Some of the health screenings that will be available are free spine and posture checks, blood pressure checks and bone-density scans. HMHP will provide cholesterol checks from 9 a.m. to noon for a $5 fee.

Refreshments will be available for purchase at YCS Eagle’s Nest.

For more information or to RSVP, call (330) 505-3515.

Allergy support group

YOUNGSTOWN — Parents of Allergic Kids invites anyone who has children with severe food allergies to attend the support group’s meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road.