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Seeing Eye: Press Club to host observation

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: The sixth annual World Press Freedom Day will be observed at noon Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown, when Youngstown Press Club members will read the names of 129 journalists killed last year while practicing their profession. The event is free to the public. The number of journalists killed in 2025 was the most registered since data on journalists’ deaths has been taking place since 1992. The previous record was in 2024 at 103 journalists. In 1992, the United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 as World Press ...

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• BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building for a monthly department head meeting. • WARREN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building. • GIRARD BOARD OF CONTROL will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the mayor’s office at city hall. • TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the county commissioners hearing room for their weekly workshop.

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• GIRARD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building with caucus on Girard Lakes at 6 p.m. and finance committee at 6:30 p.m. • TRUMBULL COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the Tomaski Center, 45 North Road, Niles. • HOWLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at H.C. Mines School, 850 Howland Wilson Road NE. • LIBERTY BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the high school auditorium. • NEWTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the township hall.

Tree planting set at Packard Park

TREE PLANTING: A community tree planting will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at Packard Park, Mahoning Avenue, Warren. The tree planting will be near the children’s play area. The event is being held by Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership and Warren city. VIENNA SOCIETY: The Vienna Historical Society will sponsor a program featuring local author Paul Rohrbaugh at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Copper Penny, 4275 Warren Sharon Road. He will speak on “Driving It Home: General Motors Lordstown Complex 1956-2019.’’ Books by Rohrbaugh will be available for sale. Seating is limited. FUNDRAISER ...

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WARREN BOARD OF CONTROL will meet at 2 p.m. today at the city law department.

Maple syrup memories stick out

Have you ever had something trigger childhood memories? I did recently when I attended the Maple Syrup Hall of Fame Brunch in Burton with my mom and sister-in-law. This by-invitation-only event is sponsored by the Geauga County Maple Festival and is held before the festival to reveal winners of this year’s maple contests. There are several classes, each having several categories, in which entries can be made. The first is the maple candy class for adults and children to enter. The hobby class is for syrup producers who have fewer than 200 taps, and producers can live in or outside ...