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🌱 How Austintown’s 911 team handled the Phoenix House disaster

Hello Austintown! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Austintown’s 911 team handled the Phoenix House disaster
  • How United Way stepped up after the Austintown apartment explosion
  • Austintown community remembers the life of Sandra “Sandy” Huntley

Also on today's calendar: Kids Craft Club and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warm with variable clouds, with a high of 76 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Saturday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 77, low: 39.
  • Sunday: Windy, with a high of 49 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• County commissioners honor Phoenix House dispatchers (vindy.com) — Austintown residents are being credited with lifesaving work after two township dispatchers were honored as Mahoning County Dispatchers of the Year for their response to the Phoenix House explosion. Officials described how they coordinated evacuations, hospital transports, and a shelter at Austintown Elementary School, while county commissioners used the recognition to spotlight the often-unseen stress and importance of 911 dispatch work.
   

• United Way celebrates 2025 campaign with annual awards (vindy.com) — United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley highlighted its rapid response after the Austintown Studio Apartments explosion and honored Austintown Schools with a Dedicated Service Award at its annual campaign celebration. The group detailed growing school-based programs, food deliveries, and health partnerships across the Valley, and announced new leadership aiming to surpass nearly $4 million raised for vulnerable residents.
   

• Sandra Lee Huntley, Austintown, Ohio (wkbn.com) — Austintown residents are mourning the passing of longtime community member Sandra “Sandy” Huntley, who died Sunday, April 12, in Austintown at age 83. The devoted mother, grandmother, and former Packard/Delphi Electric employee will be remembered at a Celebration of Life on May 9 at the Collingwood Center in Campbell, where friends and family can gather to honor her memory.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Canfield

  • ODOT announces Route 11 paving project (wkbn.com)
  • Mahoning Valley event production, marketing companies form partnership (wfmj.com)
  • Youngstown-Warren Region Named Nation's Hottest Housing Market (businessjournaldaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Austintown

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Austintown

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.