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Salcombe Gin Merlin Rocket Week - Day 1 by Tim Fells 4 Jul 21:24 BST 4-9 July 2021 Two years have passed since the Merlin fleet last descended on Salcombe for the Salcombe Gin sponsored Merlin Week, so it was with much excitement that the morning fleet set about the ritual of crossing the estuary to Mill Bay to prepare for the morning race. Unfortunately, the weather gods were not in the same mood and delivered rain and little to no wind for the start. RACE 1: RED v GREEN Flight...

Mark Zura, left, will be the new principal at Boardman High School, and Mike Masucci will be the new principal at Boardman Center Intermediate School. (Contributed photos) BOARDMAN — The Boardman Local School Board voted unanimously Monday night to hire two officials who are coming from Poland Local Schools. Mark Zura, who serves as director of Student Services in the Poland Local School District, will be the new principal at Boardman High School. Mike Masucci, principal at Poland Union Eleme...

Three rounds of federal relief dollars are giving Mahoning County school districts more opportunities to address students’ academic needs in cleaner, safer buildings with updated technology. With Ohio schools being awarded $4.47 billion in American Recovery Act funds, area public school leaders are now trying to figure out the best ways to use this money over the next three years — to get students back on track with learning and strengthen their districts. In this latest round of Elementary...

This week, FEMA temporarily halted its current updates to South Bethany’s floodplain designation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had just released the proposals and begun the 90-day appeal period a week prior, when South Bethany announced that the Washington, D.C., headquarters had contacted the Town to say that the implementation process would be paused on several Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs). “This week we received an email from our FEMA representative letting us know th...

People hold signs and rally Monday outside Boardman High School in support of a student who reportedly had a paper stapled to his hair or head last month at Boardman Center Intermediate School. The aide who was accused in the incident has since resigned. Staff photo / Ashley Fox BOARDMAN — In the hour leading to the Boardman Board of Education meeting Monday, about 50 people rallied outside in support of a student who reportedly had a note about a water bottle stapled to his person by an aide...

BOARDMAN — An aide with the Boardman Local School District resigned Friday after being accused of stapling a note to a child’s hair or head, the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s office has confirmed. Both the prosecutor’s office and the Boardman Police Department have concluded their investigation “of supplemental evidence obtained in the matter,” according to a news release from county Prosecutor Paul Gains. Instead of pursuing criminal action, “prosecutors have secured an agreement ...

Saxton said that because there was no intent of harm or previous wrongdoings the punishment remains a warning.

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Mahoning Valley school districts are expected to receive slightly more than $39 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds this spring. This is a second installment of relief funds provided by the federal government for hard-hit school districts since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020. In the last allocation of ESSER funds provided to school districts in 2020, schools in Mahoning County received $9,157,835. The final allocations are expected to be released ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Schools and school districts in 11 Ohio counties, including Mahoning, learned they will be among the first eligible to have their employees receive the coronavirus vaccine. There are 45 schools and school districts in Mahoning County among those; Columbiana has three schools on the lists. Trumbull County, however, has no schools or districts on the list released by the Ohio Department of Health and it has not been announced when those employees will begin getting vaccinations. S...