Edison High School students are taking an art history course through Eastern Gateway Community College and recently completed studies of Greek and Roman art, wh
CAMPBELL Curlie M. Fleeton, 68, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at Ohio Living Park Vista of Youngstown.
Curlie was born May 2, 1952, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Felix and Bessie Oree Mitchell.
Raised in Youngstown, Curlie was a 1970 graduate of East High School. In 1972, she began her career with the Youngstown Board of Education as an executive administrative assistant, where she worked for many years. Determined to pursue her lifelong goal of receiving her college degree, Curlie enrolled at Eastern Gateway Community College and then attended Youngstown State University, receiving her bachelor’s degree in business in 2020.
A woman of faith, Curlie was a member of Oak Baptist Church in Youngstown, where she sang in its choir, served as secretary, was a member of the Usher Board, and was involved with its Outreach Ministry. She most recently was attending Gospel Temple Baptist Church in Campbell. In her free time, she also volunteered at several area shelters for battere
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Belmont Police Chief Andrew Miller, left, kneels beside Tempi Regoli. The Belmont Police Department held a birthday parade for Regoli last year. Also pictured is Officer Christopher Storm.
Belmont Police Chief Andrew Miller recently added yet another job to his resume he is now a part-time officer for the Bridgeport Police Department.
After joining the Bridgeport Police Department earlier this week, Miller now holds a total of seven jobs, three of which are roles in local law enforcement. He is also a certified fitness trainer, certified nutritionist, college student and delivers pizzas part-time.
Miller began his career in law enforcement in 2017. In 2019, at the age of 23 he became the youngest person to become a police chief in the United States. He said becoming the chief has allowed him the flexibility to do more good for the community. Since becoming chief, the police department has participated in numerous community driven events i
From staff reports
HAMMONDSVILLE The Edison Local School District is looking to reduce chronic absenteeism and is seeing some positive results with the addition of a new truancy officer.
School board members approved the hiring of Anthony Pierro during the Feb. 25 regular meeting, but his contract is retroactive to Feb. 1. Superintendent Bill Beattie said Pierro’s presence already has yielded improvements among student attendance and leaders want to maintain the momentum.
“We’ve been monitoring our chronic absenteeism since the beginning of October and there’s so much responsibility on the principals, guidance counselors and SRO’s, so the board made a commitment to hire someone to handle absenteeism in the district,” Beattie said.
Why not Lordstown?
That was the opening sentence on the story written last week by business writer Ron Selak Jr. exploring the possibility of bringing a second Ultium Cells LLC electric-vehicle battery plant to our area.
The United States’ first Ultium plant already is under construction on 158 acres here, along Tod Avenue SW in Lordstown.
So, seriously, why not the Mahoning Valley for a second plant?
The joint venture between General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem believed enough in our area’s location and workforce to invest $2.3 billion here.
Then, last November, Ultium Cells acquired another nearby 144.2 acres that GM spokesman Dan Flores then said would support utility placement for the facility and provide flexibility as well. He declined to define what “flexibility” meant, but added, “I don’t want to create a bunch of speculation that we are going to double the plant, but certainly 144 acres is a significant plot of property. But at this point in time, I