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Healthy Hearts and Paws out of space

WARREN — Following the addition of more dogs and cats this weekend, officials with the Healthy Hearts and Paws Project said they have no more space for animals. Jason Cooke, director of Healthy Hearts and Paws, posted that the complex in Warren took in one dog and over a dozen cats recently, putting the total number of animals taken in in June to 57 dogs and more than 34 cats. Cooke said year-to-date total are 439 dogs and more than 100 cats at the complex. “With another stray dog brought in today and more cats being removed from a residence in Masury, we have no choice but to ...

Speaker goes way back to ring up history lesson

LIBERTY — Two dozen people learned the history of handbells on Saturday at the William Holmes McGuffey HIstorical Society’s monthly Memories of a Lifetime series at Denny’s meeting room. The lesson was given by Patty Claudio, a retired teacher from Lake County. She has published ...

Time to hit the trail

The Trumbull County Tourism Bureau sent an email June 1 with a message that was music to my ears, stating “Good-weather Ohio days don’t last forever, so here’s an easy plan: come to Trumbull County, pick a trail, and let the day unfold.” The Tourism Bureau was offering a trail guide ...

Cafaro’s company gets $1.7M no-bid contract

A $1.7 million no-bid contract awarded to a company owned by J.J. Cafaro to install a water-purification system for the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the source of controversy, but the businessman said he isn’t surprised. Cafaro, a close friend of and political donor to President Donald Trump, said Friday that the technology used by Greenwater Services, a Brookfield business that he owns through the J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust, did what it’s supposed to do. It flushed out the algae that was in the pool’s underground pipes for years, which ended up in the reflecting ...

Hubbard officials share contrasting views of data center tour

HUBBARD — One resident asked officials to consider adjusting or lifting the city’s yearlong moratorium on data centers, as a councilwoman shared her thoughts after attending a data center tour with their township counterparts. Earlier this week, Councilwoman Robin Zambrini, D-2nd Ward, said she, along with Councilman Jerry Crowe, D-at Large, and economic development and government officials, traveled to New Albany to see its business park and data centers. New Albany is home to 40 completed data centers across 15 companies, with 28 more announced or under construction in its ...

Property transfers

Property transfers recorded June 8 to 12 in Trumbull County: Bloomfield Frank J. Lesho III to Aaron Turnbull and Lauren Turnbull, 10190 Penniman Road, $145,000 Matthew W. Miller and Sally Miller to David W. Gingerich and Wayne D. Gingerich, 8791 Girdle Road, $500,000 Braceville Leslie Bouchard and Matthew Foss to James A. Byler and Christina B. Byler, 4805 McConnell East Road, $435,000 Bristol Jill Denise Berenji and Leon Berenji to Brett Allen and Rachel Allen, 3018 Mahan Denman Road, $330,000 David R. Augusta to Aaron Fisher, 1760 Hyde Oakfield Road, ...