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Hilltop PTO hosts annual Family Fun Night

The Hilltop Elementary School PTO hosted its annual Family Fun Night at the Canfield Village Middle School on March 23.

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History presentation on Holocaust at library

By ZACK SHIVELY zshively@vindy.com The Poland library welcomed a Holocaust Educational

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Austintown Community Briefs

Austintown Food Service Department earns grant The Austintown Food Service Department recently


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Fitch inducts 2017-2018 NHS members

Austintown Fitch High School inducted 99 new members into their National Honor Society with an assembly on March 23.

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Carnegie Science teaches West Blvd students

By ZACK SHIVELY zshively@vindy.com The Carnegie Science Center visited West Boulevard

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Schools receive funding for instruction

By ZACK SHIVELY zshively@vindy.com Representatives from the four Poland schools and the Poland

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Children spring with joy at library program

The Poland library had a springtime celebration called “Spring Things” on March 24 in their meeting room.

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Park celebrates annual Maple Syrup Festival

Boardman Park had their annual Maple Syrup Festival with multiple events throughout the park on March 17, 18, 24 and 25.

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Scouts partner with Bent Tree Coffee Roasters

The Great Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America recently announced a partnership with Bent Tree

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Jewish Community Relations Council remembers Holocaust, plans tribute to international scholar

Jewish Community Relations Council remembers Holocaust, plans tribute to international scholar

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Brad Hurtig lost his hands, but learned lifelong lesson

Brad Hurtig was a linebacker for Fairview High School and was known for his athleticism, but an accident in the summer of his sophomore year caused his hands to be amputated.


Woman's kids found in another raid of home with drugs, weapons

A woman charged Wednesday with child endangering after her three children were found in a home raided by police also had her kids with her during a police raid of a home she was in last November.


5th Taste of Struthers features 18 vendors this year

Elaine Ginetti and eight of her relatives worked the bar in the St. Nicholas Great Hall, slinging drinks and homemade pepperoni rolls to patrons of the 5th annual Taste of Struthers Thursday night.


Aubrey Toney gets life – again – in mistaken identity murder

A man convicted of killing a 74-year-old man and wounding his wife in 2010 in a case of mistaken identity was re-sentenced Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.


Shawn Hope guilty on all counts; sentencing May 1

The jury in the Shawn Hope trial returned guilty verdicts on all counts Thursday, finding that Hope killed John P. Kellar, 41, of Niles.


Niles schools needs new levy in May just to stay afloat

If Niles voters approve an emergency 5.85-mill school levy May 8, the annual revenue of $1.3 million “will only keep us afloat,” Superintendent Ann Marie Thigpen said at a public forum Wednesday.


Trump puts off Syria strike decision, will talk to allies

Trump puts off Syria strike decision, will talk to allies


Jewish Community Relations Council remembers Holocaust, plans tribute to international scholar

Jewish Community Relations Council remembers Holocaust, plans tribute to international scholar


Some Campbell businesses wrongly paid income tax to Youngstown, mayor says

Some Campbell businesses wrongly paid income tax to Youngstown, mayor says


Shawn Hope found guilty of aggravated murder

Shawn Hope found guilty of aggravated murder

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