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Liberty adopts new rules for convenience stores

LIBERTY — Liberty’s zoning commission is making headway with changes to its code, and entrepreneurs or residents looking to establish a convenience store or gas station in the community will be able to do so again. Trustees at this week’s meeting approved a resolution making gas stations and convenience stores a conditional use in the township’s zoning code, as part of its commercial zoning section, and set the criteria for their specific uses. The criteria states the business must have frontage on an arterial street or collector street and the minimum lot size must be 1.5 ...

Packard museum adds 1953 ragtop to collection

WARREN — A 1953 Packard Caribbean Sports Convertible is the latest addition to the National Packard Museum’s permanent collection. The vehicle was delivered Tuesday from North Carolina, and was donated by Robert Ryan. It’s an important car in telling the history of Packard’s final ...

Valley Senior Choir serenades shoppers at Eastwood Mall

NILES — The Valley Senior Choir performed Friday afternoon at the Center Court of Eastwood Mall. The group performed 16 spiritual and patriotic songs as well as those from the American songbook during the hourlong concert. The choir’s numbers included “Let There Be Peace On Earth,” ...

Property transfers for Sept. 19

Property transfers recorded Sept. 8-11 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Linda A. Weaver, trustee of the Linda A. Weaver Family Trust to Kelly Rutter and Brian David Rutter, 1257 Mulberry Run, $349,900 Edwin L. and Mercy P. Cracraft to CJ’s Staging and ...

Canfield council prohibits horizontal drilling in city limits

CANFIELD — City council passed an ordinance Wednesday that will prohibit horizontal drilling in city limits. Council President Christine Oliver asked city attorney Mark Fortunato to explain the ordinance. “We’ve had a struggle with fiber optics installers,” Fortunato said. “Under the Federal Communications Act, local authorities are limited to what they can and can’t do.” He said with recent disregard for safety issues, such as ignoring infrastructure and disruption to neighborhoods, the city wanted to take appropriate action to protect its residents. He added there is a ...

Work, accomplishments at regional airport spotlighted

VIENNA — The Mahoning Valley’s long-term commitment to the aerospace and defense sector, coupled with a pathway to its past, was showcased Friday, courtesy of the Western Reserve Port Authority. Anthony Trevena, the port’s executive director, outlined the growth at the Youngstown-Warren ...