Two Boardman Township tax renewal issues and a Boardman Local School levy renewal gained wide voter approval on Tuesday in the November general elections.
      A 3.6-mil, five year renewal tax that generates about $2.3 million annually for Boardman Township gained a 60 per cent voter approval with 7858 voters in favor of the issue and 5192 against.
      A 3/10-mil road and bridge measure for the township road department gained 70 per cent voter approval, 9187-3915.
      The Boardman Local School District had a 3.9-mil, three-year emergency renewal tax on the ballot that generates $3.178 million. It was approved with a 61 per cent favorable vote, 7187-4605.
      Six local option booze issues were on the ballot and all were approved.
      In precinct three, voters approved weekly and Sunday booze sales at Wedgewood Pizza, 6200 South Ave. In precinct 7, voters approved weekly and Sunday sales, and beer sales, at True North, 5135 Market St. In precinct 23, weekly booze sales were approved at the Posto Italian Grille, 350 West Western Reserve Rd.
      In Mahoning County races, voters tossed Auditor Mike Sciortino out of office, as he lost to Republican Ralph Meacham, 33,602-31,115.
      In a county race for Probate Court, Judge Robert Rusu dumped Dem-party backed Susan Maruca, 32,092-29,790. Rusu had gained the seat earlier this year when legal issues forced Mark Belinky off that bench; and Rusu was appointed to the seat by Gov. John Kasich.
      Re-elected, without any opposition to seats on the county Common Pleas Court were Judges R. Scott Krichbaum, Beth Smith, John Durkin and Maureen Sweeney.
      A county sales tax issue that combined a renewal issue and additional tax, billed as a so-called ‘safety levy,’ narrowly gained approval, by a scant 268 votes, 33,890-32-642.