Farmers Trust Company and the YSU Foundation are announcing the establishment of the William E. Maine Jr. Scholarship Fund.
      The William E. Maine, Jr. Trust was established at Farmers Trust Company in 2017 upon the passing of Mr. Maine, formerly of Prestwick Dr., Boardman.
      The YSU Foundation and Farmers Trust Company have partnered to ensure that Mr. Maine’s intentions of easing the financial barriers to higher education for deserving students from the Mahoning Valley were fulfilled. The total assets in the trust as of January, 2026 were approximately $1.5 million.
      The trustees of The William E. Maine Jr. Trust are Donald Bolland, a lifelong friend of Maine; Atty. Lawrence Richards, Maine’s lawyer; and Farmers Trust Company.
      “This partnership with the YSU Foundation will ensure a streamlined process ...Read More >>

     OFFICE OF BUDGET & MANAGEMENT:
      “Eliminating property taxes would immediately destabilize local budgets and force deep cuts to essential services, including reducing or eliminating funding for local law enforcement”
     
      BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      Amidst a campaign that, if successful, would abolish property taxes in Ohio, Boardman Township Trustees will place three renewal issues before the electorate in the May primaries---a 7/10-mill general fund issue, a 3-mill current expense levy and a 3.85-mill police issue.
      Funds generated by the township levies provide upwards of 70 per cent of funds that provide local government services, including police, fire and road.
      In addition, the Boardm...Read More >>

     WesBanco clients throughout Boardman Township received notification last week their personal data may have been hacked, including social security numbers. A notification bank clients received was not provided by the bank, but from Marquis Secure Processing Center, a data security company associated with WesBanco. The notification advised clients their accounts may have been hacked more than five months ago, on Aug., 2025 when “a third party accessed their database during a cyber security incident.” Data possibly obtained during the incident included dates of birth and social security numbers. It is unclear if any information obtained during the breach has been misused, Marquis said. WesBanco was formerly Premier Bank with offices located at 7525 Market St., in Boardman as well as others in Poland, Struthers, Youngstown and Canfield. A merger of the banking firms was completed in Feb., 2025 when WesBanco announced the acquisition “added approximately...Read More >>