Annexation talk

Annexation talk

CANFIELD

Members of city and township government discussed annexation of township land into city jurisdiction in a closed, nearly five-hour meeting Monday.

Both township Trustee Marie Cartwright and Mayor Bernie Kosar did not disclose what was discussed, but both said annexation negotiations will continue.

“Nothing’s been decided yet,” Cartwright said.

The three Canfield Township properties on Palmyra Road, near U.S. Route 224, currently up for annexation are the city-owned, 288-acre Red Gate Farm, 15 acres owned by MALA Property and 19 acres owned by Frank Amedia.

Kosar’s mayoral term ends in January, but he said council is preparing information regarding the annexation for an easy transition when new council members and mayor-elect Richard Duffett take office.

ACH fundraiser set

BOARDMAN

The ninth annual Holiday Hopes and Wishes fundraiser, hosted by Kids Crew of Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley, will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Mr. Anthony’s, 7440 South Ave.

The event features a luncheon, basket raffle, silent auction and a holiday bake shop.

Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased by visiting www.akronchildrens.org/holidayhopesandwishes or contacting Charlotte Diss at 330-746-8712.

All proceeds benefit the local programs and services of Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley.

Cause of outage

BOARDMAN

An outage affecting the area of Market Street in the township was caused when a line sleeve, the piece of equipment that holds a power line on top of a pole, malfunctioned, causing a line to drop to the ground, First Energy reported. This resulted in an outage that affected 1,600 customers. All were restored in just over an hour.

First Energy had 5,360 customers lose power in Trumbull County. A high-voltage line was tripped, possibly by an animal or tree. Power was restored within a couple of hours.

Winter festival

CAMPBELL

Campbell Elementary/Middle School will host a winter festival from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday open to students and their families.

The evening will feature area vendors, and activities include a photo booth, face painting, cookie decorating, story time and a visit from Santa.

A free dinner will include a soup bar, hot sandwiches, funnel fries and a hot cocoa bar.

School staff will be accepting donations of board games, coloring books, crayons and colored pencils, books, stuffed animals and small toys until Dec. 15 to help support families in Puerto Rico devastated by hurricanes. One ticket will be provided for each donated item that can be used as entry into the basket raffle. A donation is not needed to attend Community Night.

Reservations are needed; contact the elementary/middle school’s main office at 330-799-0054.

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