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Staff Writer LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections certified 15 independent candidate petitions for the November general election, completing the list of partisan candidates that will appear on the ballot. Director Kim Fusco presented the board with all 15 petitions during the Wednesday afternoon board meeting and said that all the candidates met the necessary requirements for candidacy. The filing deadline for candidate’s intent to run as a write-in candidate is Aug. 23 by 4 ...

LILY NICKEL LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections certified 15 independent candidate petitions for the November general election, completing the list of partisan candidates that will appear on the ballot. Director Kim Fusco presented the board with all 15 petitions during the Wednesday afternoon board meeting and said that all the candidates met the necessary requirements for candidacy. The filing deadline for candidate’s intent to run as a write-in candidate is Aug. 23 by 4 p.m...

Staff Writer Wednesday was the filing deadline. Only two levy renewals and one liquor option will appear on the ballot. Voters in Unity Township will vote on the renewals of a five-year 1.5-mill levy for the fire department and a five-year 2-mill levy for the road department. Voters in the Salem 2-A precinct will vote on whether or not the Sunday sale of alcohol will be permitted at the Suburban Market on New Garden Avenue. Also, only 14 partisan candidates, most of them incumbents, filed for...