New farmers market to open on South Side

New farmers market to open on South Side

YOUNGSTOWN

The new Idora Neighborhood Farmers Market, organized by the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., will open for business from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 10 at 2600 Glenwood Ave.

The market will feature farm-fresh products from Carol’s Homemade Baked Goods, Dandelion Lane Farm, Her Primative Ways, Iron Roots Urban Farm, Lady Buggs Farm, Jackson ‘Maters Farm, The Zaney Pearl and more. Gourmet food trucks — The Big Green Thing and The Rolling Pig — also will be there.

Ohio Electronic Benefit Transfer, special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children and senior nutrition coupons will be accepted at the market.

For questions or to get involved, contact Danielle Seidita by emailing dseidita@yndc.org or by calling 330-480-0423.

Imagination donation

COLUMBIANA

Fairmount Minerals recently donated $2,500 to the Columbiana Destination Imagination Teams in support of their recent trip to the global competition in Knoxville, Tenn. Fairmount Minerals, headquartered in Chesterland, is partnered with Buckeye Transfer Realty LLC in Columbiana. The partnership provides service of sand distribution to the oil and gas industry across the region.

Through the help of Fairmount Minerals and other businesses and individuals, Columbiana schools were able to send three qualifying teams to the global competition.

History exhibit opens

YOUNGSTOWN

A new exhibit developed by graduate students in Youngstown State University’s History Department will open Sunday at the John Stark Edwards House Museum, 303 Monroe St. NW in Warren.

The exhibit titled “To Each Community Its Own: The Development of Educational Systems in Trumbull County,” focuses on threedistinct areas in Trumbull County to provide a comparison of how school systems developed in small, medium and large locations. The students focused on Newton Falls, Warren and Vienna. In addition to the time spent researching the various schools from their inception until the 1940s, the students created the text, placed photographs and artifacts.

The public is invited to visit the free exhibit and speak with the students 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, contact Trish Scarmuzzi at 330-394-4653.