Traffic tie-ups likely

Traffic tie-ups likely

canfield

Travelers through Canfield and Boardman may experience traffic tie-ups starting next week. State Route 11 over the Ohio Turnpike in Canfield Township will be reduced to one lane in either or both directions during daytime hours for bridge work. The work is the beginning of a $1.9 million project to raise and re-deck the bridge on Route 11 northbound over the Ohio Turnpike. The project is scheduled to be completed by late October.

Also starting Tuesday, U.S. Route 224 between Boardman Park Drive and South Avenue will be reduced to one lane in each direction for pavement striping and loop-detector installation for traffic signals.

Various businesses on U.S. 224 will have intermittent driveway closures. It’s part of a $5.2 million project to widen U.S. 224 through the addition of right-turn lanes from Boardman Park Drive to just west of South. The project also includes improvements to 15 traffic signals from Parkside Drive to Tiffany Boulevard and is to be completed by early June.

More candidates

YOUNGSTOWN

Maurina Hanna and Beth Stanko, both Mahoning County Democratic Party precinct committee members from Boardman, are challenging incumbent John Vivo of Youngstown for party secretary. A list of secretary candidates on Page A6 in Friday’s edition was incorrect. The party’s precinct committee members will meet at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman to elect party officers.

Wrong-medicine suit

YOUNGSTOWN

A Struthers man has sued the Rite Aid pharmacy chain, alleging that an unidentified pharmacist at its store at 4914 Youngstown-Poland Road dispensed the wrong prescription medicine. Instead of dispensing Acyclovir, which his doctor prescribed for treatment of his shingles, John Haas of East Parkcliff Avenue said in his lawsuit the pharmacist negligently gave him the painkiller Vicodin in a bottle labeled as Acyclovir on April 16, 2007. After ingesting the Vicodin, Haas said he suffered unspecified injuries, had to seek medical care and incurred financial obligations.

The suit, which seeks more than $25,000, was filed this week in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and assigned to Judge Maureen A Sweeney. A spokeswoman at the chain’s Camp Hill, Pa., headquarters said company policy is not to comment on pending lawsuits.

Reading program

east palestine

The East Palestine Memorial Public Library, 309 N. Market St., will begin its Summer Reading Program on June 7 and continue through Aug. 4. Readers of all ages are invited to participate in the program, “Make a Splash ... Read!” Registration is from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 7 and will continue throughout the program. For more information, call 330-426-3778.

Averting foreclosure

LISBON

Foreclosure assistance is available through The Columbiana County Save Our Homes Task Force in collaboration with The Family and Community Resource Center will be working with Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People in Cuyahoga County. ESOP is a nonprofit organization that specializes in loan modifications. They offer free representation to help people avoid foreclosure. People should bring copies of documents. Appointments are now being taken for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14 at the FCRC’s Community Center, 134 S. Market St. Call 330-420-0044 or 1-877-500-3272. Intake packets must be completed before an appointment. Other appointment dates are June 21 and 28.