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Bristol reviews fire department staffing

BRISTOL — Township trustees and fire officials are reviewing options on how to get more staff at the fire department. Trustees met at the fire department recently with about 15 residents to seek suggestions and ideas such as all full-time staff, all part-time or a combination, and how to pay them. Roger French, retired Bristol fire chief, said having full-time firefighters would be the option that would best benefit the fire department. However, fire Chief Steve Craiger said he would recommend part-time staff also be part of the equation. “I personally would like to try and ...

Grants, ARP funds to help with $3.4M Weathersfield sewer project

NILES — Trumbull County Commissioners said they have secured as many grants and other funding for a $3.4 million sanitary sewer improvement project in the Crain Drive neighborhood in Weathersfield as they could, but residents will still have to pay their share to tap into the ...

Agricultural outreach grows community awareness

This past month has been filled with so many wonderful opportunities to share our love and passion for farming, and to give consumers a small glimpse into what it takes to raise and care for crops and animals. Not only was the Trumbull County Fair in the past month, but on behalf of Trumbull County Farm Bureau, me and fellow advocates had another story time with a farmer session that was a huge success earlier this summer. A very successful event that we continued this summer was story time with a farmer at Ripley’s in Brookfield. This event drew in 40-plus kids and parents. We ...

Liberty police file charges against ex-booster president

Staff report LIBERTY — The Liberty Police Department has filed criminal charges against Christina Marie Merrick, 48, former president of the Liberty Local School District’s wrestling and soccer booster programs, following an investigation into embezzled funds. Liberty police Chief Ray Buhala said Merrick, of Liberty, has been charged with two counts of theft — fourth- and fifth-degree felonies — and misuse of credit cards in connection with the theft of approximately $40,000 from the booster organizations’ accounts. The investigation was launched in June after board ...

EPA rejects blanket permit for data centers

Citing public opposition, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency rejected a request for a blanket permit for data centers to discharge wastewater and decided to consider each project individually. In a Tuesday ruling, the state EPA wrote: “After carefully reviewing the significant volume of public comments received on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit for data centers, Ohio EPA has decided not to move forward with finalizing the general permit” that would have allowed data centers to dump wastewater into the state’s waterways. The EPA ...