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Jason Cooke, president of the Healthy Hearts and Paws Project in Brookfield, with Archie, a 5-year-old mixed breed, at the site where a planned new 9,300-square-foot facility will be built to house heartworm-positive dogs receiving treatment. A fundraising campaign for the $1.9 million to $2.1 million facility has begun to get the building constructed by 2023.
BROOKFIELD Because of the increased number of dogs testing positive for heartworm, the Healthy Hearts and Paws Project is planning to construct a 9,300-square-foot facility off Collar Price Road where they can stay to recover.
Jason Cooke, president of HHPP, started helping heartworm-positive animals in August 2018 in partnership with the Mahoning County Dog Warden and the commissioners, and in 2019, the Healthy Hearts and Paws Project was founded.
WARREN A Hubbard man pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge from a hit-skip accident Feb. 22, 2020, in Liberty Township that seriously injured a woman.