TASTE OF HUBBARD MARKS FIFTH YEAR: The fifth annual Taste of Hubbard will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Kyle Pavilion at Harding Park. Food from local businesses will be available for 50 cents a taste.
The event will include restored antique cars, handcrafted items by area vendors, and various performances on the bandstand.
It begins at noon with the food tasting until 3 p.m. Artisans and crafters will be showing their talents from noon to 5 p.m. There will be Chinese auction and baked sale.
The event is sponsored by the Harding Park Meeting House Building Committee, which is a joint effort by members of Hubbard Rotary, Hubbard CARES and the Harding Park Board. Proceeds will benefit the reconstruction of the historic 1857 Presbyterian Church on its new site at the entrance to Harding Park.
Currently under construction is the pergola, which is expected to be available for rentals next spring, as well as the completely restored original bell tower of the church.
BOOK SIGNING FOR LOCAL AUTHOR: Silver and Slate, located inside Just Pizzelles, 204 W. Main St., Cortland, will host a book signing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for Cortland resident Sally Lane who launched her new book ''Cortland and Bazetta Township.'' Books will be available for sale at the shop,
READ TO A PUP: The monthly ''Pups and Pages'' program will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Howland Library Branch. Children can gain confidence and improve their reading skills as they read to an uncritical audience of dogs provide by K-9s for Compassion, a Delta Society pet partner group that assists with animal-assisted activity and animal-assisted therapy. The program is for children in grades kindergarten to sixth grade.
Registration is required by calling 330-856-2011.
First Things First, 6 p.m., Sahara Club II, 2345 Youngstown Road, Warren, literature discussion.
Cortland Area Kiwanis, 5 p.m., Real Deal Coffee Cafe.
Someplace Safe, 1540 Tod Ave., Warren, 330-393-1565.
Howland Rotary Club, noon, Shepherd of the Valley, North River Road.
Youngstown Executive Toastmasters, 6:45 p.m., Shepherd of the Valley, 301 Western Reserve Road, Boardman. www.speakingclub.org.
NAR-ANON Family Group Meeting, 7 p.m., Serenity Place 29 E Broad St. Newton Falls. Call Teri at 330-646-4480 or Patty at 330-307-3002.
Celebrate Recovery, eight-step Christian program, Beatitudes, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Bloomfield Recovery Center, 10113 Creaser Ashtabula Road, Bloomfield, 330-599-2402.
Niles American Legion Post 106, 6:30 p.m. post home. North Main Street. 330-652-1323.
VFW Post 9678, meeting 7 p.m., West High Street, Middlefield. For more information, call Gary at 440-321-0808.
Kinship Association Support Meeting, 9:30 a.m., YWCA in Warren, second floor. 330-675-2617.
L.O.S.S., Loving Outreach Surviving Suicide, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Valley Counseling, 150 E. Market St. Warren.
Newton Falls VFW Ladies Auxiliary 3332, 7 p.m., Post Home, 433 Arlington Road, Newton Falls.
Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., basement of First Presbyterian Church, 256 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren.
Monday Night Serenity Hall AA, 7:30 p.m., Badger Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 256 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren.
TOPS Ohio 1353, Leavittsburg, weigh-in 6 p.m., meeting 7 p.m., Leavittsburg Church of God, 610 S. Leavitt Road, Leavittsburg. Call 330-898-0357. New members welcome.
TOPS Ohio 698, Girard, weigh-in 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., meeting 6:30 p.m., First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway Ave., Girard. Call 330-545-4770 or 330-534-2618. New members welcome.
TOPS Ohio 1694, Champion, weigh-in 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 5734 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Champion. Call 330-652-2368.
Common Bond, 10:30 a.m. to noon, assisting survivors who are having a difficult time with the passing of a loved one, Vienna United Methodist Church 4276 Warren Sharon Road, Vienna. Sponsored by Herron Funeral Home and Hospice of the Valley. Call 330-399-6650.
Christians in Deliverance, 7 p.m., Agape Assembly Church, 426 Nevada St. S.W., Warren.
The Weigh Inn weight loss support group, weigh-in 5 to 6 p.m., meeting 6:15 p.m., Niles Senior Center, 14 E. State St., Niles. 330-652-9098.