Smithfield News

Some people adopt because they can't physically have children, empty nesters may adopt to fill a lonely home, others just want to help children.

Dillonvale City Building - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 23, Dec. 2 and 9. CAC office, 114 N. Fourth St.

The 37th Annual Apple Festival in Smithfield, Ohio will kick off Friday afternoon at 4:30p.m. Festival organizers promise more entertainment and activities this year.

A partnership with Jefferson Community College is turning Buckeye Local schools into community learning centers and helping pupils and adults hone their academic skills.

The Jefferson County Health Department will begin offering flu vaccinations on Sept.

GERMOVSEK, Rose Marie, 80, of Strabane, Pa., died Saturday, August 29, 2009. She was born November 19, 1928, in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of George and Mary Prohart Wrkich.

The Buckeye Local School District will close two buildings and reduce its non-teaching staff in an effort to ensure the district is "fiscally stable after a levy was defeated at the polls last week." At the end of the 2009-10 school year in June, North Middle School in Brilliant and West Elementary School in Adena will close.

The Buckeye Local School District will close two buildings and reduce its non-teaching staff in an effort to ensure the district is "fiscally stable after a levy was defeated at the polls last week." At the end of the 2009-10 school year in June, North Middle School in Brilliant and West Elementary School in Adena will close.

FLUHARTY, Mary Elizabeth Foster, 90, of Smithfield, longtime educator and journalist, died July 14, 2009, at Delaware Court Health Care Center, Delaware, Ohio.

The Smithfield fire marshal credited a police officer with getting a family safely out of a burning house in the early hours of Monday.

The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County will see reduced operating hours at its main library as well as two branches starting in August.

SMITH, James R. "Jimmy," 70, of Bridgeport, Ohio, formerly of Smithfield, Ohio, passed away Friday, June 12, 2009.

Jefferson County commissioners Thursday were presented with sample resolutions the county can use to force homeowners with county sewers to disconnect downspouts from the sewer system.

Approximately 80 customers in Jefferson and Harrison counties remained without electrical power early today, but area residents appeared to have been spared the worst of the weather late Wednesday.

The Ava Gardner Museum launched a redesigned Web site Monday that has more content and images about the famed actress, who was born east of Smithfield.

James A. Wallace, 81, died at home with his family by his side on Saturday afternoon, June 6, 2009.

HARKINS, Howard F., 80, of Jewett, Ohio, died Sunday at his home. He was born September 22, 1928, in Bradley, Ohio, a son of the late Pearl Hugh and Mildred Riley Harkins.

MARTIN, Andrew J. "Andy" Martin, 79, of Smithfield, Ohio, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Valley Hospice Care Center North, Steubenville.