Zombies can ride to Pa. before Crawl

Zombies can ride to Pa. before Crawl

YOUNGSTOWN

Covelli Centre and Rust Belt Brewing are helping the city reach its goal of doubling last year’s Zombie Crawl attendance by sponsoring a promotional tour to World Zombie Day in Pittsburgh on Oct. 8.

The Zombie Crawl will be Oct. 22 in downtown Youngstown. Last year, the event drew 900 people.

World Zombie Day is organized to create record-setting zombie walks and to collect donations for food banks.

Along with bringing food, the Youngstown Zombie bus will be armed with fliers and T-shirts promoting the Youngstown Zombie Crawl.

Tickets are $15. The bus will leave Covelli Centre at 11 a.m. and return at 7 p.m. Participants will get a free Zombie Crawl T-shirt and Rust Belt beverages (must be 21).

Tickets can be purchased at the downtown Buffalo Wild Wings; The Lemon Grove, 122 W. Federal St.; Inner Circle Pizza on Lincoln Avenue; and The Royal Oaks, 924 Oak St.

Park roads closed for MS Walk today

Youngstown

These roads in Mill Creek Park will be closed from about 8 a.m. to noon today for the 20th annual Multiple Sclerosis Walk: Cross, New Cross, Bears Den and West drives.

Boardman trustees plan special session

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Township trustees will have a special meeting at 4 p.m. today at the government center, 8299 Market St., to adjourn to executive session to discuss personnel and police department employment.

Traffic jam on I-680

YOUNGSTOWN

Police say a section of Interstate 680 near the Madison Avenue Expressway was blocked Friday morning after a series of weather-related traffic accidents.

Police said there were several rain-related minor traffic accidents on the freeway starting at about 9 a.m. Police reported no injuries in the accidents.

Swim lessons set

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Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane, is offering private and semi-private swim lessons with certified lifeguards/swim instructors. Instructors and participants determine the time of lessons.

Private one-on-one lessons are five lessons at 30 minutes each session for $70 and five lessons at 60 minutes each session for $130,

Semiprivate lessons are available from 5- to 45-minute sessions. Fees are two people for $115, three for $150 and four for $175.

For more information or to register, call Chris Tamasovich at 330-746-3251 ext. 112 or send email to aquatics@jccyoungstown.org.

Poland meeting set

POLAND

Township trustees will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at the township administration building on Dobbins Road. The trustees will go into executive session to discuss personnel and legal matters. No action will be taken.

Cortland man robbed

WARREN

A 19-year-old Cortland man reported being robbed at gunpoint at 1:44 a.m. Thursday on Elm Road.

The victim said he gave a man at the Sheetz gas station on Elm Road in Howland a ride to Warren. During the ride, the man produced a handgun and demanded money. The victim dropped off the robber near Porter Street Northeast.

Conservation council

YOUNGSTOWN

The District 6 Natural Resources Assistance Council, charged with reviewing and scoring local conservation projects for state funding, needs nominations for four vacancies on council. Positions have a three-year term and all requirements are available online at EastgateCOG.org.