Pierpont News

Shoppers dashing to and from stores on Black Friday weren't too busy to acknowledge people standing at the entrances, wearing smiles and red aprons and carrying bells.

Saturday's garage sale at the Buckeye Local Schools Board of Education's bus garage in Pierpont Township earned the district more than $3,400, said Superintendent Nancy Williams.

Crafts, baked goods, goat-milk fudge, quilts and gently used Christmas items are a few of the things people will find at Pierpont's Holiday Mart.

A garage sale on Halloween will give buyers a chance to pick up a few outdated and unneeded "treats" from Buckeye Local Schools.

DR. JOE Smith cares for all creates large and small in his work as a veterinarian.

THE LATE Walter Jack's interest in history and artistic eye combine in this view-camera photo of what is believed to be the Furnace Road Bridge, which once stood in Conneaut.

An annual observance to honor military held in captivity, or missing in action, held special significance for a handful of elderly gentlemen in the audience.

CARL E. FEATHER/ Star Beacon SUE HUDSON checks on one of the llama's in the petting farm that's part of the Hudson Farm Corn Maze.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon THE SUN is just beginning to warm the Pymatuning Creek valley at the border of the Buckeye Local and Pymatuning Valley local school districts when Pierpont students are picked up for the middle and senior-high buildings of PV.

Tradition, old friendships and horse pulls come together every year at the Pioneer Picnic which has been bringing people together for 119 years.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon ZEEK HARMON of Pierpont waves good-bye to his sister, Izabella, as Zeek begins his first day at Kingsville Elementary School Tuesday.

Gubby the duck drew a flock of bidders Friday afternoon at the Ashtabula County Junior Fair Market Animal Sale.

He was sentenced to 180 days in the Ashtabula County Jail with 60 days suspended with 21 days jail time credited.

Come this weekend, Jefferson will be basking in the light. "The last street light was finished today, the wiring is complete and we should have light by this weekend," Village Administrator Terry Finger announced during the regular council meeting Monday evening.

The parents of 67 Buckeye Local Schools students have applied to send their youngsters to Pymatuning Valley Local Schools next year.

Thanks to closing Pierpont Elementary School this year and other cost-savings measures taken by the Buckeye Board of Education, the projected deficit by fiscal year 2013 has been whittled down to $5 million.

The Buckeye Local Board of Education Monday evening tabled a controversial resolution that would reduce the number of hours the district's school nurses work.

Norman F. Weeden, 73, of 30 Wind Rose Court, died at 5:55 p.m. Thursday at Hospice House in Poland.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon PIERPONT ELEMENTARY School student Travis Teter plays a patriotic song for grandparents and students at the annual breakfast held for them at the school.

Residents honored favorite teacher Janet Woodard, Friday night. Dave Carr presented Woodard with the Lodge 284, Free and Accepted Masons's Community Service Award, the 13th such honor the lodge has bestowed upon a citizen for his or her contributions to Pierpont.