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View Comments MORRISTOWN — Step by step, a Kansas mom and a college student from Oregon are forging precious bonds with uncommon dogs born, bred and expertly trained to guide them to freedom. For Ethan Liu, 21, his introduction last week to the Morristown-based Seeing Eye and his new guide dog, Tucker, felt "like throwing off a straight jacket and flying free." "It feels fantastic. Like Im walking on air," he said after a training walk through the center of town. A suicide attempt left Liu...

May 7, 2021 BENEFIT: The “No Tiger Fights Alone” fundraiser to help Howland High School student Sandra Rose will be held 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Howland Tiger Stadium. Sandra has been battling COVID-19, diabetes and other health issues at the Cleveland Clinic. The fundraiser will include a drive-thru dinner, 50-50 raffle, cornhole, basket raffle and bake sale. Sandra is a junior at the school and a cheerleader. She was moved to a children’s rehabilitation facility earlier this week. CEME...

View Comments Morris County Commissioners issued a rare public rebuke of a municipality Thursday when they accused Morris Township leaders of quashing a bid for federal funds to advance a long-planned realignment of the Route 24-Columbia Turnpike interchange. "It is with significant disappointment that we must announce an indefinite delay in moving forward because the unique opportunity to secure that federal aid, specifically for preliminary engineering, design and right of way acquisition pha...

May 2, 2021 FOOD DONATIONS: Niles Community Services is holding a cereal drive through May 29 at the McKinley Memorial Library in Niles. The effort is to help feed residents of the community. Cereal boxes can be dropped off at the library. All brands of cereal are welcome. Donors are asked to make sure donations are not open or expired. WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: The Youngstown Press Club will observe World Press Freedom Day at noon Monday at Youngstown State University’s Kilcawley Center. Duri...

Friday, April 30, 2021 Ruth Mische, 94, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday morning, April 27, 2021, at The Groves in Independence, Mo. She was born Nov. 20, 1926, in Vernon County, the daughter of the late Dan and May Emory Mische. Ruth was a member of Nevada Church of the Nazarene and spent countless hours working in and for the church. There are young adults who remember her fondly for her devotion to them, taking them to church and caring about them. She had a host of dogs, all well fed...

Louisville Hall of Achievement induction is Tuesday The Repository They will be inducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Louisville High School, according to a news release. Biery graduated from Louisville High in 1958 and attended the Ohio State University. He graduated from the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine in 1964. He served as the chief of radiology for 20 years and chairman of the department of clinical studies for eight years at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine....

Apr 28, 2021 TWO-DAY EVENT: The Ursuline Sisters, The Humility of Mary Sisters and ACTION of Youngstown are working together to present a two-day event to address systemic racism in the Mahoning Valley called “Anti-Racism at the Crossroads: Healing the Great Divide 2.” The workshop will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The event is being hosted entirely via Zoom meeting. Last November, Sister Patricia Chappelle and Sister Anne-Louise Nadeau facilitated a conversati...

Read Article FARMINGTON — United Way of the Tri-Valley Area recently added five new members to its board of directors. Dr. Erika Schumacher obtained her medical degree from the Larner UVM School of Medicine in 2008 and completed residency at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital in June of 2011. She subsequently directed the Yale Pediatric Refugee Clinic for newly arrived refugees for several years, as well as practiced pediatric medicine in a community practice in central Connecticut. In 201...

Apr 26, 2021 OPERATION MEDICINE CABINET: Operation Empty Medicine Cabinet, a prescription drug disposal program to protect the community, will be 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Geauga Trumbull Solid Waste Management District, 5138 Enterprise Drive, Warren. People can bring expired, unwanted and unused prescription medicine that is safe to dispose. For information, call 330-675-2766, Ext. 119. ART CONTEST: Any school-age student who attends a Diocese of Youngstown parish or Catholic school are encou...

Already have an account? We’ve heard it a million times: “That’s Karma!” and “What goes around comes around!” or my personal favorite, “Karma’s a bitch!” And while it has become a reliable belief system that good deeds, positive energy, and kind thoughts breed an easier, happier future; the idea that negativity means bad karma, a curse on our own lives—it’s a faulty one. Karma is not a moral justice system. Karma is the Sanskrit word for action, and action is what rules ou...