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WEATHERSFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the administration offices. No action will be taken. CHAMPION TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building. BRISTOL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. BRACEVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. NEWTON FALLS JOINT FIRE DISTRICT BOARD will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Newton Township hall. TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will have their weekly workshop at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the commissioners ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. (using information from the Smithsonian Institution) In 1890, jewelers and tinkerers Alfred and Charles G. Harris developed a new printing press with an automatic feeder. Their first press was a revolutionary breakthrough, delivering 10 times what a pressman could feed by hand. The Harris Automatic Press Co. was responsible for many printing innovations during the early 1900s, including the first commercially successful offset lithographic press and the ...

Cortland police changing software to match Trumbull

CORTLAND — City Council approved an $8,600 software purchase as an emergency measure so the police department can remain compatible with changes coming to the Trumbull County 911 system. Council unanimously authorized police Chief David Morris to switch the department’s records-management software from ID Network to Sundance Systems Inc. The change follows an Aug. 26 vote by Trumbull County commissioners to move the county 911 Center to Sundance’s computer-aided dispatch system. According to the city ordinance, the system will allow the center to better communicate with police ...

Data center rules not yet ready

WEATHERSFIELD — Trustees have approved extending the township’s moratorium on data centers by six months to allow officials more time for research. Trustees at their meeting earlier this month said the zoning commission, law director Cherry Poteet and zoning inspector Kelly Clarke have been working on zoning regulations and guidelines for data centers. Trustee Ed Whittaker said the six-month extension will provide the needed time to get that finished and forwarded to trustees for their approval. “Everyone has heard a lot about data centers in the past year. There are a lot of ...

Seeing Eye: Cleanup set in Warren

WARREN CLEANUP: There will be a citywide autumn cleanup 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Warren. Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership and the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District are teaming up to support a volunteer-led day of litter collection throughout neighborhoods, parks and public spaces across Warren. Those who want to participate are asked to meet at 9:30 a.m. at 736 Mahoning Ave. NW for supply pickup. To volunteer, call Sev Tripoulas at 330-647-6301 ext. 109. VOTER REGISTRATION: The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation will host a ...

Hubbard graduate served in Army in Middle East

What attracted Sean McFarland to the military was his passion for flying. “I was flying small fixed wing aircraft since I was 16. I joined the Army because I love helicopters,” McFarland said. McFarland, who now lives in Canfield, grew up in Liberty. He transferred to Girard High ...