Hubbard to seek one garbage pact

Hubbard to seek one garbage pact

HUBBARD

The city board of control will advertise for bids for an exclusive garbage and recyclables collector.

City council passed legislation Monday that allows the board to do so.

The city has five collectors now. Service Director Dan Livingston has said the city would like more-efficient and less-costly pickup service for its residents.

The lawmakers also allowed the board of control to execute a contract with C. Crump Inc. of Hubbard for a waterline replacement project on Cyrus Avenue.

Council also authorized the board to advertise for bids for this year’s street-resurfacing program.

Another taxi driver robbed in Warren

WARREN

One week after a taxi driver was robbed near apartments on South Feederle Avenue Southeast, a driver with a different taxi company was robbed in the same area.

The driver said he was called to the street for a fare at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday, where a man got in the cab, then asked the driver to pull around the corner to pick up another passenger.

On the way, the suspect pulled out a gun and demanded money. The driver gave him some, and the man fled. The suspect was tall and thin and wearing a zip-down blue-hooded sweatshirt.

A taxi driver also was robbed about 2:20 a.m. April 29 on South Feederle. That driver said he thought the suspect was the same person who robbed him earlier in April because the man said, “You should quit. I’m going to keep getting you.”

Principal hired

CAMPBELL

The Campbell Board of Education hired James Klingensmith as the district’s new elementary and middle school principal for grades kindergarten through seventh, at a salary of $81,298. Klingensmith replaces Robert Walls, who is retiring at the end of this school year.

Previously, Klingensmith was principal of Topsail Middle School in Hampstead, N.C. He has worked in both Ohio and North Carolina, and has served as an English and journalism teacher, assistant principal and principal.

A graduate of Poland Seminary High School, Klingensmith earned a bachelor’s degree in English education at Youngstown State University, and a master’s degree in school administration and curriculum design from East Carolina University.

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