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• TRUMBULL COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER Governing Board will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in the board meeting room at the center in Niles. • TRUMBULL COUNTY DATA PROCESSING BOARD will hold an organizational meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the county administration building. • TRUMBULL COUNTY BOARD OF REVISIONS will hold an organizational meeting at 10 a.m. Monday in the IT training room at the county administration building. • JOSEPH BADGER BOARD OF EDUCATION will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at the school complex to conduct interviews for two board seats. • ...

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MATHEWS BOARD OF EDUCATION will hold a special meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the board office for an executive session to interview candidates for the vacant board seat. No action will be taken.

Agricultural districts protect farmers

Thanks to the internet, you can find statistics on farmland over the last 25 years. In 2000, farmland represented 41.1% of the total land in the U.S., and in 2010, it was down to 39.8%. It was a drop of 1.3%, which doesn’t seem too bad until you realize that 29,420,000 acres of farmland were lost. From 2010 to 2020 the amount of farmland lost was 19,060,000 acres, a decrease of 0.82%. From 2020 to 2024 there was a loss of more than 16,650,000 acres across the U.S. I wish my internet search had surfaced better news. This downward trend did not start in 2000 but many years earlier. It ...

Program digs into Braceville’s early years

BRACEVILLE HISTORY PROGRAM: A history of Braceville will be presented 2 p.m. Sunday at Braceville Township Hall. The program will explore Braceville’s first families, businesses and ideas that shaped the community CHILI COOKOFF: The Bazetta Township Park Board will present a chili cookoff fundraiser 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Country Porch Winery, 2282 Wilson Sharpsville Road, Cortland. Proceeds from the event will benefit park improvements. Tickets include admission and chili to sample. There will be blind judging, a raffle and 50/50 drawing. To enter chili in the contest ($20) and ...

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• WARREN CITY BOARD OF CONTROL will meet at 9:30 a.m. today at the municipal building. • WARREN-CHAMPION JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD will have a special meeting at 3 p.m. today at the planning commission conference room, 185 E. Market St., Warren. • TRUMBULL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE BOARD will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the emergency management agency offices, 640 N. River Road NW. • LORDSTOWN VILLAGE POLICE SAFETY COMMITTEE will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the village municipal building, • CHAMPION BOARD OF EDUCATION will have the ...

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• BAZETTA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. today at the township administration building. • LORDSTOWN BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS has rescheduled their meeting from today to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the village administration building. • TRUMBULL COUNTY PLATS / ZONING COMMITTEE will meet at 9 a.m. today at the planning commission office, 185 E. Market St., Warren. • NILES CITY COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the senior center. • NEWTON FALLS COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. • NEWTON FALLS UTILITY APPEALS ...