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City to acquire 7 Youngstown school district properties

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YOUNGSTOWN — City Council will consider legislation Monday to allow the board of control to spend $120,000 to buy the former Mary Haddow Elementary School for potential economic development. The school district closed the building, 2800 Oak St. Extension, to classroom instruction in 2008 and then used it for record storage. It’s been empty for years. The city wants to use the East Side building for senior citizen housing with the hope that will spur other housing projects to be built nearby, said DeMaine Kitchen, the city’s director of community planning and economic ...

Nation and world at a glance for Aug. 15

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Trump seeks OK to resume construction of ballroom WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work. Chief Justice John Roberts has set a deadline of Tuesday for a response by plaintiffs challenging the ballroom project. Trump’s solicitor general on Friday petitioned the high court to suspend last week’s decision by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...

Cadillac Lyriq’s launch control is exhilarating

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If you left this planet a few decades ago, you missed Cadillac’s transformation from a floaty land yacht to a high-performance vehicle competing with six figure domestic and imports. The V-Series Cadillac started the trend in 2004 going head-to-head with BMW’s M Series. It was followed by the Blackwing supercharged track car six years later boasting 668 horsepower while hitting the 60 mile-per-hour mark in 3.4 seconds. The evolution continued with a luxury plug-in hybrid in 2013 offering 37 miles of electric power but the ELR model fizzled three years later due to its high ...

Group donates $8,000 for reading program

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YOUNGSTOWN — Summer Discovery encourages participants of all ages to read, learn and explore through books, activities and engaging programs offered at every branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. The annual initiative helps prevent the “summer slide” while ...

Beatitude House marks 35 years in Valley

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YOUNGSTOWN — Beatitude House, a ministry of Ursuline Sisters Mission, recently celebrated 35 years of providing housing opportunities for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the Mahoning Valley. The anniversary celebration featured an awards ceremony honoring residents, ...

Southwoods Health completes major expansion, renovation

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Southwoods Health announced last week the completion of a multimillion-dollar, 40,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project at The Surgical Hospital at Southwoods, Boardman. While healthcare design has evolved significantly since the hospital first opened in 1996, Southwoods’ core commitment to providing an exceptional patient experience remains unchanged, the healthcare system said. The new upgrades prioritize patient privacy with larger, modernized and more comfortable spaces designed to foster a calming environment before and after medical procedures. Patient comfort is ...