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• GIRARD FREE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the board meeting room. • NILES BOARD OF EDUCATION has canceled its meeting for this week • NEWTON FALLS JOINT FIRE DISTRICT BOARD will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building. • BRISTOL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • BRACEVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • CHAMPION TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p,m. Tuesday at the township hall.

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• LORDSTOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the village administration building. • CORTLAND CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building. GIRARD BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. Monday in the high school media center. • SOUTHINGTON BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6:15 p.m. Monday for an executive session to discuss appointment of a board vacancy with the regular meeting at 6:15 p.m. in the school complex library. • BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • CHAMPION BOARD OF EDUCATION will ...

Wreaths Across America events set

WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA: The cities of Niles and Girard will both be hosting Wreaths Across America events at noon Saturday. The Niles event will be held at Niles City Cemetery off Niles Vienna Road, and the Girard event at Girard City Cemetery off Route 422. Participants at both events will place wreaths on veterans’ graves while paying tribute to fallen veterans. Niles has held the event for the past four years, with 1,600 wreaths placed in 2024. Blackstone Funeral Home has coordinated the Girard event with a goal this year of 1,300 wreaths. BRACEVILLE AMERICA 250: The Braceville ...

Hospitals celebrate the season of giving

HOSPITALS CELEBRATE SEASON: Mercy Health is celebrating this holiday season with charitable giving events to benefit the Mahoning Valley community. The annual Festival of Trees is taking place at two Mercy Health hospitals, where the public can purchase raffle tickets for a chance to take home a decorated Christmas tree. In addition, each area hospital is collecting gifts in partnership with local organizations to help local families celebrate Christmas. St. Joseph Warren Hospital, 667 Eastland Ave. SE, Warren, and St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, 8401 Market St., Boardman, will have ...

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• TRUMBULL COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Residence Inn Niles at the Eastwood Mall for a monthly meeting.

Enjoy the magical silence in the snowfall

According to Lucy Van Pelt in “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “It’s too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January.” While Lucy may be onto something about the taste of snowflakes, to me, it’s not about the taste but the fact that we actually have snowflakes. See, I’m a snow lover. I don’t care if it’s December or early March, the chill in the air, the flakes landing on your nose and the snow-covered ground make me happy. Part of my love of snow probably harkens back to the days when my mom would bundle my brother and me up and send us ...