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• BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting 10 a.m. Monday at the township administration building for an executive session on contract negotiations. The year-end meeting is at noon, followed by a special meeting at 12:30 p.m. for an executive session to discuss the fire and police chiefs’ contracts. The monthly department head meeting will be at 1 p.m. to ratify contracts. • WARREN CITY COUNCIL will have a meeting 3 p.m. Monday at the municipal justice building with caucus at 2:15 p.m. A swearing-in ceremony for council members and treasurer Tom Letson will be at 4 ...

Growing a Christmas tradition

Merry Christmas! I recently had a conversation with a fellow Farm Bureau member who grows Christmas trees. He showed me an old picture of a large blue spruce being loaded onto the back of a flatbed truck. In the picture also was a nicely painted sign, probably 4 by 8 feet, that read, “Merry Christmas President and Mrs. Johnson From: The Ohio Christmas Tree Growers, Inc.” The tree was headed to Washington, D.C., to be displayed in the Blue Room of the White House. There had been Christmas trees in the White House for more than a century prior to the year of the picture I was ...

Recycling hours changed for winter

WINTER COLLECTION HOURS: Trumbull and Geauga county residents may bring items during the winter months from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays only to the Trumbull Collection Facility, 5138 Enterprise Drive NW, Warren. The collection is for the disposal of electronics, appliances and foam. Household hazardous waste is not accepted during the winter months. For information, call 800-707-2673 or visit www.gottagogreen.org. BRISTOL MONUMENT FUNDRAISING: The Bristol Township Historical Society, in partnership with the Trumbull County Historical Society, has started a public fundraising campaign ...

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• BAZETTA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting 6 p.m. today at the township hall for an executive session preparing for, conducting or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees.

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• HOWLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the intermediate school. • NEWTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the township administration building. • LORDSTOWN VILLAGE PLANNING/ ZONING COMMITTEE will meet at 4 p.m. today at the village administration building. • HUBBARD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building on the 2026 budget. • TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS have canceled the meetings for this week.

Seeing Eye: McKinley Birthplace Home presents ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: The McKinley Birthplace Home will present “The Twelve Days of Christmas: A History” at 2 p.m. Saturday. Belinda Weiss, a historian, Christmas enthusiast and director of the National McKinley Birthplace Museum in Niles, will share the history behind the classic Christmas carol. Registration is required at 330-652-1704, Ext. 3. CHESS NIGHT: New Covenant Baptist Church, 1606 Salt Springs Road, Lordstown, will host “Chess Night 3” from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Those wishing to play or learn to play are invited to this free event. For information, call ...