A 6-plex apartment building that is in a state of disrepair, at 1893 Oles Ave., will be torn down. Boardman Township officials visited the site last week to insure no one is living in the building, setting the stage for its demolition.

     The Seventh District Court of Appeals has upheld a guilty verdict rendered in Boardman Court on a Mar. 13, 2023 theft of three cans of Platinum Bud beer valued at $8.07 at Sheetz, 134 Boardman-Poland Rd.
      Frank Notte, 55, of 869 Carlton Dr., Cambell, Oh., had appealed the verdict and during the court process, he obtained two, different attorneys, both appointed at public cost.
      In finding Notte guilty in Boardman Court, Judge Joseph Houser suspended a 180 day jail sentence, ordered Notte to serve 12 months of community control and five days of community service; fined the man $100 and ordered him to stay off the property of Sheetz.
      A decision authored by Seventh District Judge Mark Hanni upheld the guilty verdict.
      Judge Hanni noted that Sheetz provided police with two photographs---one of the suspect in the t...Read More >>

     BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      During a 55-second message on social media that was released last week, Boardman Fire Chief Mark Pitzer explains what he identified as a ‘perfect storm’--- “a situation through the years where we had an increase in demand for EMS service and a large reduction in ambulance providers in our area.
      “We used to have a dozen ambulance providers in our area, now we have been reduced to two which has forced not only Boardman Township, but several, other communities around us to get into the EMS business and provide that service through their fire department.”
      Chief Pitzer said a comparative analysis of the 30 largest townships in Ohio (the chief says that Boardman is the 12th largest) shows all but two have entered into the EMS business.
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