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Free bus ride offered to D-Day event in Conneaut

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, ...

Cemetery tour honors the past

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 ...

All stops history at railroad event

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 ...

Walking and rolling for abilities at Eastwood

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 ...

WWII vet recalls a devastated Tokyo

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 ...

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OCCHA FOOD FEST: Organizacion Civic y Cultural Hispana Americana Inc. (OCCHA) will present its 14th annual International Latino Food Festival noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at OCCHA, 3660 Shirley Road, Youngstown. The featured cuisines will be Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, Venezuelan and Latin American. Dinners are $15 each and include drinks and desserts. Entertainment will be provided by the Mahoning Valley Latin Orchestra. There also will be dancing, dominoes, raffles and family activities. Dinners will be dine-in or carryout. For more information, call 330-781-1808. VETERANS POKER RUN: ...