Closed for filming
Closed for filming
AUSTINTOWN
Mahoning Avenue between Lipkey and Turner roads will be closed between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday to facilitate the local production of a film.
Access for emergency vehicles and local access to residents will be maintained by the production company. Traffic for passenger vehicles will be detoured along Turner, Kirk and Lipkey roads for passenger vehicles under 17 tons.
The detour for all vehicles more than 17 tons will be state Route 46, Interstates 80 and 76, and Bailey Road. This detour will be installed and maintained by Mahoning County Engineer’s Office employees.
For information, contact the engineer’s office at 330-799-1581.
Installing digital message boards
CANFIELD
Officials from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Transportation are hosting a news conference at 11 a.m. today at ODOT’s Canfield garage, 401 W. Main St., to announce that transportation agency will install digital message boards above highways in Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
The boards will feature messages about traffic fatalities statewide and traffic messages such as “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”
No injuries in fire
YOUNGSTOWN
No one was injured in a fire that officials blamed on a stove at an Elbertus Avenue home about noon Tuesday.
Crews were called to the 3700 block of Elbertus Avenue and found light smoke coming from the house. The people inside had evacuated before firefighters arrived, a fire department spokesman on the scene said.
The spokesman said the majority of the damage inside was caused by smoke. A damage estimate is not yet available.
Circus of the Kids
YOUNGSTOWN
The finale of Circus of the Kids camp at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane, is a circus performance for the community by the campers, complete with costumes and makeup.
The finale performances are planned for 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday in the JCC gymnasium. Cost is $12.
Bridge replacement
HUBBARD
Chestnut Ridge Road, between Hubbard Masury Road and State Line Road will be closed July 6 through Oct. 30 for a bridge replacement being performed by A.P. O’Horo Co. of Youngstown.
The recommended detour route is North on Hubbard Masury Road, southeast on Sharon Bedford Road and south on state line road.