BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      A new, three-year contract between the Boardman Board of Education and its teachers union, the Boardman Education Association (BEA), will cost the school district $2.416 million in salary increases over the span of the agreement, that takes effect on July 1. In addition, health care allocations paid for by the district will increase some $700,000.
      The agreement was unanimously approved by the Board of Education last week.
      Also, according to the agreement, members of the BEA will also receive a one-time, $1500 cost of living stipend, and employee contributions for health insurance will increase by 5 per cent.
      The school district says it employs “nearly 300 teachers.” An online source called the Public School Review says the dis...Read More >>

     Tom Donadee, a 27 year veteran of the Boardman Fire Department, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant as a Fire Prevention Officer last week at a meeting of Boardman Township Trustees. He is pictured with his wife, Karen, who pinned his new rank bar in on his uniform. Lt. Donadee holds a bachelor’s degree from Youngstown State University and served six years in the Ohio National Guard’s 838th MP Battalion. He received his firefighter certification at the Ohio State Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg. Lt. Donadee is an American Heart Association CPR instructor, a certified Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Officer, and State Certified Fire Inspector. He is also the recipient of the State Fire Service Valor Award and is a Liberty Mutual Fire Mark Award winner. During the promotion ceremony, Chief Mark Pitzer noted Lt. Donadee “goes above and beyond the call of duty and his service has impacted a lot of people in a positive manner.”

     BOARDMAN TOWNSHIP’S 119th ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY parade and services were held on Monday. Among the lead vehicles in the parade was a U.S. Army jeep driver by John Curea, at right, a U.S. Airborne vet who served in the Army from 1983-87. In middle is his father, John Curea, a Korean War veteran. At left is U.S. Army veteran Phill Markovitz, who serves as local American Legion commander.