City’s holiday parade set Dec. 5; register online to participate in it

YOUNGSTOWN – The city’s annual downtown holiday parade will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 5, followed by the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony on Central Square.

The lighting should happen around 7:15 p.m.

Santa’s Workshop will be open from 3 to 8 p.m. on the third floor of OH WOW! Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology, with free photographs with Santa Claus available from 3 to 6 p.m.

In addition, the Youngstown Flea on Phelps Street will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. with vendors.

To register to participate in the parade, go online to youngstowncityscape.org/holidayparade.

Youngstown Councilman Oliver plans town hall on ARP spending

YOUNGSTOWN — City Councilman Julius Oliver, D-1st Ward, will have a citywide town hall meeting at 6 p.m.Tuesday to discuss the city’s spending of $82.7 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds.

The event will take place at the DeYor Performing Arts Center’s Ford Recital Hall on West Federal Street downtown.

The public is invited to attend.

Vindicator asks readers for thankful thoughts and reasons for gratitude

For the seventh year, The Vindicator wants to know what our readers are thankful for and we want to share those thankful thoughts with our annual Giving Thanks feature.

Readers can submit up to 25 words about a new job, their family, their friends (the two-legged and four-legged ones) or a life-changing event. Forms for giving thanks are published from time to time in this newspaper. Fill out the coupon and mail it to the newspaper, Attn: Giving Thanks, 240 Franklin St. SE, Warren, OH 44483. Or if you prefer, email it to givingthanks@tribtoday.com. All we ask is that you include your name, the community where you live and a phone number (not for publication).

Local schools, organizations, churches and nursing homes are encouraged to participate, but we ask that these be submitted electronically as a group. If it is a class project, the student’s name and grade should be included, along with the teacher’s first and last name.

The Giving Thanks letters will be published the week of Thanksgiving and some may be chosen for a full story to run on Thanksgiving Day or in the weekend edition. Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Nov. 10.

Staff reports