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‘Pet Appreciation’ event planned at Tractor Supply

CALCUTTA— The Tractor Supply Company is welcoming all leashed, friendly animals to visit its Calcutta store Sept. 13-17 during Pet Appreciation Week. Pet Appreciation Week, the retailer’s biggest pet food and supply sale of the year, will kick off with a pet supply drive to support local pet and animal groups that partner with the store. From Sept. 13-17, customers can drop off new, sealed food, toys, cleaning supplies and other essential pet accessories such as beds, scratching posts, leashes and bowls to be donated to local rescues and shelters in the community. “Our local ...

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HEAP, PIPP applications LISBON — The Community Action Agency of Columbiana County is taking applications for State HEAP and Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP Plus) at its office located at 7860 Lincole Place, Lisbon. Neither program will offer immediate assistance with utility bills. Applications for State HEAP are available at post offices, libraries, and utility companies throughout Columbiana County. For more information on State HEAP, call 1-800-282-0880. Requirements must be meet. For more information, call 330-424-4013. For detailed guidelines visit ...

Columbiana County Property Transfers

Butler Township Christian and Elizabeth Chappell to Donald and Tiffani Heverly, home on Slater Road; $232,000. Center Township Jane Ingledue to Lee and Logan Vollnogle, home on Wayne Bridge Road; $91,000. Columbiana Christine and John Day to Patricia and Lester Crittenden III, condominium on East Springfield Road; $83,000. Curtis Tharp to Allison and Ty Graham, home on Duquense Street; $105,000. James and Susan Bolin to Marc and Renee Grommes, home on Canterbury Court; $282,000. East Liverpool Michael and Jeff Kreefer to Jeff Kreefer, partial interest in home on Shady Lane ...

Columbiana County Property Transfers

Columbiana P. Earl Corey to Scott Yuhanick and Taylor Luby, home on North Vine Street; $207,000. Craig and Melinda Barr to David and Frances Baehler, home on Ray Avenue; $145,000. East Liverpool Charles and Rebecca Payne to Smithfield St. Clair Properties LLC, home and four lots on Smithfield and Case streets; $120,000. Cheryl Hinton to MSKF Holdings & Properties, commercial property (former Oasis) on St. Clair Avenue; $81,500. Joseph and Leah Hoffrichter trust to Mark and Cynthia Hoffrichter, trustees, home on Armstrong Lane; $150,000. John Leon to Roy and Courtney Tice, ...

Shopping by voice on Amazon or Google device could cost you

NEW YORK (AP) — In the name of convenience, Amazon and Walmart are pushing people to shop by just talking to a digital assistant. Shopping by voice means giving orders to the Alexa assistant on Amazon’s Echo speaker and other devices, even if your hands are tied up with dinner or dirty diapers. And next month, Walmart will start offering voice shopping , too, with the Google Assistant on the rival Home speaker. Voice shopping is still new. But once you start using it, look out — you might never know if it’s offering you the best deal. Because these devices can’t say much ...

Columbiana County Property Transfers

Butler Township Kirk and Mary Bloss to Mary Bloss, home on Georgetown-Damascus Road; $35,000. Perry and Michelle Fredman to Joshua Owen, home on Hillside Drive; $54,700. Columbiana Jonathan Burrows to Judy and Eric Blystone, home on Lucretia Lane; $195,000. Zachary and Amy Orville to Bethany and Robert Quetot Jr.., home on Edgewood Drive; $159,900. Robert and Bethany Quetot to Sarah Davis, home on North Pearl Street; $90,000. East Liverpool Miller Family Trust to John Eiler, home at 1011 Florence St.; $8,000. Catherine Schondelmeyer to Joshua and Kerry Lytle, home on ...