Safe Halloween event set for Wick Park

Safe Halloween event set for Wick Park

YOUNGSTOWN

A Safe Halloween Night event, sponsored by the Black Knights Police Association, Youngstown Department of Parks and Recreation and the Buckeye Health Plan, will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the indoor pavilion at Wick Park.

Donations of candy, cookies, cupcakes, chips, hot dogs, buns, pizza, juice and gift certificates are needed to be handed out as prizes for participating children. Call Delphine Baldwin-Casey at 330-559-1927 or Anita Davis at 330-518-4718 to make arrangements for a dropoff or pickup of donations. Volunteers for the event also are welcome to make Safe Halloween Night a success for children in Youngstown.

Woman sentenced

YOUNGSTOWN

Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court sentenced a Boardman woman Wednesday to two years in prison for her role in the September 2013 overdose death of an 18-year-old in Boardman.

Marijo Mazon, 48, was sentenced on charges of trafficking in drugs and corrupting another with drugs. The sentence was recommended by prosecutors and defense attorneys as part of Mazon’s plea agreement.

Mazon will be given credit for 716 days served in the county jail while awaiting the outcome of her case. Two men were sentenced to prison earlier this month for their roles in the crime.

Erin Trell died Sept. 30, 2013, in Boardman from a combination of marijuana, cocaine and Xanax.

Mazon apologized before she was sentenced.

Candidate withdraws

POLAND

Marcus J. Hernandez has withdrawn as a candidate for Poland Village Council.

With Hernandez out of the race, there are two candidates – incumbent Christine Mitchell Yash and Leah Wilson – running for two seats on council.

Resurfacing road

BOARDMAN

Through Saturday, McClurg Road at state Route 7 (Market Street) has various daily restrictions for resurfacing. During this time, there may be brief periods when driveways are inaccessible.

Motorists should expect delays during paving operations. The work is part of a $700,000 Ohio Department of Transportation project to widen McClurg at that intersection.

The entire project is slated to be complete by the end of the month.

Motorists also will not be able to access U.S. Route 224 eastbound from the southern leg of Southern Boulevard on Monday and Tuesday for a drainage repair project.

Route 224 at Southern will have various daily lane restrictions during that time.

Give A Coat Program

BOARDMAN

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mahoning Valley & Western Pennsylvania is conducting its sixth annual Give A Coat Program in October and November. Parents must pre-register their children by contacting the Salvation Army in Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull counties.

The coat pickup time is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at these dates and locations: Saturday, Mahoning County, Salvation Army, 1501 Glenwood Ave., Youngstown; Oct. 31, Columbiana County, Lions Club, 38240 Industrial Park Road, Lisbon; and Nov. 7, Trumbull County, Salvation Army, 270 Franklin St., Warren.

Food giveaway

YOUNGSTOWN

New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St., will have a food giveaway from 9 to 10 a.m. today. Participants are asked to take identification and containers.

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