WARREN, Ohio – Since he founded Hyperion Motors in 2011, Angelo Kafantaris has known that he wanted to someday expand the company to his hometown of Warren. But since arriving in the Mahoning Valley earlier this week in advance of formalizing Hyperion’s agreement with the Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center, something stood out to him: […]

NILES, Ohio – MiMe Global Inc. — the first 3D personalized figurine maker in the area — enjoyed a “surge of sales” within its first two weeks of opening last month at the Eastwood Mall, says its owner, Renee Malutic. “We’ve been making more people aware,” Malutic said. “It’s more of a curiosity that people […]

WARREN, Ohio – With the recent arrivals of a brewery, coffee shop and wine bar – along with the fast approaching opening of the Robins Theater – downtown, the opening of a new restaurant, West and Main Bar and Grill, serves as a “nice complement” to development in the district, the city’s mayor said Tuesday. […]

HERMITAGE, Pa. — A reimagining of the Shenango Valley Mall and its environs that includes aspects of a traditional downtown plus residential living is part of the plan officials envision for the city.    Redevelopment of the Shenango Valley Mall coincides with a key concern expressed by Hermitage residents during the development of its newly […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The long-awaited conversion of North Phelps Street between West Federal Street and West Commerce street should be finished by July 4, city officials said Tuesday.   Despite lack of a quorum, the two members of the city’s Design Review Committee who attended the meeting — Deputy Director of Public Works Charles Shasho […]

GREENVILLE, Pa. – Two years ago, as Adam and Kaitlin Walker looked for a space to expand their business, they searched western Pennsylvania. The company, Tru-Fit Fabrication, had started in a garage, but quickly grew out of that space. Eventually, the couple, residents of Greenville, Pa., settled on a space practically in their backyard: Reynolds […]

BOARDMAN, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine pledged state assistance for the idled General Motors Lordstown Complex, whether that means a new GM product at the plant or another entity that would take over the building.  DeWine said he was optimistic about the future of the Mahoning Valley during remarks before members and guests of the […]

WARREN, Ohio – Hyperion Motors, a company developing cars fueled by hydrogen power cells, is set to sign an agreement to bring its engineering division to the Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center downtown. Representatives of the Hyperion Co., founded by Warren native Angelo Kafantaris, will be in town Sept. 5 to finalize the agreement with […]

SHARON, Pa. – Nearly every chair is filled in Dave Pegg’s Barbering & Shave Parlor mid-morning in mid-August. Owner Dave Pegg, who has operated his own barbershop for six years, opened a storefront in the Applegate Building in Sharon, Pa. this spring. Business at the Sharpsville Avenue shop has been steady since the move, Pegg […]