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Hunger campaign

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Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley is kicking off its 20th annual Harvest for Hunger campaign at 10 a.m. Friday at the food bank’s offices and warehouse, 2805 Salt Springs Road.

Harvest for Hunger is a monthlong food and funds drive in March to help replenish food bank shelves during the spring and summer months when donations taper off.

In 2010, the Mahoning Valley community raised more than $120,000 and collected 36,173 pounds of food during the campaign. All funds raised and food collected stay in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

Individuals or organizations interested in conducting a food or funds drive to benefit the food bank may contact Rita Brady at 330-792-5522, ext. 11. People not able to conduct a food or fund drive can contribute at any local Giant Eagle store by tearing off a $1, $5, or $10 coupon at the register.

Input sought

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Hubbard Township is seeking input on the Trumbull County Planning Commission’s Neighborhood Stabilization Block Grant Plan, which includes a demolition plan for structures in the township.

Citizens can review the plan at the administration building, 2600 Elmwood Drive. Written comments should be sent to Trumbull County Planning Commission, 347 N. Park Ave., Warren, OH 44481, Attention: Julie Green, or by e-mail to pcgreen@co.trumbull.oh.us by Wednesday.

The township has been successful in receiving funding on two previous grant applications, removing 11 structures and getting agreements with four owners to correct eyesores.

Grant approved

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Trumbull County Emergency Management Agency has notified the township that a grant application for one additional siren in the Harding Park area has been approved by the federal government.

Fred Hanley, grants administrator, said the award is a 50/50 match; half of the $22,000 cost will be from the township’s general fund. The siren, which should be in place by midyear, is another asset in the tornado/disaster warning system for the city and township.

Juveniles charged

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Police charged five male juveniles with criminal mischief after an “egging” incident in the 5000 block of Fifth Avenue Extension.

A resident there reported to police his house and vehicle had been egged for the third time in the last few weeks.

Police on patrol did a traffic stop on a truck about 11:10 p.m. Thursday after noticing egg on the driver’s side. Police found two cases of eggs in the bed of the truck. The juveniles, a 17-year-old from Canfield, a 15-year-old and 16-year-old from Girard, a 16-year-old from Youngstown and a 16-year-old from Hubbard, were taken to the police station and released to their parents. They admitted egging cars and houses.

Woman robbed

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A woman told police she was robbed as she was letting a family pet outside at her mother’s house.

The 25-year-old woman said she was at the house on Ensley Drive at 6:45 p.m. Thursday when a man came up behind her near her car.

He told her to “give up everything she had,” and pushed an object into her back, a police report said.

She gave the man her purse, her iPod, her wedding band and engagement ring and personal papers, the report says.