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Valley glass company bolsters presence

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A specialty glass company headquartered in a former Warren bowling alley is building on its international presence. A combination of factors — a one-of-a-kind industrial glass coating, additional equipment and a new building — are spotlighting the efforts of MacPherson Industries Inc. and MacPherson Engineering. On Monday, the Ohio Department of Development state announced the release of $250,000 as part of the agency’s Regional 166 Direct Loan Program. The low-interest loan effort targets development, job creation and job retention by giving businesses with limited access to ...

Average mortgage rate hits 19-month high

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Home shoppers holding out for relief from rising mortgage rates may be in for a long wait. The weekly average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan has been rising for months and this week climbed to just below 7% — its highest level in over 19 months. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.95% from 6.76% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.26%. This is the fourth week in a row that mortgage rates have moved higher. The average rate hasn’t reached this level since Jan. 30, 2025. Borrowing costs on 15-year ...

Fire at Weathersfield mobile home kills man

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WEATHERSFIELD — One person and his pet died in a Friday morning fire at a mobile home park, Weathersfield Township fire Chief Tom Lambert confirmed. Lambert said the first call for the fire came in as an explosion at Deforest Road. Both the Howland and Weathersfield fire departments were dispatched to the site because the road is shared, with Howland firefighters reporting it was in Weathersfield once they arrived. Lambert said both Howland and Weathersfield firefighters made an initial attack on the fire, finding the resident immediately in the back part of the ...

Vance denounces Democrats as ‘lunatics’

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday mounted a vigorous defense of the Trump administration’s policies and Iowa GOP candidates on the November ballot, arguing that the Democrats had turned into the party of “lunatics,” in his second trip to the politically ...

Nation and world at a glance for Sept. 19

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Trump pushes $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge but GOP candidates don’t join in Republicans running for Congress should campaign on President Donald Trump’s promise to pay adult Americans $5,000 if the GOP wins the midterm elections. So says the party. It’s just that candidates seem to be taking a different approach. It’s been about a week since the president first promised the “Trump dividend” at the Republicans’ unusual midterm convention in Dallas, and there is little evidence that GOP candidates running in contested districts have incorporated the pitch into their ...

Trump will be at airport to greet Xi when China’s leader arrives for his US state visit

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The first state visit by the leader of China in more than a decade takes place next week when President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for high-stakes talks — and a little schmoozing — at the White House with President Donald Trump. When Xi’s plan lands at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday, Trump will be there to welcome Xi for the state visit, senior administration officials told reporters. That’s unusual — Trump typically meets foreign leaders at the White House. The heart of the visit comes Thursday when Trump and first lady ...