WARREN TOWNSHIP — After six years of bitter court battles and legal wranglings, the Leavittsburg Dam is finally being demolished.

Crews began demolishing the dam, which is owned by the Trumbull County MetroParks board, Tuesday morning.

In June, Warren Township trustees voted to stop fighting the demolition after a series of court rulings did not go their way and they decided it was too expensive to appeal the ruling to the Ohio Supreme Court. Trustees said at the time that the MetroParks’ legal costs were being paid by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, which voted to approve the demolition in December because of safety concerns.

Trustees already had spent $50,000 fighting the dam’s removal, according to Warren Township Trustee Chairman Ryan Yoho. When the township dropped its fi

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