Tax levies on ballot

Tax levies on ballot

GIRARD

City voters will decide on three levies this fall: One is new; the other two, both for garbage collection, are renewals.

The new, five-year, 0.5-mill parks and recreation levy would generate about $54,829 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $17.50 per year.

Renewal of the five-year, 1-mill garbage levy would raise about $57,000 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $35 per year. Renewal of the five-year 1.1-mill garbage levy would raise about $76,000 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $38.50 per year. City council voted this week to place the levies on the November ballot.

New personnel

BOARDMAN

The Boardman school board hired a new coordinator of special education and principal for Stadium Elementary School at a special meeting Wednesday evening.

Mark Zura, current Boardman High School assistant principal, will be the new special-education coordinator. Michael Zoccali will become the new principal of Stadium Elementary starting Aug. 1.

Zura’s annual salary will be $75,456 on a contract for 261 days. Zoccali’s salary will be $74,190, and he is on a three-year contract.

Cleanup at Fellows

YOUNGSTOWN

Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens will host a volunteer cleanup day at the gardens from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday.

The nonprofit organization urges community members to come help Fellows staff members maintain the botanical gardens.

Refreshments will be available at the event. For information about the event and other volunteer opportunities, visit www.FriendsOfFellows.org.

Minutes with mayor

YOUNGSTOWN

John A. McNally’s monthly “Five Minutes with the Mayor” will take place Tuesday, starting at 5 p.m., at Nick Johnson Park, 2201 Knapp Ave., on the Sharonline area of the city’s East Side.

Citizens are invited to stop by to ask questions or discuss concerns with the mayor for up to five minutes.

Man, 85, reports theft of cellphone

WARREN

A city man, 85, reported being robbed of his cellphone while driving on North Park Avenue at Hall Street Northwest at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The man said he was stopped at the stop sign at Hall Street when a woman got into the passenger seat of his car and demanded $30 from him.

The man said he didn’t have any money. She asked him to drop her off at the nearby North End Market. When he did, she grabbed his cellphone and got out of the car.

The victim had minor injuries to his right wrist and forearm, but no medical attention was needed.

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