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Mahoning Avenue project cost reduced again

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YOUNGSTOWN — For the second time in less than a month, the city’s board of control approved a six-figure reduction to the cost of a project to Mahoning Avenue, the main corridor on the West Side. The board of control — the mayor, law director and finance director — voted 3-0 Thursday ...

Poland board to meet over superintendent

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Staff report POLAND — The Poland Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Dobbins Elementary School. The purpose is to enter executive session to consider the retirement of the superintendent, search for an interim superintendent and to consider the ...

Youngstown library branch to close Dec. 1 for a week

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County will temporarily close the Michael Kusalaba Branch on the city’s West Side Dec. 1 to 8. The closure will allow staff and contractors to complete a major floor plan redesign. It is the next phase in turning ...

Youngstown Christmas tree arrives

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN – The city’s Christmas tree is up on Central Square. The tree was donated by Lloyd Mims and the Hyshaw family from a property on Catalina Avenue. Diamond Steel Construction assisted the city’s parks and recreation staff in removing and transporting the tree ...

FirstEnergy ordered to pay more than $250M

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COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy on Wednesday to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout continues five years on. The punishment meted out by the Public ...