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WED/1-21 Columbiana Crestview Board of Education Personnel Committee, 6 a.m., board office County Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities, 4 p.m., administrative offices Area Singles, 6 p.m., Pizza Hut in Columbiana East Liverpool StoreHouse Food Pantry & Kitchen, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Yeshua Assembly of God, 49345 Calcutta Smith Ferry Road; no ID or income requirement East Palestine Eagles drive thru beef tips and noodles, 4-6 p.m., $11; 330-886-0397 East Palestine Library Storytime, 11 a.m. Leetonia Leetonia High School Classes of 1955-57, noon, ...

Free community meal

Catholic Charities Senior Center, 600 E. Fourth St., East Liverpool, will be offering a free meal to community members on Tuesday, Jan. 27 from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. All members of the community are invited to come by and enjoy the meal. Additionally, the center is available for anyone to drop by from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Fridays to warm up, have a cup of coffee, and find out what community resources are available. Call 330-385-4732 with any questions about the free meal.

Madison Twp. meeting schedule

Madison Township trustees have established their meeting schedule for 2026. Regular meetings will be held at 6 p.m. in the township hall on the first and third Wednesday of each month, with the next meeting to be held Jan. 21.

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TUE/1-20 Canfield That Quilt Group I Belong To (TQGIBT), 6 p.m., Canfield Library on state Route 224; informational program on library materials that are available to quilters; presentation at 6:30 pm. Information, Jeanne at 330-507-4672. Columbiana Planning Commission, 6 p.m., city hall City council, 7 p.m., city hall County Columbiana County ESC will hold the following meetings: organizational meeting, 5 p.m.; regular January board meeting immediately following; records retention meeting following regular meeting, 5:45 p.m. The meetings will be held at 38720 Saltwell Road, ...

Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss

If you don’t know Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss, you have a hole in your education, as teacher William “Wild Bill” Harper sometimes said to me and my classmates in eighth grade earth science at Chester Junior High whenever we answered his questions with a blank stare. I have recently filled my own Chambers-Hiss hole by reading “Whittaker Chambers, a Biography” (1997 by Sam Tanenhaus). (To those like my wife who hate “dry” history, read on to see how “Bambi,” a prothonotary warbler and microfilm hidden in a pumpkin figured in this tale.) Mr. Harper was quirky, ...

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MON/1-19 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Meet at DQ on Market Street for dessert, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 East Liverpool Preschool Story Time, 6 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room East Palestine Eagles kitchen open 4-8 p.m., lasagna with side salad and roll; $9; 330-886-0397 Lisbon Free Family Search Center, 10 a.m.-noon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7250 Lisbon Road; information at 330-271-1661. Salem Salem Community Pantry, 794 E. Third St., food distribution, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; for residents of the 44460 zip code; must have photo ID ...