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SOBE’s second boiler installed

YOUNGSTOWN – SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s second boiler is being installed while the future of the financially struggling company that provides steam heat for most of downtown remains uncertain with money running out. A second 800-horsepower boiler arrived last week and is being ...

Nov. 10-11 agenda

WESTERN RESERVE JOINT FIRE DISTRICT will meet at 7 p.m,. Wednesday at the Poland village hall. LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the township hall. POLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the township hall. MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will have a board meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday at the commissioners hearing room at the county courthouse. The staff meeting will be at noon on the conference room at the administration building. WESTERN RESERVE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5:50 p.m. Thursday at the K-12 cafeteria for a records ...

Man hit by unlicensed driver on West Side

YOUNGSTOWN — A man is being treated for serious injuries after being struck by an unlicensed driver. A Youngstown police report states that police were called to the 3300 block of Mahoning Avenue at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, where they found the man lying on the ground near an electric ...

Austintown road salt order cut by two-thirds

AUSTINTOWN — Township roads may be more treacherous to navigate this winter. Township Administrator Mark D’Apolito said Austintown and surrounding communities will only receive about one-third of their road salt orders from the Ohio Department of Transportation, which amounts to 790 tons compared to the township’s regular order of about 2,500 tons. Morton Salt, which is one of two major providers of road salt along with Cargill, discovered a significant influx of water at its Fairport Harbor mine beneath Lake Erie on Oct. 22 and immediately evacuated workers. The company ...

Mahoning, Trumbull snare federal tax credit designations

The Western Reserve Port Authority’s continuing push to attract investment was rewarded last week when the state announced the sites eligible for Opportunity Zones 2.0 program designation. Starting Jan. 1, investments made in the zones are eligible for federal tax incentives, the Ohio ...