METRO DIGEST || Boil order in Columbiana

Boil-water order

COLUMBIANA

Due to a water-main break, residents of North Pearl, North Cross and Cross Court streets are being ordered to boil their water.

The order will remain in effect until results of tests of the water supply are known.

Brownlee Woods

YOUNGSTOWN

Brownlee Woods Neighborhood Association will host its monthly meeting Thursday at Faith Community Church, 1919 E. Midlothian Blvd. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with refreshments and social time, followed by a business meeting at 6:30. Incoming President Nancy Martin will officiate. Youngstown Councilman John R. Swierz, D-7th, also may attend.

Guest speaker will be Sophia Boggs, spokeswoman for Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., who will talk about various aspects of cooking, farming and building small agriculture businesses, and inform the group about the Commonwealth Incubator Kitchen.

Work complaints

YOUNGSTOWN

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s mobile-outreach center will visit the Youngstown unit of the NAACP from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday to accept complaints of employment discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 and older), disability or retaliation.

The EEOC considers retaliation the firing of a worker who complained about job discrimination, gave evidence in a job-discrimination matter or filed a charge of job discrimination with the commission.

The unit prefers appointments, but walk-ins are welcome.

The local unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is at 16 Wick Ave., Suite 721, in the old PNC Bank Building, downtown. Call the local office at 330-782-9777, or email naacpyoungstown@yahoo.com.

Cemetery cleanup

YOUNGSTOWN

Tod Homestead Cemetery’s annual cleanup will take place March 15. All decorations, including solar lights, must be removed before that date.