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Patriot Day event remembers 9/11 victims, honors veterans

AUSTINTOWN —- The 24th annual Patriot Day ceremony unfolded outside Quaker Steak and Lube in Austintown on Thursday night. The event remembered the victims of 9/11, saluted first responders and honored local military veterans who served from World War II to the present. Eleven veterans ...

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YOUNGSTOWN — Many people fondly remember Blood, Sweat & Tears as a popular jazz/rock group from the late 1960s and early 1970s, though for Jodi Glass, the three nouns mean something nonmusical but no less special. “There are so many people to thank, so many years of planning, dreaming, ...

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• MILL CREEK METROPARKS Finance Citizens Advisory Committee to the Board of Park Commissioners will meet at 3:30 p.m. today in the Education Building Classroom A at the MetroParks Farm, state Route 46, in Canfield.

Hubbard resident refutes data center misinformation

HUBBARD — One resident noted city council’s potential to bring in millions of dollars and set their own rules when it comes to data center companies, as part of his comments to city council Tuesday. Council heard from Larry LaCivita, who said his family has lived in Hubbard for 125 years and has done nothing but give back to the community, adding that his grandfather was a school board president who was instrumental in the city getting its swimming pool. LaCivita’s parents, James and Phyllis LaCivita, were the previous owners of the Deer Creek Golf Course, purchasing its six ...

GOP begins 2-day midterm convention heavy on Donald Trump

DALLAS (AP) — Republicans opened their highly unusual midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that is putting the president at the center of this fall’s midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not. Many party members, including ...

PUCO’s SOBE hearing canceled

YOUNGSTOWN — At the request of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel and the city of Youngstown, a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio administrative judge canceled a Monday hearing to hear arguments against a significant rate increase for downtown steam heat customers. Instead, legal briefs will be filed by the OCC and the city in an effort to overturn the PUCO’s June 24 decision to increase rates for SOBE Thermal Systems LLC’s 23 customers, which make up most of downtown. Jacky Werman St. John, the PUCO administrative judge who was to hear the case in Columbus, agreed to the OCC and ...