Two persons were arrested last week by Boardman police after a man attempted to obtain an Ohio driver’s license using a fake documents at the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) site in the Greater Boardman Plaza.
      The man charged in the case is an illegal alien and Det. Greg Stepuk said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been notified.
      A phoney social security card, birth certificate from Puerto Rico and a utility bill were displayed in an attempt to get the driver’s license, a BMV employee told Ptl. Brittany Christensen.
      Initially, suspects police spoke with were identified as Louise Virginia Martinez and Soliman Exel Cruz Perez.
      Officer Christensen that Martinez spoke to police on behalf of Cruz Perez. She told police the Cruz Perez did not speak English and he had just moved to the Un...Read More >>

     BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      Four persons will be on the November general elections ballot seeking two seats on the Boardman Township Board of Trustees; while four persons, including three incumbents will vie for three seats on the Boardman Board of Education, where an additional position is also on the ballot to fill an unexpired term.
      There will be two tax levies on the ballot, both renewals for current expenses for the Boardman Local School District.
      Seeking re-election to the post of Township Trustee is Thomas Costello, (a Republican); and Steve Yacovone,(a Republican), currently serving on the Board of Trustees after being appointed to the post earlier in year, will be on the ballot.
      Costello and Yacovone will face opposition from Matthew Gambrel,(a Democ...Read More >>

      BOARDMAN LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD member John Fryda, at right, will not seek re-election to the post in the November general elections. Fryda has served on the local school board since Jan., 2018. He has also served as a board member of the Boardman Schools Fund for Educational Excellence and has been active in the community in coaching community baseball and soccer and is a member of the Spartan Dugout Club. He and his wife, Maire, are the parents of three sons, Zach, Bryan and Tom, who are all graduates of Boardman High School.