Today

• New Boston Laws and Finance Committee, meeting to continue budget discussion for 2012, New Boston Council Room, 3980 Rhodes Ave., New Boston, 4 p.m.

• Portsmouth City Council, meeting, Council Chambers, Second Floor, City Building, 728 Second St., 6 p.m.

• Sciotoville Community School and Sciotoville Elementary Academy, board meetings, meeting, annex, East High School, 224 Marshall Ave., Sciotoville, 6 p.m.

• Washington-Nile Local Board of Education, special meeting concerning personnel, Portsmouth West High School, 15223 U.S. 52, West Portsmouth, 6:15 p.m.

• Eastern Local Board of Education, regular meeting, platform room, 1170 Tile Mill Road, Beaver, 6:30 p.m.

• Nile Township trustees, regular meeting, Township Office, 12215 U.S. 52, Friendship, 7 p.m.

• Clay Township trustees, regular board meeting, Clay Senior Center, North Arrowhead Drive, U.S. 23 overpass, 7 p.m.

• Ohio University Southern Community Band, rehearsal, OUS Community Building, corner of Ninth Street and Bob Lutz Way, Ironton, 5-7:15 p.m.

• Portsmouth Department of Public Utilities flushing fire hydrants, lasting approximately six to eight hours, south from 11th Street/Offnere Street to Front Street. West from Offnere Street to Chillicothe Street, beginning, 6 p.m.

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