Fire ruled arson

Fire ruled arson

BOARDMAN

Township officials are investigating a fire that broke out at a township apartment Wednesday as an aggravated arson.

Firefighters and police officers responded to 1989 Wolosyn Circle after calls came in about a fire and a man jumping from a third-story window. Police say the man, the apartment’s tenant, jumped from the window to escape the fire.

The landlord told police he has had problems with the tenant recently, according to a police report.

Fire officials discovered several incendiary devices placed throughout the apartment, such as liquor bottles with paper and cloth stuffed into them. The apartment door also was barricaded from within, according to the report.

Canfield officials

CANFIELD

Township officials renewed their positions this week during a reorganizational meeting.

Trustee Stephen Maszczak was renewed as the chairman of the board of trustees, and Marie Cartwright returns as vice chairwoman. Trustees will continue to meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

Cartwright will continue to serve on the Cardinal Joint Fire District board, and Maszczak will continue as union liaison for the trustees. The third trustee is Brian Governor, now in his second year.

Youth council

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown NAACP Youth Council meeting will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Newport Library’s small meeting room, 3730 Market St.

LK Williams, acting adviser, said the agenda will include a recap of the historically black college and university fair in Cleveland in November, and information on the upcoming National Association for the Advancement of Colored People national conference in Philadelphia this summer.

Williams reminds youths is it not too late to apply for the 2015 NAACP Freedom Fund scholarships. Applications must be submitted by March 1. For information, contact the local unit’s office at 330-782-9777 or by email at naacpyoungstown@yahoo.com.

Electrical short

POLAND

Fire officials believe they know the cause of the fire that broke out at The Old Stone Tavern in the village on Wednesday.

“We believe that it was an electrical short caused by a burst pipe,” said Western Reserve Joint Fire District Chief David “Chip” Comstock Jr.

Firefighters from Poland, Springfield, New Middletown and Boardman responded about 5 p.m. Wednesday to a fire on the second floor of the more than 200-year-old building, Poland’s oldest, 121 S. Main St.

Fire officials say the fire started in a bathroom in a residential part of the building, then spread to the attic. Several people evacuated without incident, Comstock said.

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