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Hancock County Extension turns summer school into hands-on STEM adventure

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — Twenty-one kindergarten through second-grade students traded traditional summer school activities for three days of hands-on science, health, and discovery during Hancock County WVU Extension’s Summer School Take-Over, held Aug. 3–5 at A.T. Allison Elementary ...

Salem Regional Medical Center re-opening Urgent Care Service in Calcutta

SALEM – Salem Regional Medical Center (SRMC) is bringing convenient, walk-in urgent care back to the Calcutta community with the launch of SRMC Urgent Care – Calcutta on Sept. 2. The service is re-opening at its previous location inside the Calcutta Medical Arts Center at 48462 Bell School Road and will provide walk-in medical care with expanded hours for minor illnesses and injuries that do not require an emergency room visit. No appointments are necessary. Dr. Anita Hackstedde, SRMC President/CEO, emphasized the importance of convenient urgent care for the Calcutta community ...

Northwest Ordinance Lecture Series to be presented at East Liverpool library

EAST LIVERPOOL – The East Liverpool Community Partnership for Revitalization (ELCPR) will sponsor a four-part Northwest Ordinance Lecture Series this fall at Carnegie Public Library, bringing together noted authors, historians, and experts to explore the events that shaped the Northwest ...

On the calendar

THU/8-27 Boardman DARE Singles Group, birthday night, 7-9 p.m., Boardman United Methodist Church; information at 330-729-0127 Chester Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Thrift Shop, 1-5 p.m.; liquidation sale; by donation Columbiana Free Community Meal, 4:30-6 p.m., St. Jude Church County Area Singles, 6 p.m., Coaches Burger Bar in Calcutta Damascus Tops 1329, United Methodist Church, weigh in 9 a.m., meeting 9:30 a.m. East Liverpool Toddle Time, 10 a.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room; for children ages birth to 36 months School board, 6 p.m., Westgate ...

Community Briefs

Columbiana County Board of Revision meeting Columbiana County Board of Revision will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the Auditor’s Conference Room, located on the first floor of the Columbiana County Court House. This meeting is to review and approve the value abstract. For information call 330-424-9515. Columbiana SWCD’s 84th Annual Meeting The Columbiana SWCD will host its 84th annual meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 at current board supervisor Bryan Hays and his family’s farm for “America 250, Back on the Farm.” This annual meeting will be held at Jan Paul Farms ...

Sojourner Truth portrayal

Eddie Murphy, Wellsville, brings to life African American Abolitionist and Women’s’ Rights Activist Sojourner Truth during her portrayal of Truth in front of a live audience Monday night at the East Liverpool Carnegie Public Library. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)