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On the record: Southington

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WHAT: Board of education meeting Aug. 26 PRESENT: Terry Kelly, Elizabeth Dunn, Megan Gibbs, Steve Gilanyi and LeeAnn Westenfelder The board: • Approved Tabitha Hornof as a kindergarten teacher and Benjamin Smith as a fourth-grade math/science teacher. • Approved as field maintenance agreement with the Chalker High School football coaches who will help take care of the fields they use. A similar agreement is in place for the baseball fields. • Approved a weapons policy that while the district does not allow any staff to have weapons on them, the district hired a school ...

Various sentences handed out in Trumbull courtrooms

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WARREN — Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sarah Kovoor sentenced a Warren man to three years in prison Tuesday for drug trafficking offenses. Elijah E. Cofield, 29, Parkwood Drive NW, Warren, received prison and $5,000 in fines after he pleaded guilty June 29 to five counts trafficking a fentanyl-related compound, five counts of trafficking in cocaine and single counts of possession of a fentanyl-related compound, possession of cocaine and having weapons while under disability. The case involved an August 2022 investigation by the Warren Police Department’s Street Crimes ...

Warren OKs one-year data center moratorium

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WARREN — City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on data centers Wednesday during the first meeting after returning to council chambers after the August break. It places a moratorium on data center projects larger than 1,000-square-feet and directs Mayor Doug Franklin to establish a Data Center Review Committee. The legislation states that the existing zoning and development regulations in the city “were not specifically designed to address the unique characteristics and infrastructure demands of large-scale data centers.” It adds that several other Trumbull ...

Bazetta voices concerns over Brightspeed work permits

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BAZETTA — Planned fiber-optic construction in the township has yet to receive required township permits, prompting officials to check whether contractors have already begun work. Brightspeed is expanding its fiber network into the township, with Congruex performing underground and aerial construction on the company’s behalf. Township officials received a letter giving notice of the planned work, including maps showing construction in several areas of Bazetta. While some cities — Girard and Cortland among them — have issued moratoriums on underground fiber optic work, Trustee ...

Helping Valley youth dress for success

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IT SUITS YOU: The Trumbull County Family and Children First Council, in partnership with the Transition Age Youth Group from Cadence Care Network, will present “It Suits You” from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the TMHA Building, 4076 Youngstown Road, Warren. The mission of “It Suits You” is to offer new and gently used male-oriented dress clothing to any area high school student to make special events more affordable. Clothing for the event has been donated by the community with a special thanks to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. There is no cost for students to participate ...

W.Va. progresses campaign to host federal nuclear campus

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a campaign led by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia is now being added to a list of states up for consideration for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus, though environmental advocates have concerns. Morrisey, flanked by state Office of Energy Director Nicholas Preservati and Thomas Mapes, chief of staff for the federal Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy — announced Tuesday afternoon that West Virginia is now joining five other states up for consideration for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus. The other states under consideration are ...