Feb 6, 2021
ORCHID: To the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County for moving forward with a new strategic plan despite the ongoing pandemic. We are pleased that library Executive Director Aimee Fifarek is pursuing a long-term growth plan with ample (but socially distanced) opportunities for direct community input on wish lists for future projects and initiatives for the robust library system. The open-ended planning process gives library users the input and accountability they deserve for the institution financed in part by their hard-earned tax dollars.
ONION: To those from Walgreens pharmacy handling COVID-19 vaccinations given out recently at five northeastern Ohio nursing homes for their inexcusable problems with improperly storing some of the vaccines. That led to residents at those facilities receiving tainted shots. And although state health officials now say no major ill effects resulted from the error, those patients were left worried and wondering if they sh
BOARDMAN No charges were filed after Boardman police looked into a claim that a note was stapled to a boy’s hair while at school. Sgt. Mike Sweeney said
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BOARDMAN Boardman Center Intermediate School is creating a sensory room to help meet the physical and social/emotional needs of students.
Meridian HealthCare is partnering with the school to sponsor the $20,000 project, and also expand the project’s reach not only to include special-needs students, but to create a safe space for all students who may struggle with behavioral or mental health issues.
Sensory rooms traditionally are a therapeutic place with a variety of equipment that provides special-needs students with personalized sensory input. The goal is to help these children calm and focus themselves and gain balance and motor skills. This promotes self-organization and positive change while also providing a safe space for students.
Dec 19, 2020
BOARDMAN Students at Boardman Center Intermediate School heard back from soldiers overseas who received their ornaments and letters.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Wakemen sent a thank-you by email to the school after receiving more than 200 handmade ornaments and written letters as part of Operation Evergreen, the school district announced on Friday.
“My name is SSG Andrew Wakeman and I am currently deployed with the U.S. Army. I just wanted to let you know that we received the bag of Christmas ornaments your school sent. I am not sure which class or classes put these ornaments together but I wanted to say thank you. The ornaments were a great addition to our tree and really helped raise the spirits of our soldiers,” the email states.