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Buckeye Local Bash Sunday
CONNORVILLE -- Classroom bells will soon be pealing, and Buckeye Local Schools are marking students' return during the annual Back-to-School Bash Sunday.
Activities are set to be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Buckeye Local Junior-Senior High School and include free school supplies and haircuts, inflatables, vendors and more. Chairperson Susan Nolan, who also serves as principal of Buckeye North Elementary, said festivities will open with a performance by the BLHS Marching Band and then students and their families can obtain school supplies, meet principals, teachers and district staff and simply enjoy the day.
"We have inflatables, a dunk tank, free haircuts, ice cream to buy and about 24 vendors," Nolan said.
Vendors will sell a variety of wares from jewelry to sports cards while the Alpha Delta Kappa educators' sorority will have free books to give away and McDonald's will have a table on hand. Dairy Jean of Adena will have ice cream for sale, area churches will provide goods and kids can line up for free school supplies and backpacks while the junior high will have cinch sacks available. Additions include the sports card vendor and local Boy Scouts. The bash has been held for more than 10 years and focuses on education, health, wellness and safety.
In case of inclement weather, the bash may be moved indoors. Meanwhile, school orientations are being planned at BLHS and BLJHS on Aug. 21 with North, South and West elementary schools conducting open houses on Aug. 22. The first day of school will be Aug. 24.
Library board to meet
STEUBENVILLE -- The board of trustees of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Main Library on 407 S. Fourth St.
Jefferson County road work planned
STEUBENVILLE -- Next week's schedule for the Jefferson County Engineer's Office includes:
• Retaining wall repair: County Road 47 (JFK Highway.)
• Chip and seal: Mingo Junction and Wayne and Salem townships.
• Mowing: Various Roads.
• Bridge replacement: County Road 49 (Elkhorn Road.)
• Landslide-slip: County Road 26 (Fernwood Road at Dogtown Hill, closed until further notice.)
• Slip repairs: County Road 74 (Mingo Junction-Goulds Road.)
Road closings will be announced.
ODOT road work continues
STEUBENVILLE -- The Ohio Department of Transportation plans work on several area roads. The schedule includes:
• Work on the Lincoln Avenue bridge replacement project continues along state Route 7 in Steubenville. The northbound off-ramp from Route 7 onto Lincoln Avenue is closed and southbound traffic is restricted to one lane. The completion date is Oct. 31.
• Work will begin Monday on an intersection improvement project at state Route 151 and county Road 19 in New Alexandria. Traffic will be maintained through temporary signals. The completion date is Oct. 31.
• Work continues on the Alexander Street Bridge repair project over state Route 7 in Toronto. One lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained using temporary signals, with a 13-foot width restriction on the bridge. The completion date is Oct. 31.
• Repaving work continues on a seven-mile stretch of state Route 7 from state Route 213 to Toronto. One lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction. The completion date is Sept. 30.
• State Route 164 is closed four miles south of Salineville for slide repair project. Traffic is being detoured on state Route 524 north to state Route 39 east and back to state Route 164 and reverse. The completion date is Oct. 31.
• Chip-and-seal work is scheduled along state Route 524 from Bergholz to Mechanicstown. Traffic will be maintained by flaggers. The completion date is Sept. 30.
• Work will continue to remediate the hillside along the southbound lanes of state Route 7 between Steubenville and Mingo Junction. One lane will be maintained in each direction through the anticipated completion date of June 30, 2026.
• State Route 9 (state Route 151) in Jewett is closed for a bridge replacement project. The completion date is Sept. 15.
FirstEnergy upgrading equipment
AKRON -- American Transmission Systems Inc., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is using helicopters and ground crews to replace more than 550 insulators and attachments along a 35-mile section of a transmission line that runs through Mahoning, Columbiana and Jefferson counties.
The work will help ensure the regional electric grid remains reliable and resilient, officials explained. The 138-kilovolt transmission line runs south from a substation in Boardman Township to a substation in Stratton and crosses Beaver, Fairfield, Elkrun, Madison, Yellow Creek and Saline townships.
Insulators separate high-voltage transmission lines from their grounded support towers and help maintain safe, consistent delivery of power. Crews from Ohio Edison, another FirstEnergy subsidiary, will perform a 10-mile portion of the insulator replacement work between Boardman Township and the Columbiana County line, while the balance of the replacements will be handled by a contractor that carries line workers to the top of the transmission towers using a helicopter.
ATSI began replacing the insulators in July and expects to complete the replacements along the corridor this fall.