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Inefficient or inconsiderate? Ohio lawmaker wants to consolidate smaller health departments Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer © (IndeOnline.com / Kevin Whitlock) Washington High School chemistry teacher Sherry Sunkle gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Massillon Health Department public health nurse Christine Gogerty at the high school Monday. The WHS staff is the first Stark County school employees to get the vaccination. COLUMBUS – After battling COVID-19, a proposal fro...

COLUMBUS – After battling COVID-19, a proposal from Ohio lawmakers to potentially eliminate health departments that serve smaller cities felt like a gut punch to those still on the front lines of the pandemic.  At least, thats how Beth Bickford, executive director of the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, sees it. Language in Ohios two-year budget would require cities with fewer than 50,000 residents to study whether their health department should merge with the county health depar...

Friends, family, Alliance mark Lingenfelter-Brill store closure Special to The Alliance Review Alliance Mayor Alan Andreani declared April 30 as “Lingenfelter-Brill Day,” marking the closure of the legendary retail shop that operated in the city for 82 years. After about a month of sales of the shop’s final goods, owner Peggy Brill retired upon closure that day. Brill was the wife of Keith Brill, who with his brother, Harold, ran the shop after his parents retired. John and Kay Brill foun...

Applause: Newsboys give thanks for grant help in Alliance The Alliance Review I would like to thank Alliance Mayor Alan Andreani, his staff and all who were responsible for awarding the Canton Ex-Newsboys Association the Community Development Block Grant and COVID-19 grant.  As a result of these grants, we were able to provide clothing for 89 students in the city of Alliance at a total cost of $17,408 for this school year.  The financial assistance from these two grants totaling $16,500 hel...

ALLIANCE – The city plans to purchase two new cruisers for the Alliance Police Department.  City Council voted during a meeting Monday to allow Director of Public Safety and Service Director Michael Dreger to enter contracts to replace the patrol vehicles for an amount not to exceed $103,000.  Council also approved an ordinance for Dreger to enter contracts for the purchase of a new truck for the Distribution Department at a cost no greater than $32,000.  Looking ahead with police cr...

Alliance says veteran banner project waiting on Ohio Edison Review Staff Report The City of Alliance currently has 35 banners honoring veterans in hand while it waits for Ohio Edison to give the city permission to use its utility poles. The city launched its Honoring Hometown Heroes program in 2019, and it is an ongoing project in which Alliance-area veterans’ service to military branches is hailed. Banners include the veterans’ name, branch of service and the period during which they serve...

City Council moves forward with plans to redevelop Carnation City Mall ALLIANCE  The city is moving forward with plans to redevelop Carnation City Mall.  Alliance intends to put the mall property, located at 2500 W. State St., into a tax incremental financing program (TIF) that would exempt the property owners from 100% of real property taxes for 30 years.  Under the proposal, the city would take temporary ownership of the property before transferring it to Fairmount Properties, a Clevela...

The Repository It was an uncertain year for the City of Alliance, as the coronavirus pandemic changed the way people functioned in their day-to-day lives. Despite the pandemics effects on health, business and the economy, the city made progress with several development projects that it looks to continue in 2021.  Alliance development activity Director of Planning and Development Joe Mazzola said the pandemic did not significantly affect the city in terms of development activity.  "Those thi...