Weathersfield OKs $2.9M budget for ’13

Weathersfield OKs $2.9M budget for ’13

MINERAL RIDGE

Weathersfield Township trustees Thursday approved a $2.9 million budget for 2013, planning to spend $1.2 million less than anticipated revenues.

Treasurer Fred Bobovnyk said spending will be “very thrifty” in 2013, because township officials aren’t sure what the 2014 and 2015 budgets will be until the state passes new budgets in July.

Expected revenues for 2013 are $4,171,756.

Bobovnyk added the township doesn’t know if it will receive additional cuts from the state. He said if the township has to spend more, the budget can be amended.

The budget will include grant money to pay for construction of the new communications tower; grant and local dollars for new drainage in the Oakview Avenue Phase II upgrade, and a new fire truck with Federal Emergency Management Agency and local funds.

Boil-water advisory issued in Hubbard

Hubbard

Due to a water main break, a precautionary boil-water advisory has been issued in Hubbard Township until further notice.

During this advisory, customers are urged to boil all tap water used for drinking and ingestion for three to five minutes.

These streets and areas are affected: Madeline Drive, Catherine Street, Connelly Road, Lee Industries, Roemer Industries, Warren Fabricating, and Ohio Steel Sheet and Plate.

Contact the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer’s office at 330-675-2775 for more information.

Woman robbed of purse in Campbell

campbell

Police are searching for two men who robbed a woman at gunpoint earlier this week.

Police said two males approached a woman in a vehicle trying to use the ATM at PNC Bank along the 400 block of Tenney Avenue Monday night. According to reports, one of the men approached the driver’s side and pointed a gun at her before telling her to get out of the car. Once the woman got out, the other man took her purse from the car, police said.

Police said the robbers then ran north. The woman drove to the police station and filed a report.

Warren woman indicted in burglary

WARREN

A Trumbull County grand jury indicted Ashley S. Morgan, 27, of Norwood Street Northwest, on one count of burglary in an Oct. 17 break-in at a house on Eagle Creek Road.

A homeowner at 1858 Eagle Creek said the door to her house was open, and she found Morgan inside. Morgan didn’t try to flee when the woman entered, saying she came in because someone was chasing her.

But police found a bag of items from throughout the house, including jewelry, beside a couch, Lt. Don Bishop of the Warren Township Police Department, said.

Morgan waited at the home with the woman until police arrived, Bishop said.

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