FrackFree Mahoning Valley will have a town-hall-style meeting Thursday in Youngstown

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YOUNGSTOWN

FrackFree Mahoning Valley will have a town-hall-style meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the First Universalist Church of Youngstown, 1105 Elm St., to discuss the impact of fracking.

The event is called: “A Community Discussion: Injection Wells, Fracking Waste, Man-Made Earthquakes, and Other Fracking-Related Infrastructure: What Can People do to Protect Their Neighborhoods, Drinking Water, Air, and Their Family’s and the Public’s Health, Safety, and Well-Being?” It is free and open to the public.

FrackFree Mahoning Valley is the organization behind an effort to put an anti-fracking charter amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot in Youngstown. The organization backed four previous failed ballot proposals.

The event is free and open to the public.

Raymond Beiersdorfer, professor of geology at Youngstown State University, will give an update regarding injection wells and man-made earthquakes or induced seismicity. Also, copies of a recently received public records request and other important documents relevant to local injection wells and other infrastructure will be available.