'3 Minutes With' Larry Morrow
Friday, April 05, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- In today's "3 Minutes With" video, veteran disc jockey Larry Morrow discusses the cultural changes and technological innovations such as digital music devices, smartphones and the Internet impacting radio listenership and television viewing. Morrow was one of the speakers at Thursday's AchieversUSA program.
Seminar on Fundraising Set for April 12
Friday, April 05, 2013BOARDMAN, Ohio -- A "Fundraising Classic Seminar" is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. next Friday at the Holiday Inn-Boardman. The event is sponsored by the Mahoning-Shenango Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Speaker is Barlow Mann, chief operating officer of the Sharpe Group, who will be in the area for the first time to speak to nonprofit organizations and professional advisers.
Mycap Wins High Marks for Two Programs
Friday, April 05, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has audited the Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership (Mycap) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Electric Partnership programs and rated them excellent, Mycap announced Thursday.
The reviews were performed to determine whether Mycap met the requirements and criteria established for both programs, a spokesman said. Two IRS agents visited the Mycap offices on Fifth Avenue unannounced, and examined more than 30 criteria set for the income tax assistance program.
TechBelt Uses NAMII as Basis for ‘Roadmap’
Thursday, April 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio The three-state regional partnership that submitted the application resulting in the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center in downtown Youngstown is now focused on developing a plan for how the region can benefit from it.
Plain Dealer Reduces Home Delivery to Three Days
Thursday, April 04, 2013CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Plain Dealer Publishing Co. announced today that it will continue to print its newspaper seven days a week but provide home delivery only three days a week. The company also announced it will form "a new digitally focused company," the Northeast Ohio Media Group, which will "provide content to The Plain Dealer, Cleveland.com and the Sun News.
Workforce Development Needs Funding, Direction
Thursday, April 04, 2013BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Consistent and clear direction from state and federal governments is among the top concerns – along with unstable and inadequate funding -- voiced by workforce professionals during a roundtable convened this week by The Business Journal.
Farmers Shareholders Urged to Increase Common Shares
Thursday, April 04, 2013CANFIELD, Ohio -- The president and CEO of Farmers National Banc Corp., John S. Gulas, has sent shareholders a letter urging them to support proposals sought by management and board of directors to increase the number of authorized shares and eliminate preemptive rights.
Management and the board believe voting for these two proposals “will significantly increase the company’s ability to continue to grow and enhance shareholder value,” Gulas said.
Warner Bros. First Theater in New Castle to Reopen
Thursday, April 04, 2013NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The original Warner Bros. theaters in the Riverplex building should reopen and begin showing motion pictures next Feb. 2, 107 years to the day the first moving pictures were shown in the Cascade Picture Palace at the corner of E. Washington and E. Mill streets.
Negotiations were successfully completed to reopen the first floor of the Riverplex, the four-story building with 78,000 square feet acquired by Refresh Dental Partners, Dr. Andrew Matta, CEO of Refresh, and Jerry Kern, president of the Warner Film Center, jointly announced Wednesday.
New Permits for Lawrence, Columbiana Counties
Thursday, April 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary Shell Western E&P Inc., or SWEPI, advanced its drilling interests in Lawrence County, Pa., as the energy company last week was awarded three new horizontal permits for wells in North Beaver Township, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
SWEPI obtained three permits for horizontal wells on the Kephart property near the intersection of Enon and Mount Jackson Roads. One well has already been drilled at the site.