Boardman High School’s Lady Spartan cross country team placed 13th in a 24-team field at last weekend’s Ohio prep cross country championships held at Fortress Obetz.
      Aurora won the meet.
      Leading Boardman was Olivia Brady who took eighth place and earned All-Ohio laurels in a field of 215 runners with a time of 18:01.6..
      Julia Bocik, of Sylvester Southview HS won the Div. II girls individual championship with a time of 17:37.7.
      Also competing for Boardman at the meet were Kealia Bravo, 69th with a time of 19:36.3; Lordyn Lacivita, 113th with a time of 20:36; Mia Duble, 160th with a time of 20:36.7; Abigail Marks, 182nd with a time of 20:53.2; and Moriah Doyle, 185th with a time of 20:55.9.
      Boardman senior Dylan White became the program’s 16th All-Ohioan after plac...Read More >>

      Akron Children’s has received a $1 million philanthropic gift from Southwoods Health founder and CEO Ed Muransky and his wife, Chris, to expand and strengthen behavioral health services for children and adolescents throughout the Mahoning Valley.
      The gift comes at a time when behavioral health needs among children and adolescents continue to grow. In the Mahoning Valley alone, Akron Children’s recorded more than 15,000 behavioral health outpatient visits last year. Depression also contributed to more than 1,300 emergency department visits in the region.
      The $1 million donation will support the Mahoning Valley Behavioral Health Initiative, a five-year effort to improve access to mental healthcare, expand innovative treatment programs and strengthen the network of services available to children and families across 10 Mahoning Valley locations and care settings.
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     BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      According to the Boardman Township Office of Planning/Zoning there are some 11,000 housing units in the township.
      Approximately 9500 are single family homes and an estimated 1,500 or more units are classified as rental properties.
      In 2014, a rental registration program was established by Trustees Thomas Costello, Larry Moliterno and Brad Calhoun.
      The program requires an annual registration fee of $40/unit.
      In 2026, to date, some 1,515 rental properties have been registered with the Planning/Zoning Office and $158,540 has been collected in registration fees.
      The office of Planning/Zoning operates on an annual budget of about $430,000.
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