Boardman Township’s Architectural Review Board has recommended denying a conditional use permit application for a proposed group home at 365 East Midlothian Blvd., where, as of Apr. 13, eight registered sex offenders already reside in a building the contains 20 single bedrooms. In some cases, four rooms in the building are serviced by just one bathroom.
      An application for the permit was made by David Ho and Lisa Ng, of Greenville, Pa. American Scholar Ltd., of Greenville, owns the property, and Ho is the registered agent of the firm.
      According to documents provided to the Architectural Review Board, the Andrea Mahone Foundation “operates the owner’s building as a community transitional housing facility for previously incarcerated individuals.” Andrea Mahone Blackmon, of West Hylda, Youngstown, Oh., heads up the foundation.
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     BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      A 26-year-old man arrested by members of the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force on Sat., Apr. 6 in East Palestine, Oh., (along with a Boardman Local School music teacher), has been bound over to a Columbiana County Grand Jury on fifth degree felony charges of possession of criminal tools and possession of drugs.
      Logan Larlham, a convicted sex offender, could face additional charges after a room he rented at the Wagon Wheel Motel, 7015 Market St., was raided by law enforcement officers, including Boardman police and an FBI agent, on Apr. 12.
      Larlham, 26, has been bound over to the Columbiana County grand jury for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and requesting to have a female brought to his room at the Wagon Wheel Motel...Read More >>

     Atty. Steven Yacovone
      Appointed To Park Board
     
      BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      Meeting on Monday night, Boardman Township’s Board of Trustees recognized Joyce Mistovich, of Presidential Dr., who has retired from the Boardman Park Board of Commissioners after 15 years of service.
      She was first appointed to the park board in 2009 and served ten years as its president. Her involvement with Boardman Park began while she was just a teenager, as a member of the Summer Day Camp staff.
      During her tenure, Boardman Park programming expanded and a variety of capital improvement projects were completed, including expansion and renovation of the Lariccia Family Community Center and the Georgeanna Parke...Read More >>