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Building a plan for a better Belmont continues

LIBERTY — There are about three more months before planning officials have to deliver a finalized plan to revitalize a frequently used corridor connecting Mahoning and Trumbull counties — and on Monday, residents received an update. Officials heard from Katie Philips, an MS Consultants ...

Girard enacts one-year ban on data centers

GIRARD — The city is the latest community to place a moratorium on issuing permits for data centers to allow for more time for researching and reviewing them. After discussion and three readings, city council on Monday gave final reading to putting a 12-month moratorium in place. Councilwoman Lily Martuccio, D-at Large, said the moratorium will allow for council and the administration to have more time to study the impact data centers will have on the community. Martuccio said once the moratorium is in place, it will allow officials to develop zoning guidelines to ensure public ...

Girard students ‘make waves’ at summer enrichment camp

GIRARD — With 90-degree temperatures outside, Girard students are staying cool indoors by using water for a four-day science learning camp. Bill Young, coordinator of the camp and curriculum and support services coordinator for Girard City Schools, said this is the first year for the ...

Butler carries on tradition of championing American art

YOUNGSTOWN — For 89 years, the National Midyear Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art has provided artists from across the country with an opportunity to place their work before one of the nation’s most respected juried exhibitions. This year’s exhibition, which opened Sunday and continues through Aug. 30, carries that tradition forward with 84 works by 79 artists from 15 states selected from a field of 829 entries submitted by 320 artists from 28 states. The exhibition remains one of the country’s longest-running juried shows dedicated to contemporary American ...

Girard names new band director

GIRARD — The Girard Board of Education has named Jacob Benson as the new Girard High School band director. Benson was approved for a one-year contract at $45,400 on Monday and will handle duties as the marching band director. Benson replaces David Colella, who served 12 years as band director in the district and is leaving for a position with Aurora schools. Colella’s resignation is effective July 31. The board at a special meeting Monday also approved Travis Hecker as technology supervisor at $62,440 effective Aug. 1 on a one-year contract. He replaces John Bello, who ...

Who you gonna call? Trash Busters

WARREN — A group of young men from the 6th Ward fanned out recently along Nevada Avenue near the former Western Reserve Middle School picking up trash, whacking overgrown weeds and hauling debris from an area long used as a dumping ground. Councilwoman Honeya Price, D-6th Ward, said she ...