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Veterans breakfast

McDONALD

McDonald High School government class will sponsor a Veterans Day breakfast at 9 a.m. Thursday in the high-school commons. The breakfast is free to McDonald veterans or any other veteran who wishes to attend, but reservations should be made by today at the high school, 330-530-8051.

Idora cleanup set

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. is seeking volunteers to help clean up a portion of the Idora Neighborhood from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Volunteers will board up a vacant home at 901 Sherwood Ave. as well as plant flowers and clean up Parkview and Sherwood avenues. Volunteers are asked to meet at 9 a.m. at the former Mr. Paul’s Bakery at Glenwood and Parkview avenues. For those who come later, volunteers will be on Parkview and Sherwood until 1 p.m.

On Tuesday, the Youngstown Community Development Agency unveiled new street signs in the Idora Neighborhood. Every street sign there is being replaced with new ones that read “Idora” along with the street name.

Fire in apartment

campbell

An apartment fire at 29 Chambers St. caused about $1,000 damage to the contents of the upstairs bedroom where it started, Campbell Fire Department said.

The fire was called in at 12:54 p.m. Tuesday. A space heater left too close to curtains caught ignited them, the department said.

The occupants left the apartment about 15 minutes before the blaze started, the department said.

Plan to quit smoking

ALLIANCE

Alliance Community Hospital, 200 E. State St., is offering “Fresh Start,” a free, three-week smoking-cessation program, from 6 to 7 p.m. on consecutive Thursdays beginning Thursday.

Smoking-cessation patches are not part of the program, which is open to the public. For more information or to register, call the Tobacco Cessation Department at 330-596-7125.

Pizza shop robbed

SALEM

Police said a gunman robbed Gezo’s Pizza, 200 E. Second St., of an undisclosed amount of money at 8:30 p.m. Monday.

A man working in the shop was preparing to close when a man entered, showed a silver or chrome pistol and ordered the worker to give him the money, police said. The worker turned over the money, and the man left.

Escapees recaptured

Columbiana

Four 17-year-old boys escaped from the Act One Group Home in Rogers early Monday but were quickly recaptured and returned to the facility.

Columbiana Police Chief Timothy M. Gladis said the department received a call from a citizen who noticed a person in the backyard acting strangely.

Gladis said the department got the call at 6:45 a.m. The first youth was recaptured at 7 a.m., and the last one was captured at 7:20 a.m. The youths were captured in a swampy area near the Firestone Farms development.

Chief Deputy Allen Haueter of the county sheriff’s office said the group home takes problem youths from outside the area.