THE 120th ANNUAL BOARDMAN MEMORIAL DAY PARADE and Service will be held Mon., May 27. The parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. at Center Intermediate School and travel to Boardman Park where the keynote speaker at the Maag Outdoor Amphitheater will be local radio talk show host Dan Rivers, of WKBN. Rivers is a U.S. Navy veteran who served two tours of duty during the Vietnam Conflict. Mark Luke will serve as master of ceremonies and Lauren Johnson will give the invocation. U.S. Air Force LTC/ret. Bill Moss will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and place a wreath at the Veterans’ Memorial in honor of deceased veterans; while Ava Freeborough, president of the Boardman High School National Honor Society, will place a wreath in honor of those currently serving in the military.

     BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      Six property owners along a stretch of Rt. 224, from Market St. east to Marinthana Ave., whose combined properties are worth more than $8 million, have signed a letter sent to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) strongly objecting to a $20 million project proposed by ODOT on Rt. 224.
      “We feel this is a restrictively bad design…This safety construction may greatly impact this commercial north side of Rt. 224 in a very negative and detrimental way---(future vacant plazas),” say the owners of properties stretching from 60 Boardman-Poland Rd. (owned by the Laurie Heaver Trust) to 112 Boardman-Poland Rd., owned by MK Investments, of Boardman.
      ODOT says the purpose and need for the project is to improve safety and reduce congestion, and that a ‘safety study�...Read More >>

     BY GREG GULAS
      Boardman News Sports
      bnews@zoominternet.net
      The 55th Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame banquet, sponsored by Briarfield Health Care Centers and Ed and Diane Reese, is set for Sunday, May 5 with 12 new members set for enshrinement during ceremonies at Mr. Anthony’s/
      The 2024 class includes the late Sean Durkin (basketball, baseball coach), Jill Harmon (softball), Ken Kimerer (bowling), Bob LaRicca (basketball, coach), Ken Linden (all-sports award), Bill Metzinger (baseball), Terry O’Halloran (swimming & diving, coach), Kelly Pavlik (boxing), Brett Powell (wrestling, coach), Ron Strollo (contribution to sports), Cheryl Weaver (softball, coach) and Dan Yeagley (football, coach).
      Pavlik, who now calls Boardman, Oh. home, is this year’s lone boxing inductee. H...Read More >>