Business

Property Transfers

Center TownshipJP Morgan Chase Bank (Gregory Stoll) to Jeremy and Melissa Almy, home and 3.8 acres on state Route 164: $27,000.Glenn Joseph to MMC Investment Properties, home on state Route 164; $14,550.Glenn Joseph to Michael and Stacie Gough, 11 acres and barn on state Route 164; $31,075.ColumbianaJennifer McLaughlin to Kyle Wilkinson, home on North Elm Street; $114,500.East LiverpoolCity of East Liverpool to Joshua Conrad, property at 515 E. Fifth St.; $700.Brenda Peters to Panther Enterprises, home on Ephriam Street; $10,000.Robert and Jennifer Smith to Kathy Beck, home on Holiday ...

Verizon donates classroom supplies to Stanton Elementary teachers

HAMMONDSVILLE - Classroom supplies are generally dwindling this time of year, but some teachers at Stanton Elementary are replenishing their shelves after receiving a recent contribution.For the second year in a row, TCC Verizon Wireless in Wintersville donated 10 boxes of school supplies to teachers in grades PreK-2 as a show of appreciation for their hard work.The "Teachers Rock!" program is conducted at stores across the country and provides an array of pens, pencils, paper, glue sticks, and other implements to keep the classrooms stocked. Greg Carder, manager of the Wintersville ...

Applications accepted for HEAP, Winter Energy Assistance

LISBON - The Community Action Agency of Columbiana County (CAA) is taking applications for Emergency HEAP and Winter Crisis Program through March 31, at the Lisbon office, 7860 Lincole Place (rear).Appointments can only be made by calling the automated scheduling system at 330-424-1386. Homebound and seniors, age 62-older, may call 330-424-4013 for appointment assistance.A limited number of walk-ins will be served, starting at 8 a.m., on a first-come, first-serve bases, until the maximum number has been registered for the day. Scheduled appointments begin at 9 a.m.Assistance is provided ...

HMG: Preparing autistic toddlers for school and life

LISBON - Help Me Grow (HMG) was formed from several programs that were assembled under one umbrella of service in 2001, said Julie Shea MSW, LSW.Shea is the early intervention manager for the Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities and works from an office in the Robert Bycroft School.It is funded under the Ohio Department of Health and has two major components that focus on identifying autism - early intervention and home visiting.Shea said, "We can start doing assessments at 18 months ... and it could be identified as early as six months."The program receives referrals ...

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Business Briefs

MCTA offices to relocateYOUNGSTOWN - After 16 years at its current location, Mahoning & Columbiana Training Association (MCTA) soon will move to 20 W. Federal St., Suite 604, Youngstown.The move will necessitate the office being closed all day Monday, Feb. 29.MCTA is leaving 9 W. Front Street, Youngstown, because the building is being renovated for the Youngstown Municipal Courts. The new location will have more modern space.MCTA's phone number-330-747-5639 and fax number 330-743-1741-will not change.MCTA is the fiscal agent for the federal Workforce Innovation & Opportunities ...