Recently added articles from Vindicator (Youngstown, OH):

Making space for Butler County Community College.

Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Laure Cioffi Sep. 28--NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- For Nicholas Neupauer, breaking ground at the new Lawrence County campus of Butler County Community College, located on U.S. Route 224 about six miles from Poland Township, is a bit of a homecoming. Neupauer, the ...

Parks panel seeks city money to sue.

Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: David Skolnick Sep. 28--YOUNGSTOWN -- The city's park and recreation commission is seeking permission from the city administration to spend up to $3,500 of city money for legal work to potentially sue the city. City Law Director Iris Torres Guglucello said ...

Construction is set to begin on school.

Sep 24, 2007 ... Byline: Harold Gwin Sep. 24--YOUNGSTOWN -- Construction is about to begin on the latest project in the city school district's rebuilding program. The school board has awarded contracts totaling more than $8.2 million for the new Paul C. Bunn Elementary School at ...

Bidders list why the deal fell through.

Sep 24, 2007 ... Byline: Jeanne Starmack Sep. 24--AUSTINTOWN -- Developers who backed out of buying the old Austintown Middle School contend the school district violated state requirements for reports on underground fuel storage tanks at the bus garage there. Ben Post and Martin ...

Officer helps handle zoning issues.

Sep 24, 2007 ... Byline: Denise Dick Sep. 24--BOARDMAN -- It starts with an anonymous letter or phone call to the township zoning office. What follows is a series of letters, inspections and sometimes court action, trying to get a property owner to fix zoning and maintenance ...

History festival features apples.

Sep 17, 2007 ... Byline: Angie Schmitt Sep. 17--LISBON -- Folks here have a special way to commemorate the coming of fall, and it's all about apples. The village celebrated its 40th annual Johnny Appleseed Festival over the weekend, complete with crafts, carnival rides and a gamut of ...

Youngstown State University negotiates lease to reopen historical site.

Sep 17, 2007 ... Sep. 17--YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State University is working with a Maryland developer on a plan to get the Wick-Pollock Inn open again. The inn, which is owned by the university, was forced to close for financial reasons in 1998. Getting it refurbished and reopened ...

Man electrocuted in Ohio copper theft.

Sep 14, 2007 ... Byline: Patricia Meade Sep. 14--YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A 50-year-old South Side man died 11 hours after being released from the county jail when his bolt cutters unleashed 23,000 volts of electricity into his body during a copper theft at an Ohio Edison substation. ...

Youngstown, Ohio, teacher pact seen as support for tax levy.

Sep 14, 2007 ... Byline: Harold Gwin Sep. 14--YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Education Association's acceptance of a three-year concessionary contract is being viewed as a sign of support for a 9.5-mill tax levy on the November election ballot. This is the first step toward getting the ...

Lisbon revives festival.

Sep 10, 2007 ... Byline: D.A. Wilkinson Sep. 10--LISBON -- Carla Douglass, executive director of the Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce, is promoting all things Lisbon. "What can I tell you about the Johnny Appleseed Festival, other than it will be great?" she said with a laugh. ...

Boardman medical park will become a pediatric hospital.

Sep 07, 2007 ... Byline: William K. Alcorn Sep. 7--BOARDMAN -- Health-care officials say Akron Children's Hospital's purchase of Forum Health's Beeghly Medical Park will provide money to shore up Northside Medical Center and lead to a new full-service children's hospital in the Mahoning Valley. ...

Work to resume on Austintown strip club at I-80.

Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Ed Runyan Sep. 5--YOUNGSTOWN -- Construction workers will be able to return as early as today to the future location of Go Go Girls Cabaret in Austintown, after a negotiated agreement between county and township officials in federal court Tuesday. The ...