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On the record: Bristol

WHAT: Board of education meeting Aug. 17 PRESENT: Brooke Vondrasek, Jared Bilas, Kristina Stephens, Candy Bemus and Don Mickel The board: • Approved complimentary passes for school events for current and past board members, community members age 62 and older and for one representative of the opposing school team. A special pass also was approved allowing Bristol students free admission. • Waived elementary school workbook fees and high school general fees for students. • Approved the girls golf team’s participation in the Mahoning Girls Golf Classic on Sept. 5 in ...

Battle of the badges

NILES — The annual police vs. fire department softball game became a battle between Trumbull and Mahoning counties Saturday at 717 Credit Union Field at Eastwood with the Youngstown Fire Department winning the day. A game between the Warren fire and police departments was followed by a ...

233 teams part of 17th Panerathon

YOUNGSTOWN — Undoubtedly, the most daunting and frightening aspect of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis for Terri McCollum could be found in what she didn’t experience. “I get a mammogram yearly, and it showed no signs. It didn’t show until it was pretty large,” McCollum, of ...

Valley veteran served in the Army’s police force in the 1970s

CANFIELD — Mark Yoder pulled two tours of duty in Germany during the 1970s, and he continues serving as a member of American Legion Post 177 in Canfield and as a member of the local funeral Honor Guard. Yoder was born at Salem Hospital and his family later moved to Canfield where he attended kindergarten through his sophomore year of high school. His family then moved to Arizona, where he graduated from Sahuaro High School in Tucson in 1974. Before graduation, he began his military career. “I joined the Army in February of 1974 under a delayed enlistment program,” Yoder said. ...

Giveaway still rising from ashes of 2005 arson

GIRARD — It warms Ken MacPherson’s heart that a devastating and tragic event more than two decades ago that claimed three young lives also has given birth to something that continues to be perhaps as enduring and endearing as it is positive. “It was an absolutely horrendous act of evil, ...

Hubbard celebrates its past, present and future

HUBBARD — Residents of Hubbard city and Hubbard Township as well as many visitors came together this weekend to celebrate the history of the communities as part of a new community fest. The fest at the Roosevelt Student Wellness Center on Saturday featured activities inside the building ...