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Renovation gets $2M additional tax credit

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YOUNGSTOWN — The $21.66 million planned renovation project to Youngstown’s tallest building received another state tax credit. The state on Wednesday awarded a $2 million Transformational Mixed-Use Development Program grant to the proposed Central Tower project. The project on June 24 ...

Amendment meant to help Delphi pensioners rejected

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Staff report A renewed effort to aid salaried Delphi retirees obtain pension benefits was thwarted Tuesday. The Dayton Daily News reported U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina., prevented the advancement of an amendment to a $1 billion spending package. Foxx chairs the House Rules ...

New Castle man convicted of charges against woman in Liberty

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Staff report WARREN — A Trumbull County jury on Tuesday found Justin L. Fry-Starrett, 33, of New Castle, Pa., guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court of felonious assault, domestic violence and failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer. Fry-Starrett, who has been ...

Falls treasure hunt enters final week

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Staff report NEWTON FALLS — After more than four months, thousands of miles traveled and participants arriving from across the United States and beyond, the Newton Falls Treasure Hunt is entering its final chapter. Tom Colosimo, owner of Fieldview Acres Mercantile, said the community-wide ...

Liberty police seek suspect in dirt bike chase Wednesday

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LIBERTY — Township police are looking for a suspect in a chase that ended with the person fleeing into a wooded area on foot after crashing a dirt bike early Wednesday. According to a police report, an officer traveling southbound on Belmont Avenue spotted a man riding a black dirt bike ...

Liberty and Girard’s shared services deal locked in

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LIBERTY — An agreement between two districts for services has finally been set, as the Liberty Board of Education approved a shared services agreement with Girard City School District. According to the resolution, Liberty could not employ a chief bus mechanic/bus driver and was in need of ...