BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      No land in Boardman Township has been held by one family longer than 7700 Market St. where Agnew’s, a lawnmower and tractor sales business currently operates.
      Agnew’s has been in business at the site for two centuries, first operating as a hotel when Thomas Agnew located in Boardman Township in 1824.
      Agnew was born and raised in London, England and came to America when he was 22-years-old.
      He purchased a large tract of land in Boardman where he and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in a large log cabin that he operated for a time as a hotel, but farming soon took over and by the 1880’s the Agnew family tended a herd of some 25 dairy cows and upwards of 50 pigs in addition to maintaining sugar maple trees that were used to make syrup...Read More >>

     BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      The Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department and Boardman police are investigating allegations a longtime employee of Boardman Department, Michael Carkido, used township funds to make upwards of $15,000 worth of purchases for his private use.
      Carkido, 51, of 2068 Bishop Woods Ct., had been employed by Boardman Township for the past 23 years as a fleet manager/technician in charge of maintaining and repairing the township’s fleet of some 50 police vehicles. He annual salary in 2024 was reported at $74,528.
      On Mar. 10, Carkido was placed on a paid administrative leave from his position, until he submitted a letter of resignation last week, reportedly the day before he was scheduled to attend a hearing into the allegations.
      As par...Read More >>

     THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARDMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT received their oaths of office last week to open a meeting of the Board of Township Trustees. They are, from left, Patrick Flara, Brittany Christensen and Peyton Comer. Flara formerly served with the Austintown PD and Christensen is a former Ohio State Highway Patrol officer and formerly served with the San Diego, Calif. Sheriff’s Department. Comer is a graduate of the Kent State Police Academy. Flara took office the same day his father, Det. Douh Flara, retired from the Boardman Police Department after 25 years of service.