Hubbard boil alert

Hubbard boil alert

HUBBARD

Hubbard residents are under a water conservation advisory beginning at 7 a.m. today, and a precautionary boil alert started at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Daniel Livingston, Hubbard’s service director, says that the measures are necessary as the city repairs a break on its main water transmission line, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

Although the alert is precautionary, Hubbard residents are asked to boil their water for one minute before drinking, cooking, or brushing teeth with it. The alert will last until lab testing confirms that the water is safe to consume, officials said.

Power restored

YOUNGSTOWN

FirstEnergy expected to have power outages caused by the thunderstorms and heavy rain that hit the Mahoning Valley on Sunday afternoon restored to homes and businesses by late last night. In Mahoning County, 56 outages were reported: Columbiana County had 51 outages and Trumbull County reported fewer than five outages.

$1.3M Leetonia project

LEETONIA

Work is expected to start next month on a state Route 344 bridge replacement project in Leetonia.

Beginning Aug. 1, state Route 344 will be closed and traffic detoured for 40 days on state Route 14.

The project is replacing an existing 32-foot single-span reinforced concrete slab structure on stone gravity abutments spanning Cherry Valley Run with a new 34-foot single- span concrete slab bridge on concrete pile abutments. The $1.34 million project is expected to be completed by Oct. 31.

Cemetery tour Aug. 7

YOUNGSTOWN

A tour of historic Oak Hill Cemetery, 344 Oak Hill Ave., on the city’s South Side, will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 7. Richard Jones and Steffon Wydell Jones, local historian, will lead the free tour.

In case of rain, the tour will be reset at the same time Aug. 14. The cemetery contains the remains of many Civil War veterans and prominent Mahoning Valley residents. For information, call Jones at 330-259-2091.

Lincoln Knolls event

YOUNGSTOWN

The Lincoln Knolls Community Watch will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the East branch library, 430 Early Road.

The group will discuss the upcoming East Side Better Block event, organized in conjunction with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., and set for noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 13 at Lincoln Knolls plaza on McCartney Road.