Driscoll benefit tops goal

Driscoll benefit tops goal

BOARDMAN — More than 4,000 spaghetti dinners were sold during the two-day Tom Driscoll Benefit dinner in St. Charles Church’s social hall, which far exceeded the goal of 3,000. Overwhelming generosity and support from Youngstown, Boardman and surrounding communities toward the Greenford family were the main reasons for the huge turnout Saturday and Sunday, said Tony Provenzale, one of the event’s coordinators. Provenzale also thanked the church and volunteers for their response and contributions. Driscoll, a compliance director for a Jersey City, N.J., company, was traveling to New Jersey the evening of Jan. 25 when he was in a traffic accident on icy eastbound Interstate 80 near the Ohio-Pennsylvania line. The accident left him in a coma. The couple has 14 children ages 4 to 24.

Fire at YSU probed

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown Fire Department is investigating a Saturday evening fire that caused between $5,000 and $10,000 damage to Youngstown State University’s Moser Hall engineering building. The fire started in a locked room where a piece of machinery ignited around 6:30 p.m. The fire was contained to one room, but smoke spread to other buildings on the campus.

Beekeepers meeting

CORTLAND — The Trumbull County Beekeepers Association will meet at 2 p.m. April 19 at Trumbull County Agriculture Building, 520 W Main St. There will be a question-and-answer session, the DVD “Tales from the Hive” will be shown, and dues and colony registrations will be collected. The public is invited to attend the free event. Those attending are asked to bring a food item to share for the potluck dinner at the meeting.

Warren grant sessions

WARREN — Nonprofit organizations serving the city that wish to receive funding through the city’s allocation of federal Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnership programs are invited to attend one of several informational sessions in April. The purpose of the meetings is to teach the agency’s grant writer and administrator how to submit proposals for 2010. The meetings will be in the second-floor conference room in the city’s Community Services Building, 418 Main Ave. S.W. For those who received funding in 2009, meetings will be at 2 p.m. April 16 and 9 a.m. April 17. For those who did not receive funding in 2009, meeting times are 9 a.m. April 22 and 2 p.m. April 24. For more information, call Erik R. Jennings at (330) 841-2595.

Lincoln Day dinner

SALEM — The Columbiana County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner with keynote speaker John Kasich, a former U.S. congressman and a Fox News commentator, will be at 7 p.m. April 30. The event will be at the Salem Elks BOP Lodge #305, 824 E. State St. There is a cash bar at 6 p.m. The cost is $35 a person or $70 per couple. From 5 to 6:30 p.m., there will be a private reception at the home of Bob and Linda Sebo, 1790 Quaker Lane. The cost is $100 a person, $150 per couple and $1,500 for early attendees. People should RSVP with Tara Canestraro at (330) 223-1511.