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• TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS have canceled their meetings for this week. • WEATHERSFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 5:30 p.m. today at the board administration offices and 7 p.m. Wednesday at the high school media center for the regular meeting. • HOWLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the township administration building. • GIRARD BOARD OF CONTROL will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the mayor’s office at city hall. • McKINLEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Board of Trustees personnel committee will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday followed by the ...

Kinsman pumpkin festival set Wednesday

KINSMAN PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: The Kinsman Historical Society will host a pumpkin festival 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kinsman Greenspace, 8287 Main St. TRUNK OR TREAT: Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles Cortland Road NE, Howland, will have a trunk or treat 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the church parking lot. THIS AND THAT CRAFTS: The Center, 114 W. Marshall St., McDonald, will have This and That Crafts 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday with Sarah Evinsky. Participants will learn basic skills while completing their own pot holder project. No previous sewing experience is needed. Cost is $50 per ...

Oct. 14 agenda

WARREN BOARD OF CONTROL will meet at 9:30 a.m. today at the city law department offices. CHAMPION ZONING COMMISSION will meet at 6 p.m. today at the township administration building. NEWTON FALLS BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the high school media center. BLOOMFIELD-MESPO BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the high school.

Agenda

• LABRAE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the complex band room. • KINSMAN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the township hall • MESOPOTAMIA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • JOHNSTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • BRISTOL ZONING COMMISSION will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • TRUMBULL COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the commission office, 185 E. Market St., Warren. • TRUMBULL BUDGET COMMISSION will meet at 10 a.m. ...

Civil War reenactment set in North Bloomfield

CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY: A Civil War living history encampment event will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday at Center Brook Manor, 8745 State Route 45, North Bloomfield. There will be an authentic Civil War field hospital setup, camp life exhibits and period reenactments, infantry and artillery demonstrations and surgeons, soldiers and civilians from the 1860s. BOO BINGO: St. Joe’s at the Mall will have a Boo Bingo from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Center Court at the Eastwood Mall in Niles. The event is free. Winners will have the chance to take home prizes. BLOOMFIELD FOOD ...

Check in on each other

Mental health is getting easier to talk about, but suicide is still one of those words that makes people uncomfortable. We lower our voices. We don’t know what to say. We worry about saying the wrong thing, so sometimes we don’t say anything at all. But silence isn’t helping us. This week, our little community experienced a heartbreaking loss. A young person died by suicide. Someone lost a son. Someone lost a grandson, a family member, a friend. A school lost a student, and an entire community was left trying to process something that is incredibly difficult to ...