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Valley native attempts solo journey around Arctic Ocean

Those who knew Matt Rutherford when he was growing up in Warren might have thought he’d only be exploring the inside of a jail cell. Rutherford, 45, left Aasiaat, Greenland, on June 25 in an effort to be the first person to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean on a nonstop solo journey. He’s ...

Property transfers for Aug. 1

Property transfers recorded July 20-24 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Vincent J. Wiseman and Victoria Wiseman to Austin Beck, 4130 Woodmere Drive, $130,000 Joyce A. Carfagna to Joseph Frasco, 3730 Ayrshire Drive, $170,000 Dennis Snyder and Patricia Snyder to Jeffrey Clegg, 2196 S. Turner Road, $188,000 Steven J. Wyllie to Cara N. Ciccone, 5128 Clearfield Drive, $289,900 David A. Erickson, Admin. of Estate of Suzanne K. Erickson to Kyle Varga and Isabelle Varga, 6369 Ridgeview Ave., $345,000 James Passarelli, Admin. Estate, to Zachary S. Kosa, ...

More new housing rises in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — On certain occasions, neighborhood-stabilization and blight-remediation efforts, along with efforts to improve overall quality of life, feature a 15-foot rectangular hole filled with a large load of stones. “It badly needs to be done,” Mary Krupa, 70, said. Krupa was ...

Youngstown board OKs deal for proposed tech park

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control signed an option agreement for the potential development of a business technology park on Exal Court as well as deals to install gas and electric lines there. The board voted 2-0 Thursday on the three items regarding the potential economic development project. The board consists of Mayor Derrick McDowell, Finance Director Kyle Miasek and Law Director Adam Buente. Buente was absent. The board agreed to approve an option agreement with Top Property Holdings LLC of North Lima and the Western Reserve Port Authority that permits the city to ...

19 Mahoning County groups receive $314,000 in state arts grants

More than $300,000 in Ohio Arts Council grants are coming to Mahoning County. Nineteen grants totaling $314,687, about $20,000 more than last year, will go to 19 recipients. They are among more than 1,000 grants totaling $23,196,364 the OAC announced Wednesday. Seven of those grants will ...

$2M OK’d for senior citizen services in Trumbull

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners during their Wednesday meeting approved using $1,955,000 in Trumbull Senior Levy funding to provide services to the county’s senior residents. The county’s senior levy board provided recommendations to the commissioners on how the money should be allocated among organizations that submitted bids for service contracts. Direction Home of Eastern Ohio in Youngstown was awarded $135,000 per year to provide ombudsman services for seniors. Guardianship and Protective Services Inc. of Mineral Ridge received a $135,000 per year contract. Four ...