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Southwoods Health completes major expansion, renovation

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Southwoods Health announced last week the completion of a multimillion-dollar, 40,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project at The Surgical Hospital at Southwoods, Boardman. While healthcare design has evolved significantly since the hospital first opened in 1996, Southwoods’ core commitment to providing an exceptional patient experience remains unchanged, the healthcare system said. The new upgrades prioritize patient privacy with larger, modernized and more comfortable spaces designed to foster a calming environment before and after medical procedures. Patient comfort is ...

Austintown settles gas line permit dispute for new home

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AUSTINTOWN — A dispute between the township and a utility company threatened to delay a resident’s progress on her new home, but the problem has since been resolved. Debra Day and her husband are building a home on Fitch Boulevard, right behind Meijer. She said the job superintendent for her contractor, Koch Construction, told her earlier this week that while water and electricity were all set, Enbridge Gas Ohio had not installed her service line and it seemed as though they might not do it at all. The problem arose from Enbridge’s objections to new right-of-way permitting ...

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COHORT GRADUATE: Mara Cunningham, founder of Yo! Crash and a client of the Minority Business Assistance Center, an Ohio Department of Development program hosted at YBI, has graduated from Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women Black in Business Cohort 9. The program is a national business education program held at Goldman Sachs’ New York headquarters. Cunningham was one of 305 entrepreneurs selected for Cohort 9 out of thousands of applicants, an acceptance rate of about 6%. The cohort collectively represents more than $25 million in revenue and completed 100 hours of coursework ...

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• VILLAGE OF LOWELLVILLE will meet at 10 a.m. Sunday to vote on a resolution to allow the council president to sign a contract representing the village for a loan for the Lowellville Fire Department's new North Side Fire Station and to pass a resolution to purchase a used ambulance. • MAHONING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH personnel committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the offices, 50 Westchester Drive, Austintown. The finance committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the offices. • AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a public staff meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the ...

Embattled ex-Warren police chief leaves with $56,000

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WARREN — Former Warren police Chief Eric Merkel’s personnel file may not benefit him and the city as they defend themselves against three pending federal lawsuits seeking damages for the sex offenses former Warren police officer Michael Edwards Jr. committed against several women. The suits mention the conduct that got Edwards convicted of two counts of rape and other offenses at his 2024 trial. One of the lawsuits stated that Edwards “preyed on women who were vulnerable due to their life situations” while Edwards was on duty starting in 2019. Edwards was convicted of two ...

Covelli entertainment complex takes a hit

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YOUNGSTOWN — The city-owned Covelli Centre, Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre and Wean Park entertainment complex had its fourth-worst financial second quarter ever, losing $111,549 during the three-month period. “It’s always been a mixed bag for the second quarter; it’s tough,” ...