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WHAT: City council meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Bill Williams, Bonnie Viele, Robin Zambrini, Michael Toda, Jerome Crowe, Michael Kerr, Ryan Hallapy and Mayor Ben Kyle ABSENT: Michael Mogg Council: • Named former mayor John Darko to fill the unexpired one-year term of Marianne Hallapy on the Eagle Joint Fire District Board. Hallapy, who is a city employee, can no longer serve on the board; • Appointed Al Sauline Jr. as the city’s citizen representative for three-year term on the Eagle Joint Fi...

HUBBARD — After much discussion in the past year, Hubbard officials have moved forward on getting body cameras for the police officers and in-car cameras for

This is the first time Hubbard police will be wearing body cameras, officials said. A training room on the lower floor of the police department has been prepared as a new training area for both in-person and online remote training on the cameras. Mayor Ben Kyle said he and Safety Director Lou Carsone, police Chief Bob Thompson and city council have discussed the need to get body cameras not only to protect the officers, but residents as well. He said the cameras were discussed throughout last y...

This is the first time Hubbard police will be wearing body cameras, officials said. A training room on the lower floor of the police department has been prepared as a new training area for both in-person and online remote training on the cameras. Mayor Ben Kyle said he and Safety Director Lou Carsone, police Chief Bob Thompson and city council have discussed the need to get body cameras not only to protect the officers, but residents as well. He said the cameras were discussed throughout last y...

bcoupland@tribtoday.com Staff photo / R. Michael Semple The Rev. Michael Swierz, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Hubbard, discusses a fire that caused extensive damage to the church on Monday evening. Masses and other events are being moved to the parish center. HUBBARD — The Rev. Michael Swierz, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Hubbard, said it was hard seeing the grieving faces of parish members Monday evening as they watched a fire cause more than $1 million in damage to the church. The par...

HUBBARD — City council on Tuesday approved pay increases for elected officials to begin in 2022. Hubbard Mayor Ben Kyle said there has been discussion on making changes to the elected and nonelected positions slowly, noting this past year the community faced the coronavirus pandemic that caused economic hardships with job losses. “This was a systematic approach to slowly adjust the salaries of these positions while having as least an impact on the budget as possible,” Kyle said. Effective...

Submitted photo This is a view of the damage to the altar area in the sanctuary of St. Patrick Parish in Hubbard after a fire Monday evening that caused extensive damage in the basement of the building and some of the main floor. Firefighters estimate the damage, including fire, smoke and water damage, at more than $1 million. HUBBARD — The Rev. Michael Swierz, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Hubbard, said it was hard seeing the grieving faces of parish members Monday evening as they watched...

Jan 18, 2021 HUBBARD — Crews from several fire departments were called out Monday evening to control a fire at St. Patrick Parish on North Main Street. Mayor Ben Kyle, who is a member of the parish, said he went to the scene where other people were watching from nearby sidewalks as fire crews went into the back of the building. Smoke was seen coming from the building. A 911 report indicates the Hubbard Eagle Joint Fire District responded at 5:45 p.m. to a call of a structure fire at the churc...

bcoupland@tribtoday.com Submitted photo Fire crews from the Hubbard Eagle Joint Fire District and other fire departments were called Monday evening to a fire at St. Patrick Parish in Hubbard, believed to have started in the basement. Smoke was seen coming from the back of the main church building. HUBBARD — Crews from several fire departments were called Monday evening to control a fire at St. Patrick Parish on North Main Street. Mayor Ben Kyle, a member of the parish, said he went to the sce...

bcoupland@tribtoday.com HUBBARD — Residents of the township and city are without their own ambulance service in the middle of a pandemic, and the fire district wants to change that, first by seeking advice from other joint fire districts. The Eagle Joint Fire District will be contacting David “Chip” Comstock, chief of the Western Reserve Joint Fire District in Poland, to speak with him and Hubbard city and township officials on what needs to be done to get emergency medical service or amb...