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On the record – Girard

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WHAT: City council meeting Monday. PRESENT: Reynald Paolone, Thomas Grumley, Mark Standohar, Jeff Kay, Keith Schubert, Lily Martuccio, John Moliterno, Sam Zirafi and Mayor Mark Zuppo. Council: • Heard from Zuppo about plans for a message board costing between $25,000 and $30,000 and a ...

Fitch gridders hit the garden

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AUSTINTOWN — Thirty-two members of the Fitch football team, along with Coach T.J. Parker, made the trip Wednesday to St. Blaise Parish on New Road to help plant blueberry bushes in the church’s garden. They were tasked with preparing 72 holes in the parish gardens that will house ...

South High Fieldhouse demo work to begin next month

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YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control hired a Youngstown company for $113,876 to abate and then demolish the long-shuttered South High Fieldhouse. The board voted 3-0 Wednesday to hire Generation X Contractors LLC for the work. Generation X submitted the lowest of 10 proposals for ...

2 men on video trying to steal ATM

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YOUNGSTOWN — A pair of would-be robbers attached a strap to their vehicle and the front door of a business on Market Street early Tuesday and drove it forward, “shattering the door and frame,” then went inside the business and tried to steal the ATM machine, but were not successful ...

Shooter in Austintown homicide pleads guilty

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YOUNGSTOWN — Ethan Richmond of Austintown, who was 17 when he was charged in Mahoning County Juvenile Court in the Sept. 8, 2023, killing of Vincent Tarver, 22, in the parking lot of the Compass West Apartments in Austintown, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of voluntary manslaughter, ...

City board OKs $3M wastewater design work

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YOUNGSTOWN — With city officials close to finalizing negotiations with the federal government on a high-priced wastewater improvement dispute, the board of control approved a nearly $3 million contract for design work on the project at the center of it. The board voted 3-0 Wednesday to hire ...