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Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for three …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for three as UIC guard Tarkus Ferguson (4) attempts to block his shot in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for three …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for three in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)
Youngstown State forward Devin Haygood (2) goes up for a …
Youngstown State forward Devin Haygood (2) goes up for a dunk in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a layup against UIC guard Tarkus Ferguson (4) in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a layup in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for three …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for three in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)
Youngstown State forward Naz Bohannon (33) goes up for two …
Youngstown State forward Naz Bohannon (33) goes up for two as UIC center Tai Odiase (21) scrambles in an attempt to block his shot in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a layup in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
UIC guard Marcus Ottey (1) goes up for a layup …
UIC guard Marcus Ottey (1) goes up for a layup in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against Youngstown State, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
Youngstown State guard Garrett Covington (32) puts up three in …
Youngstown State guard Garrett Covington (32) puts up three in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)
UIC head coach Steve McClain walks over to check on …
UIC head coach Steve McClain walks over to check on UIC center Clint Robinson (32) after falling while attempting a layup in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game against Youngstown State, Thursday, …
Youngstown State guard Cameron Morse (24) goes up for a …
Youngstown State guard Cameron Morse (24) goes up for a layup in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
Youngstown State head coach Jerrod Calhoun pumps up the bench …
Youngstown State head coach Jerrod Calhoun pumps up the bench in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)
Youngstown State head coach Jerrod Calhoun calls out a play …
Youngstown State head coach Jerrod Calhoun calls out a play in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The Vindicator)
Youngstown State forward Naz Bohannon (33) goes up for a …
Youngstown State forward Naz Bohannon (33) goes up for a layup in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
UIC guard Dikembe Dixson (10)'s layup is blocked under the …
UIC guard Dikembe Dixson (10)'s layup is blocked under the net by Youngstown State forward Naz Bohannon (33) in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC …
Youngstown State forward Devin Haygood (2) goes up for a …
Youngstown State forward Devin Haygood (2) goes up for a dunk in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game against UIC, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a …
Youngstown State guard Braun Hartfield (1) goes up for a layup against UIC center Tai Odiase (21) in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won …
UIC guard Marcus Ottey (1) attempts to block Youngstown State …
UIC guard Marcus Ottey (1) attempts to block Youngstown State guard Cameron Morse (24)'s three point attempt in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won …
Youngstown State guard Garrett Covington (32) drives past UIC center …
Youngstown State guard Garrett Covington (32) drives past UIC center Tai Odiase (21) in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Youngstown. UIC won 92-78...(Nikos Frazier | The …
UIC guard Marcus Ottey (1) goes up for a layup …
UIC guard Marcus Ottey (1) goes up for a layup as Youngstown State forward Devin Haygood (2) attempts to block his shot in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 18, …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Under the direction of Tom Scurich, Canfield …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Under the direction of Tom Scurich, Canfield Village Middle School’s eighth-grade choir performed several selections during the school’s annual winter choir concert on Dec. 5.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield PTO member Sam Nappo developed a …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield PTO member Sam Nappo developed a vision, themes and color schemes for two Canfield Village Middle School girls restrooms designed to inspire and empower the girls every day.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.When entering a newly-remodeled restroom at Canfield …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.When entering a newly-remodeled restroom at Canfield Village Middle School, the girls are now greeted by inspirational quotes meant to inspire them and help them feel good about themselves.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fifth grade's band has 102 members …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fifth grade's band has 102 members and played the songs, "First Performance," “Good King Wenceslas” and “Jingle Bells” during their performance.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Rose and Freddie Seitz gave a presentation …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Rose and Freddie Seitz gave a presentation on Freddie's life growing up with facial differences on Jan 11 at the Poland library. Rose Seitz talked about his surgeries, graduations and love. During …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Rose and Freddie Seitz began speaking throughout …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Rose and Freddie Seitz began speaking throughout the area about three years ago when R.J. Palacio's best selling fiction book "Wonder" came out. The story, and the recent movie based on the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The first piece the fifth grade played …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The first piece the fifth grade played described their first couple months of learning how to play their instruments. Pictured, principal David Purins narrated the piece.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Jeff Penny directed Poland Middle School's fifth …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Jeff Penny directed Poland Middle School's fifth and sixth grade bands on Dec. 12. Together, the bands played seven songs.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Jeff Penny thanked high school director Jeff …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Jeff Penny thanked high school director Jeff Hvizdos for his help in integrating to the school's music program. Hvizdos previously taught the middle school bands. Penny showed his appreciation by allowing Hvizdos …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Freddie Seitz presented about his life at …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Freddie Seitz presented about his life at Poland schools and gave tips on how to treat people with facial differences. He signed his presentation in ASL and his mother interpreted it.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Director Jeff Penny had the sixth grade …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Director Jeff Penny had the sixth grade students come up to introduce the piece to the songs they played. The band performed “Let Heaven and Nature Sing,” “Jolly Old Sleigh Ride,“ “Up …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Andy Yates, the tournament partner and a …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Andy Yates, the tournament partner and a mentor with Austintown robotics, gave the teams and audience an introduction to the competition and how the teams would be scored.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown library also offered cookies and …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown library also offered cookies and hot chocolate for the children after the Phantoms players had a story time. The games, crafts and the drink all had a hockey or winter …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown library had a couple crafts …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown library had a couple crafts for the children to participate in at their Nutcracker party on Dec. 9. Pictured is Collin and Norah Chasko cutting out and making “Princess Pirlipat’s …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The veterans all thanked the students for …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The veterans all thanked the students for the dinner. Fitch does a number of events to honor veterans throughout the year. Pictured are, from left, Roger Humberson and Gene McCalpin.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The children played games and made a …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The children played games and made a craft at the Austintown library on Jan. 9 after the story time. The craft the children made resembled a mug of hot chocolate.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Librarian Jennifer Kuczek read "“The Nutcracker and …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Librarian Jennifer Kuczek read "“The Nutcracker and the Mouse King“ by E.T.A. Hoffmann as a part of the "Nutcracker Sweets" program at the Austintown library on Dec. 9.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Austintown Fitch choir sang "Thank You Soldiers" …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Austintown Fitch choir sang "Thank You Soldiers" and "God Bless the U.S.A." during the dinner. They walked to the veterans to thank them for their service during the event. Pictured, veteran Leo …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Students Michael Ferree, Nate Armstrong, Catlin Correia, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Students Michael Ferree, Nate Armstrong, Catlin Correia, Dylan Correia, Katilyn Carson, Breylon Douglas and Jakari Lumsden organized the event with the help of the school. Pictured are the veterans and the group …
Neighbors | Submitted.The Community Connectors program joins together students with …
Neighbors | Submitted.The Community Connectors program joins together students with community members in the students' field of choice. Pictured is Marc Robenolt, an ICU nurse, and Nate Armstrong, a student at Austintown Fitch High School …
Neighbors | Submitted.Detective Sergeant Kathy Dina mentors Kaylee Aliberti in …
Neighbors | Submitted.Detective Sergeant Kathy Dina mentors Kaylee Aliberti in the Community Connectors program. Dina has shown Aliberti labs and some crime scenes. Aliberti is interested in criminal justice with a focus on forensics. Pictured, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Fittingly, Jennifer Kuczek had a table of …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Fittingly, Jennifer Kuczek had a table of sweets for the "Nutcracker Sweets" party at the Austintown library. The station, named "The Land of Sweets," had mints, chocolate and other candies as well …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The "Nutcracker Sweets" party was a celebration …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The "Nutcracker Sweets" party was a celebration of all things Nutcracker-related. The Austintown library had a number of stations set up, including the "Color the Nutcracker." Pictured is Annabella Miner coloring.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Upon arriving, the children received free hats …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Upon arriving, the children received free hats with the Phantom logo on it. The parents were given tickets for the whole family to see the Phantoms play on Jan. 15. Pictured, Gianfranco …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Judges at the FIRST LEGO League competition …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Judges at the FIRST LEGO League competition scored teams based on core values, their project and their robot design. Pictured, students worked on their robot design where they had to accomplish a …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Students at Austintown Fitch organized a spaghetti …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Students at Austintown Fitch organized a spaghetti dinner on Dec. 5 for veterans who fought in Vietnam. The students created the dinner as a part of their Senior Service Project that all …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Teams spent two and half minutes to …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Teams spent two and half minutes to solve a series of tasks using their robots. Pictured, Zach and Isaiah of the Aquanauts set up their robot.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.After the story time, the children could …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.After the story time, the children could play games and make crafts in the meeting room. The Austintown librarians set up the games, such as the one pictured that allowed the children …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The audience and the 15 teams at …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The audience and the 15 teams at the FIRST LEGO League competition at Austintown Middle School listened for rules on scoring at the competition.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Jennifer Kuczek made eight stations related to …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Jennifer Kuczek made eight stations related to the Nutcracker story and ballet. Pictured, Paige, Sofia and Nathan Becker play with "Sugar Plum Fairy dough" that Kuczek made for the event.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The group of senior students also gave …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The group of senior students also gave the veterans a certificate, bumper stinker and lapel pin while honoring them individually. Pictured, from left, are brothers Leo and John Connelly at the spaghetti …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Austintown Middle School hosted a FIRST LEGO …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Austintown Middle School hosted a FIRST LEGO League competition on Dec. 9. Pictured are three of the school's teams, the Aquanauts, the Aquabots and F.A.R.T.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Players from the Youngstown Phantoms hockey team …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Players from the Youngstown Phantoms hockey team read stories to children at the Austintown library on Jan.9. Pictured, Liam Dennison read "Z is for Zamboni" by Matt Napier.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School’s seventh-grade choir, under …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School’s seventh-grade choir, under the direction of Tom Scurich, celebrated the holiday season with music and singing during the school’s annual winter choir concert on Dec. 5.
Neighbors | Submitted .Swim and dive team members on Boardman …
Neighbors | Submitted .Swim and dive team members on Boardman Team Unity Building Team 3 volunteered at Salvation Army. Pictured are (front) Abby Yocum, Jennah Markovitch, MacKenzie Widrig, Casey Wert, Bella Lonsway; (back) Brendan Beam, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Linda Smrek directed the choir with help …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Linda Smrek directed the choir with help from Laura Kotheimer and had a piano accompaniment from Linda Taylor. Pictured, the Spartan Singers performed "No Place Like Home for the Holidays."
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School chemistry teacher Tom Slaven …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School chemistry teacher Tom Slaven helped a student shape a candy cane after following a scientific recipe to create the holiday classic.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School juniors Katherine Roman (left) …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School juniors Katherine Roman (left) and Brianna Remias (right) created Variegated Disaccharide “J” Tubes, also known as candy canes, in Tom Slaven’s chemistry class on Dec. 22.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.The Canfield Village Middle School Canfield Cambiata, …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.The Canfield Village Middle School Canfield Cambiata, comprised of select seventh- and eighth-grade students, then took the stage to perform several selections at the school’s annual winter choir concert on Dec. 5.
Neighbors | Submitted .The Canfield swim and dive team competed …
Neighbors | Submitted .The Canfield swim and dive team competed at the Canton Christmas Invitational. Pictured are, (front) Joe Klepec, Matthew Peckman; (back) Coach Connor Brady, Cullen Brady, Kam Sarac, Elle Dawson, Jason Paris, Bobby …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School juniors, from left, Victoria …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School juniors, from left, Victoria Messuri, Alexis Bernat and Britney Young, showed off their Variegated Disaccharide “J” Tubes, also known as candy canes, which they created in Tom Slaven’s chemistry …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Four Canfield Village Middle School students were …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Four Canfield Village Middle School students were highlighted during the finale of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” at the school’s annual winter choir concert on Dec. 5.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School Language Arts teacher …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School Language Arts teacher Michelle Napolitano joined CVMS students, from left, Karsyn Durham, Delaney O’Brien, Emme Rubin and Hailey Tomory in viewing a newly-remodeled girls restroom filled with inspirational …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Boardman High School Choir traveled between …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Boardman High School Choir traveled between the four elementary schools. They had four performances from the Boardman Singers, an all-female choir; the Spartan Singers, an all-male choir; a chorale, which combined …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Boardman Schools Television Network broadcasted the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Boardman Schools Television Network broadcasted the fifth and seventh grade concert onto the wall of the Boardman Performing Arts Center.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Glenwood Junior High School's seventh grade …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Glenwood Junior High School's seventh grade concert band played both classical piece and popular songs. Pictured, the group performed an arrangement of Fitz and the Tantrums's radio hit, "HandClap."
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The seventh grade concert band, under the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The seventh grade concert band, under the direction of Michael Shevock, took the stage after the fifth grade band. Pictured, the band performed "Grace Valley Overture" by Steve Hodges.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fifth-grade concert band performed different songs …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fifth-grade concert band performed different songs from their instructional book including songs like "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "London Bridge." Each section of the band played small sectional songs. Pictured, the clarinets …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The chorale mixed certain members of the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The chorale mixed certain members of the Boardman Singers and the Spartan Singers for a song and dance full of characters and humorous banter. Students dressed up as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Spartan Singers performed a Tahitian folk …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Spartan Singers performed a Tahitian folk song full of clapping and stomping. They ran into the audience and danced by the students and gave them high fives and handshakes during their …
Neighbors | Submitted .Blankets were created by Boardman Team Unity …
Neighbors | Submitted .Blankets were created by Boardman Team Unity Building Team 1 for the Akron’s Children’s Hospital. Team members include (front) Aadia Brinkley, Gizzy Kelso, Ava Velasquez, Sarah Varga, Mia Bruno, Sarah Murray, Ali …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman fifth and seventh grade bands performed …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman fifth and seventh grade bands performed on Jan. 10 at the Boardman Performing Arts Center. Pictured, the fifth grade concert band played Michael Sweeney's "Turbo Rock."
Neighbors | Submitted .Swim and dive team members for Boardman …
Neighbors | Submitted .Swim and dive team members for Boardman Team Unity Building volunteered at Angels for Animals. Team members who volunteered are (front) Sydney Hull, Mikel Flatley, Anna Oliver, Allysa DiNapoli, Carly Amendola; (back) …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Members of the community came to the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Members of the community came to the Community Christmas to support the park, decorate trees and see the Winter Wonderland displays be lit. Pictured are, from left, Boardman Township Trustee Brad Calhoun, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Linda Smrek and the Boardman High School …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Linda Smrek and the Boardman High School band performed Christmas carols inside St. James Church at the park. The park placed speakers outside so their music could be heard at the gazebo …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.All members of the BHS choir joined …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.All members of the BHS choir joined together for the final song, "Peace, Peace." Before the performance, director Linda Smrek asked any former students of the elementary in which they were performing …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park ended their Community Christmas by …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park ended their Community Christmas by lighting their Winter Wonderland lighting display. The park allows families to drive through the park from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. every night from Dec. …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Families, community groups and businesses decorated trees …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Families, community groups and businesses decorated trees at Boardman Park's 21st annual Community Christmas. They decorated the trees with food for the animals heading into winter.
Neighbors | Submitted .Pictured are Boardman art students who painted …
Neighbors | Submitted .Pictured are Boardman art students who painted Holiday themed window panels at Akron’s Children Hospital in Boardman. The students are Raymond Prisby, Tina Zheng, Sandy Li and Cambrie Kasler.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Santa sat with children at Boardman Park's …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Santa sat with children at Boardman Park's Community Christmas on Dec. 2. Pictured is Santa with Sydney Rakers.
Neighbors | Submitted .A reindeer is one of the window …
Neighbors | Submitted .A reindeer is one of the window panel displays Boardman art students painted at Akson’s Children’s Hospital in Boardman.
GFWC Ohio Austintown Junior Women’s League focused on international affairs …
GFWC Ohio Austintown Junior Women’s League focused on international affairs during its meeting earlier this month. Upon the opening of the meeting with a diversity prayer, guests and members sampled dishes from a variety of …
