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• BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • CHAMPION BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the PK-8 cafetorium. • CORTLAND CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building. • HUBBARD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building, with caucus at 6:30 p.m. • LORDSTOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the village administration building. • LORDSTOWN VILLAGE Police Safety Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the village administration building. • SOUTHINGTON ...

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SANTA CLAUS COMES TO TOWN: Santa Claus will arrive at the Eastwood Mall in Niles noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in the center concourse. The event will include the Salvation Army and its Red Kettle kickoff, followed by Ballet Western Reserve and its Nutcracker performance. There will be a Nutcracker tea party at the aquarium. There will also be a performance at the Snowflake Stage from Castle on a Cloud to ring in Santa’s arrival. TURNPIKE PILGRIMAGE TOUR: The Warren-Ashtabula 90th anniversary Turnpike Pilgrimage Tour will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Triyounity, 239 Main Ave. SW, Warren. ...

Hope lies in helping each other

“If agriculture goes wrong ... nothing else has the chance to go right.” Those words hit me hard lately. Because it feels like the world around us is going wrong in so many ways — not because of politics or the economy, and not because of farmers or the price of food, but because of how we treat each other. The division, the blaming, the shaming — somewhere along the line, people have forgotten how to care. We’ve forgotten how to work together to solve problems. Too often, people speak — or type — without even an ounce of understanding about the topics they’re tearing ...

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• TRUMBULL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Executive Board will meet at 9 a.m. today at the Emergency Management Agency, 640 N. River Road NW, Suite B. • LORDSTOWN VILLAGE Streets and Sidewalks Committee will meet at 4 p.m. today at the village administration building. • HOWLAND PARK COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Friday at the township park building.

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PARK DEDICATION: The Roosevelt Area Neighborhood group, Councilman Andrew Herman, D-2nd Ward, and Tina S. Milner, 2nd Ward councilwoman-elect, will host a dedication ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday of the North End Memorial Rose Garden at the corner of Roosevelt Street NW and Vernon Avenue NW. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE: The Howland Historical Society will host an open house 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Yellow House, 8702 South St. SE, Howland. Parking is in front of Howland Middle School. Admission is free. HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING: Bristol Township will host its holiday tree lighting and ...

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• BAZETTA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES have changed their meeting to 7 p.m. today at the township administration building. A department head caucus will be at 6 p.m. • GIRARD CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION will have a special meeting at 8:15 a.m. Thursday in the mayor’s office conference room. • NEWTON TOWNSHIP ZONING APPEALS BOARD will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the township administration building to discuss zoning business / reports. • TRUMBULL CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER BOARD will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the board meeting room in Champion. The high school and policy committees will ...