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New JVS Fire/EMT program aims to fill first responder gap

BLOOMINGDALE – About 10 juniors and seniors are currently enrolled and will work to obtain Fire I and II and EMT certifications and graduate with the abilities to serve in the safety forces. Fire and emergency service instructors (FESIs) Rusty Cominsky, Art Fowler Jr., Travis Coffy and Jim ...

Marcino returns to Edison to lead FFA/Ag program

RICHMOND — Edison High School alumna Tommi Marcino is back in the classroom, this time to lead the FFA/Agricultural Education program. Marcino, a 2018 EHS graduate, developed a love for animals while growing up on her family’s Richmond farm, where they raised pigs, cows and goats. She ...

Buckeye Local auditorium gets a new look

RAYLAND — When students and visitors sit down for a concert, play or other special event at Buckeye Local High School this year, they’ll be in new seats as part of an ongoing effort to refurbish the auditorium. Superintendent Coy Sudvary said the previous 762 seats dated to the school’s ...

Students expand their palates through FFVP program

WINTERSVILLE — Elementary students at Indian Creek Local Schools are continuing to expand their nutritional horizons by participating in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). Cross Creek and Hills elementary schools are taking part in the program for a second year and have received ...

Women’s golf

Town and Country LISBON — The Town and Country Ladies Golf League held an away match at Beaver Meadows Colf Course on Aug. 27. The winning foursome was Kathy Antinone, Abbey Wilson, Linda Staffilino and Shirley Guida. Coming in second were Jennie Epifano, Vicki Brozka, Diane Vandine, and Toni Dondzila. The longest drive winners on the fourth hole were: Epifano, A-flight; Vandine, B-flight, and Michele Purviance, C-flight. The longest drive winners on No. 9 were: Antinone, A-flight; Vandine, B-flight; and Nancy Lellie, C-flight. Monday Night Ladies League HOOKSTOWN, Pa. — ...

Briefs

Public meeting on license-plate cameras today STEUBENVILLE — City Council has set aside 45 minutes before the start of tonight’s council meeting so residents can have their say on the use of automated license-plate reading cameras in Steubenville. The public meeting will get underway at 6:45 p.m. Police insist the cameras are a crime-fighting tool used to identify vehicles involved in AMBER Alerts, stolen vehicle cases and serious violent crimes. They say the system records license plates and vehicle information, not who is inside a vehicle. The city’s Flock cameras, paid for ...