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THU/5-21 Alliance Baby Yoda Party, 4 p.m., Rodman Public Library; for ages 10-18 Beloit West Branch Athletic Boosters bingo, booster hall, 26701 U.S. Route 62; doors open at 4:30 p.m., early tickets called at 6 p.m., and Jumpin’ Jack (59 numbers for $1,500) called at 6:45 p.m., followed by regular bingo. This week features $25 computers. Kitchen open, instant tickets and computers available. Info at 330-509-1209. Boardman DARE Singles Group, Birthday Night, 7-9 p.m., Boardman United Methodist Church, 6809 Market St.; information at 330-729-0127 Calcutta NARVRE monthly ...

Beaver Local students make cards for veterans with Camp Fire

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CALCUTTA — Camp Fire staff presented their “Salute to Hospitalized Veterans” program to first grade classes at Beaver Local School this week. Students created cards for hospitalized veterans while learning about the value of giving service and the meaning of Memorial Day and honoring ...

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Highway Patrol — Vera L. Groves, 81, Chester, W.Va., was cited for failure to yield after her vehicle pulled from a private drive on state Route 7 in Fairfield Township at 7:03 p.m. May 12 and struck a southbound vehicle driven by Jolene L. Lacey, 38, West Main Street, New Waterford. No injuries were reported. — Preston Cowdery, 25, Main Street, Wellsville, was cited for improper passing after his off-road vehicle started to make a left turn while being passed and was struck by a northbound vehicle driven by Justin J. Anderson, 30, North Elm Street, Columbiana, on state Route 7 ...

Columbiana County elections board certifies primary results

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LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections certified the official results of the May 5 primary Tuesday, noting the trend of people voting in office rather than mailing in absentee ballots is continuing. While the overwhelming majority of voters continues coming out on Election Day, in this case 10,963 voters, there were only 661 absentee ballots mailed in that counted while there were 1,405 ballots cast in the board office for early voting. “More and more voters are going away from the postal service,” Board of Elections Director Kim Fusco said. For this election, ...

Wellsville hires new village administrator

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WELLSVILLE — Wellsville has a new village administrator. Wellsville Mayor Bob Boley announced during Tuesday’s meeting of the Wellsville Village Council that he hired Jerry Medley as the new village administrator, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Jeff Cope. Council was ...

Wellsville school board tables non-renewal of contract for teacher

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WELLSVILLE – The Wellsville school board Monday night held an extended executive session before tabling action on the non-renewal of a teaching contract. The board tabled the issue regarding the contract of Mitchell McDowell, a Daw Elementary fourth-grade teacher, following four hours behind closed doors. At the meeting, board members unanimously agreed to discuss at a later date the matter of the contract non-renewal at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. A day later, the board issued a special meeting notice to continue the discussion at 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Day, in the jr. ...