Restaurateurs Find Virus Measures Unappetizing

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Restaurant owners don’t know when they can reopen for dine-in service, much less what requirements they’ll have to meet to thwart the spread of coronavirus. A 50% reduction – or more – in seating capacity is likely.…

3 Local Banks Disburse $447M in PPP Loans

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – As the dust settles on Round One, $349 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, and Round Two, $310 billion, is ready to open at 10:30 this morning, local bankers say that in many instances the small-business relief…

Virus Is Like Poison to Dining Industry

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Reeling from a coronavirus shutdown that is suffocating their businesses, owners of restaurants and banquet halls wonder when the crisis will end and how long it will take to recover. Mandates took more people out of the…

All (Mostly) Quiet on Business Front

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Traffic and pedestrians are few and far between. Open parking spaces along Federal Street – usually a rare commodity any day of the week – are plentiful. Workers tend to the sewer replacement on North Phelps Street…

‘Nunsense’ Makes Perfect Sense for Troupe

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Easy Street Productions was looking for a musical that was fun and played to its strengths, hadn’t been done locally for years, and would give director Todd Hancock – who is recuperating from a series of medical…

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