BOARDMAN, Ohio – As a freshman in high school during the early 1940s, the founder of the George Mitchell Co., Boardman, would hop on his bike after classes let out in the morning, pedal to the next bus stop and…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Thanks to a partnership with Miss Dana’s Diamonds and Rulli Bros. Market, children with special needs can search for Easter eggs in a safe, inclusive environment with siblings and friends. The second annual All Inclusive Egg Hunt…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Public and private entities engaged in economic development are eagerly anticipating the new federal Opportunity Zones as a tool to enhance available incentives. The state of Ohio chose 15 census tracts in the Mahoning Valley and the…
WARREN, Ohio – Inspiring Minds has kicked off the public phase of its $1.5 million Now We Can campaign that will fund the future home of the nonprofit organization’s headquarters. In 2017, Inspiring Minds purchased a 25,000-square-foot building at 837…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Should the 18-cent gas tax increase proposed by Gov. Mike DeWine last week come to fruition, the Mahoning Valley would see an extra $10,356,845 for road work in fiscal year 2020, according to estimates from the Ohio…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Jonathon Pitts carefully measures a long piece of metal pipe and then scans the frame above that will hold plumbing infrastructure for a $6 million senior-living complex under construction here. “I’ve been doing this for about 17…
Boardman Printing shifted from traditional printing to digital last year, with the pressroom undergoing a full renovation to accommodate the new equipment. The company, which opened in 1986 and is a division of Nomis Publications Inc., is owned by Lucy…
POLAND, Ohio – The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley today begins the first day of its 101st year, following the launch of its Centennial Celebration Monday – 100 years after the exact day in 1919 when 11…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — George Pearce remembers all too well his first week of work at what was then Packard Electric Corp. in Warren. “It was 1973 and the oil embargo just hit,” Pearce recalls. “The plant laid off 5,000 production…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – President Donald J. Trump called for bipartisanship in his State of the Union speech last night, urging Congress to “reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise and the…
AKRON, Ohio – With the snip of a pair of pruning clippers, officials of Calyx Peak Companies welcomed their official entry into Ohio’s very young, but potentially explosive, medical marijuana market. “It’s a billion dollar-plus market here in Ohio, for…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – For General Motors, Ford and Ram, the North American Internal Auto Show was a chance to show off their bigger and better models for the coming years. Trucks and SUVs took center stage for the three automakers,…
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