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Property transfers for June 6

Property transfers recorded May 26 to 29 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Caitlin M. Shea to Megan C. Shea, 4195 New Road, $28,000 GREH LLC to S&P Legacy LLC, 4390 Mahoning Ave. and 25 Idlewood Road, $405,000 Sarah A. Swisher to Timothy Ray Carr ...

‘Sharks’ unveiled for competition

YOUNGSTOWN — Bergen Giordani is excited to be a “shark” — the type that smells not blood, but success. “Have confidence and know your numbers, and be ready to sell yourself. No one can sell you better than you,” Giordani, who co-owns Gorant Chocolates in Boardman, said. That was ...

Smaller Union Pacific Big Boy coming to area

AUSTINTOWN — For anyone involved in model railroading, real railroading or local history, July 12 will be a big day because that is when the Union Pacific Big Boy number 4014 locomotive will pass through Struthers on its summer tour. Number 4014 is the world’s largest steam engine. ...

Ladies in Little Black Dresses for Literacy draws crowd

POLAND — More than 300 community members gathered at The Lake Club in Poland on Thursday for an evening of celebration, fellowship and philanthropy during the annual Ladies in Little Black Dresses for Literacy fundraiser benefiting the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning ...

Newton Falls treasure hunt grows to $36.4K as final clue drop approaches

Staff report The Newton Falls America250 Treasure Hunt has grown to $36,400 in cash, gold, silver, coins and collectibles. Event organizer Thomas Colosimo of Fieldview Acres Mercantile said the treasure continues to grow as additional sponsors and supporters contribute to the prize ...

Spirits have their say at seance

120 years ago, 1906, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “An evening with spooks filled with surprises. Manifestations that raise the hair of the uninitiated. A lively seance through which a reporter passed without loss of limb or life — the worst to ...