'3 Minutes With' Jan Strasfeld, Youngstown Foundation
Tuesday, September 04, 2012BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Today's "3 Minutes With" video features Jan Strasfeld, executive director of The Youngstown Foundation. Strasfeld was recognized Thursday as the nonprofit professional of the year by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber at its Salute to Business breakfast.
LCEDC Annual Dinner Takes Place Sept. 19
Tuesday, September 04, 2012NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Lawrence County Economic Development Corp.'s annual dinner will take place Sept. 19. The dinner, the 10th annual for the agency, will be held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral here.
This year's event, with the theme "The Perfect Fit for The Future," features a "business talk show" moderated by former broadcast journalist Bill Flanagan, now executive vice president of corporate relations at The Allegheny Conference. A reception will begin at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and the program at 7 p.m.
For more information, call 724 658 1488.
Northern States Metals to Buy Solar Tracker Assets
Tuesday, September 04, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO – Northern States Metals and OPEL Technologies Inc. are jointly announcing Northern State Metals' intent to purchase certain assets related to OPEL’s Solar Tracker business.
NSM is the developer and manufacturer of Solar FlexRack, a patented, pre-assembled photovoltaic mounting system.
“We are excited about OPEL’s Solar Tracker,” said Tom Meola, CEO of NSM. “It broadens our Solar FlexRack product line, and OPEL’s Solar Tracker is perfect for the kind of utility-scale projects that we’re now targeting.”
Early Voting Order Puts Economus in Pivotal Role
Saturday, September 01, 2012YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A ruling by a son of the Mahoning Valley, a former Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge and the first federal judge to sit permanently in Youngstown is at the center of the legal fight that could conceivably decide the outcome of November’s presidential election.
UAW Members to Biden: We've Got Your Back
Friday, August 31, 2012LORDSTOWN, Ohio – Wearing shirts with the United Auto Workers seal and the message “You had our back. Now we have yours,” autoworkers employed at the General Motors complex here welcomed Vice President Joe Biden to this morning’s rally at Local 1714’s union hall on Salt Springs Road.
Biden Visits Mocha House, Ends Trip at Canfield Fair
Friday, August 31, 2012LORDSTOWN, Ohio --- After addressing a partisian crowd of mostly union autoworkers and retirees today at the United Auto Workers Local 1714 union hall on Salt Springs Road, Vice President Joe Biden departed at 12:30, then arrived 20 minutes later at the Mocha House in Warren where he met with patrons and the restaurant’s owners, Bill and Nick Liakaris.
Chesapeake Gets New Drill Permit in Columbiana
Friday, August 31, 2012COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has issued another new horizontal drilling permit to Chesapeake Exploration LLC for Columbiana County, state records show.
ODNR reported that a horizontal permit was issued to Chesapeake Aug. 23 to drill on the Batzli property in Hanover Township. The Batzli permit is the 50th well permitted in Columbiana County since 2011.
Penn National Forecasts Steel Rising in Early ‘13
Friday, August 31, 2012BOARDMAN, Ohio – Steel could be rising during the first quarter of 2013, weather cooperating, on the Hollywood Slots at Mahoning Valley Race Course in Austintown, which Penn National Gaming Inc. plans to open in the first half of 2014, its president and chief operating officer says.
'3 Minutes With' Penn National Gaming’s Tim Wilmott
Friday, August 31, 2012WARREN, Ohio -- Today's "3 Minutes With" video features Timothy J. Wilmott, president and chief operating officer of Penn National Gaming Inc. Wilmott, wthe keynote speaker Thursday at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s Salute to Business breakfast, discusses how Penn National came to select Austintown for the site for a new thoroughbred track, Hollywood Slots at Mahoning Valley Race Course, the timeline for the project and potential development of local partnerships.