CANFIELD — For most families, organizing a reunion every year is difficult enough. For the descendants of Domenico “Tony” Sferra and Lucia “Lucy” Carano, keeping the tradition alive for an entire century is nothing short of remarkable. More than 260 family members gathered Sunday ...
The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission is sponsoring a free bus ride to the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Conneaut on Saturday. Guests will: • Experience the largest D-Day living history event in the U.S. • Interact with more than 1,500 living history reenactors of World War II, U. S., Commonwealth and Germany armed forces, plus French Resistance and 1940s civilians. • Explore pre-invasion encampments of Allied and Axis forces and their tactical support elements, as well as historical exhibits. • See training exercises and demonstrations of weapons, vehicles, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — When Oak Hill Cemetery is mentioned, it’s easy to reflexively and initially think of the Wick, Tod, Pollack, Stambaugh and other influential families who shaped much of the city’s early history. Nevertheless, mixed among the movers and shakers buried in the historic South ...
YOUNGSTOWN — As Kurt Sanders stood near numerous artifacts that represented a local bygone era, the memories seemed to flood back. “I worked at the (Youngstown) Sheet & Tube Co. from 1974 until Black Monday,” Sanders, of Vienna, said, referring to Sept. 19, 1977 — the day the company’s Campbell Works suddenly closed, idling more than 5,000 steelworkers and marking the start of the area steel industry’s demise. During his three years with the company, Sanders, who also served the same amount of time in the U.S. Army from 1971 to 1974, worked as a laborer and a brakeman who ...
NILES — Whether walking or rolling around 7 17 Credit Union Field at Eastwood on Saturday afternoon, approximately 1,500 participants proved that having a disability does not limit them their abilities. The Abilities Unite Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, which was formerly known as ...
POLAND — Alfred Russo has lived a full life of service both during wartime and in civilian life. As he nears turning 100 in November, he had a chance to look back over the past 99 years. Russo grew up in Lowellville and graduated from Lowellville High School in 1944. He entered the ...
