Howland levy

Howland levy

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Voters can expect to see a 10-year, 3.9-mill Howland schools levy on the November ballot.

The emergency operating levy would generate about $2 million annually. The levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $136 per year.

“The district has had a $2 million drop in funding since 2011,” Superintendent John Sheets said in a news release. “District voters have approved one additional levy in 20 years, and that was 10 years ago. Everything costs more to operate a school system than 10 years ago.”

If the levy passes, the district plans to update technology and textbooks for students as well as improve security measures and explore the possibility of all-day kindergarten.

Festival of the arts

COLUMBIANA

Admission to the 27th annual Harvey S. Firestone Festival of the Arts at Firestone Park will be free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

More than 60 vendors will showcase antiques, art and crafts, and free entertainment will be presented at the gazebo in the park every hour on the hour.

Food and concessions will be offered. The event takes place rain or shine. For information, contact the Columbiana Area Tourism Bureau at 330-482-2282 or visit www.tourcolumbianaohio.com.

Theft investigated

BOARDMAN

Township police are investigating the theft of 60 aluminum louvers and two aluminum gradings from Spectrum Metal Finishing Inc. on Bev Road. The theft was discovered by an employee Monday.

Video surveillance revealed two men using hand cutters to enter through the company’s fence at 10 p.m. Sunday, according to a police report.

In addition to the video surveillance at Spectrum, Goodrich Cleaning Supplies, located next to Spectrum, also caught the thieves on camera placing the stolen items in their vehicle, according to the report.

The louvers are valued at $27,120, and the aluminum gradings are valued at $500, according to the report.

Vandalism reported

Girard

Witnesses say they saw two youths, one wearing a black shirt and another an orange shirt, smash five glass-block windows at Liberty Park Scout Cabin near 5 p.m. Monday. Both youths fled before police arrived, however.

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