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Elections board considers former school for new home

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YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners, the Western Reserve Port Authority and the Youngstown City School District are expected to talk later this month about potentially relocating the county board of elections to the former Williamson School. Board Director Tom McCabe said Tuesday: “The commissioners and the port authority are working on it. There is movement.” Board Vice Chairwoman Sandra Barger said: “We think everyone will be happy when it’s all said and done — like literally everyone.” McCabe said the meeting among the commissioners, the WRPA and the school ...

America Makes selects $13.2M project leader

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Staff report EWI, an advanced manufacturing and engineering solutions company in Columbus, has been selected by America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining to lead a $13.2 million national program. The effort is aimed at solving one of the biggest barriers to using additive manufacturing for critical defense parts: the cost and complexity of verifying part quality. The program, known as INSITE (INtegrated System for In-situ Testing and Evaluation), will run for three years. “As additive manufacturing advances toward larger, more complex ...

Thieves steal four Renoirs from a French museum

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PARIS (AP) — Two thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and stole four valuable Renoir paintings Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled, authorities said. Investigators launched a national search for the perpetrators. The whole operation took less than three minutes and targeted the most valuable works in the Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, the regional prosecutor’s office said. The theft conjured up painful memories of the spectacular heist of crown jewels at the Louvre Museum in Paris last ...

Girard seeks new safety service director

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GIRARD — City officials are in the process of finding a safety service director as Glenn Holmes — who has been serving in the position since last spring — has submitted his resignation. Mayor Mark Zuppo said Tuesday that Holmes will be leaving Oct. 1 for personal reasons. Zuppo said while the city is looking for a replacement, Zachary Teter, who serves as the city’s new engineer, will take on the duties of the service director. Also, fire Chief James Petruzzi and police Chief John Freeman will take on the duties of safety director with each chief overseeing the other ...

Prosecutor: No felony charges for man accused of lunging at Acton

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CANFIELD — Patrick Havas, who is alleged to have lunged at Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, during an incident Sunday afternoon at the Canfield Fair, did not commit any offenses that rise to felonies, Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro said. Havas, 38, of Canfield, was arrested Sunday on two counts of assault and one misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. An additional misdemeanor charge of inciting panic was added Tuesday during his arraignment in Mahoning County Area Court in Canfield in front of Judge Molly Johnson. Havas, who was armed at the time of his ...

Professor continues work in Rwanda

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Staff report Sherri Harper Woods, associate professor of social work at Youngstown State University, is continuing an ongoing guest-faculty visit in Rwanda, where she is leading trauma-informed care training and strengthening partnerships that support future YSU student learning ...