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Always Best Care recognizes East Liverpool franchise

ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The Always Best Care East Liverpool franchise has been recognized for its performance in 2025. Always Best Care Senior Services, one of nation’s leading senior care franchise systems in the United States, honored its top-performing franchise owners, team members and caregivers during its annual awards ceremony, held as part of the brand’s annual franchise conference in Nashville, Tennessee, April 12–14. The awards recognized the best of the best based on year-end 2025 performance. “Each year, we are reminded that the strength of Always Best Care comes ...

REAL ESTATE

Center Township Kathryn P. Pinkerton et al to Marcia Lynn Brandt, home on Sunset Drive; $210,000 Columbiana Adda M. and Matthew Bell to Zachary Witherow, home on Bittersweet Drive; $195,000 Michael Strohecker to Hunter Debee, home on East Park Avenue; $175,000 East Liverpool EBKO Properties Inc to Anthony Witherow, home on First Avenue; $26,500 Brendan Copenace to Frank Thorne, home and other residential structures on Beechwood Avenue; $25,000 Fairfield Township Kevin W. Smith et al to Manoah Joel and Grace Huber, home on Duquense Street; $72,000 Liverpool ...

CC Board of Elections board member resigns

LISBON — Columbiana County Board of Elections board member Greg Smith of Salem resigned Friday effective today, with the Columbiana County Republican Party Central Committee expected to name a replacement. Smith joined the board in March 2025 and said he was resigning for health reasons for his battle against cancer and to join the campaign of Robert Sprague, the current Ohio Treasurer who’s running for Ohio Secretary of State. In his letter of resignation, Smith said, “It has been an honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Elections. I am grateful for the opportunity to ...

CC Park District Board back to full capacity

LISBON — The Columbiana County Park District Board is back to full capacity, with two former members who agreed to return welcoming three new board members who were sworn in Friday. Columbiana County Probate/Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Baronzzi had already appointed and sworn in former ...

Rep. Fischer aims to ease name-change ballot rules

State Rep. Tex Fischer, whose eligibility as a candidate in 2024 was decided by the Ohio secretary of state because of a name change, introduced legislation that would not require candidates to use their former names on future ballots. Fischer, R-Canfield, said he hopes the state Legislature could pass the bill after the Nov. 3 election. “I’m not sure of its prospects,” Fischer said of the bill. “But it’s something that should be addressed.” Fischer changed his name May 19, 2020, from Austin James Fischer to Austin James Texford Fischer. Under state law, “If any ...