Dedication ceremonies were held on Monday at the Township Government Center to recognize Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 and Boardman native, Don V. Clark, who was killed in a helicopter crash Nov. 15, 2008 in Mosul, Iraq while serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was 37-years-old when he died, and the Army has never revealed whether Clark, or Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christian P. Humphreys, 28, was piloting the aircraft when it crashed. They were the only two persons on board the aircraft.
      The military also said that “the incident appeared to be combat-unrelated and there was no enemy contact in the area.”
      Under legislation sponsored by State Sen. Joe Schiavoni, Market St., from Rt. 224 to Western Reserve Rd. was dedicated as the Donald V. Clark Memorial Highway.
      Among upwards of 140 people who attended the dedication were Clark’...Read More >>

     The Boardman Local School District will have a 5.5-mil renewal issue on the November general election ballot for ‘emergency requirements’ that, if approved, will generate about $4.646 million over the next ten years.
      The local school district could add more to $600,000 in revenue, if it chose to act upon a proposed property agreement with Boardman Township, and if it considered the sale of the current McClurg Rd. location of the Boardman Local School Bus Garage.
      In a proposed property agreement, the school bus garage operation would be moved from its current location, to the former Diamond Steel headquarters on Raupp Ave.
      In exchange, Boardman Township would get two acres of land at the corner of Stadium Dr. and Market St., currently owned by the school board, and has offered to pay the schools about $280,000 additional for the site.
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     The first annual Christine Terlesky Lake Club Invitational golf tournament for high school girls will be held Mon., Sept. 19 at 1:00 p.m. at the Lake Club.
      Eight teams in Division I and Division II from the Mahoning Valley will participate in the 18-hole event. On Sunday, the teams will play an 18 hole practice round and then attend a buffet dinner in the Lake Club banquet room.
      One of the speakers at the dinner will be Christine Terlesky, former teacher and coach at Boardman, who is battling ALS. The tournament is being named in her honor.
      Division I teams participating are Boardman, Austintown Fitch, Canfield, Howland, Massillon Jackson, Canton GlenOak, Green and North Canton Hoover.
      Division II teams are Beaver Local, Champion, Lakeview, Poland, Cardinal Mooney, Ursuline, Warren JFK and Columbiana. ...Read More >>