Treasured Moments Offers Free Gowns to Military Brides
Tuesday, November 05, 2013BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Treasured Moments Bridal & Formal will give away designer wedding gowns free of charge to qualified military brides from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in observance of Veterans Day. The store is one of 20 bridal shops nationwide chosen to participate in this year's Brides Across America program.
The charitable organization is dedicated to providing free wedding gowns for military brides.
Brown Says Bill Would Strengthen Social Security
Monday, November 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, says a bill he's co-sponsoring would help shore up Social Security and increase benefits for its recipients.
"More than half of seniors in Ohio rely on Social Security for half of their incomes," Brown told a group gathered this morning at the Senior Independence Senior Center of Mahoning County. "You shouldn't be cutting it as some want to."
NiSource Donates $40K for Emergency Responders
Monday, November 04, 2013NEW MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- NiSource Midstream Services, through its NiSource Charitable Foundation, has donated $40,000 to Springfield Township to fund emergency responder services throughout the township. The donation was jointly announced this morning by NiSource and the township.
“The health and safety of the people of Springfield Township, as well as our first responders, is of the utmost important to us, and this donation will enable us to enhance the services we’re able to provide to the community,” said township Trustee Robert Orr.
Five Mahoning Valley Chefs: Their Plate, Your Palate
Monday, November 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- What distinguishes five of the finest restaurants in the Mahoning Valley is their executive chefs and these chefs’ attention to detail.
What all have in common is a passion -- each chef mentioned the word at least once, some repeatedly -- for preparing food and seeing that their customers leave with the satisfaction of having eaten a memorable meal.
OEPA Director to Tour UEO's Kensington Plant
Monday, November 04, 2013KENSINGTON, Ohio – Scott Nally, director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, is scheduled to tour the Utica East Ohio Buckeye cryogenic processing plant here tomorrow. He will join company officials and Columbiana County commissioners for the tour, according to a media advisory.
‘The Frackers’ Digs Deep on ‘New Billionaire Wildcatters’
Monday, November 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A new book by Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman profiles shale industry pioneers such as Aubrey McClendon, one of the “new billionaire wildcatters,” according to the book’s subtitle.
The book was reviewed Sunday in The Oklahoman and Saturday in The New York Times.
McClendon, the former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., is again active in the unconventional oil and gas industry, raising some $1.7 billion to fund exploration by his new company, American Energy Partners LP.
Amid Academic Pomp, Dunn Urges YSU's Reinvention
Monday, November 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Randy Dunn urged Youngstown State University to reinvent itself Friday as he was installed -- with pomp and pageantry -- as its eighth president.
“Reinventing the university,” he told trustees, faculty, his administration and delegates from a dozen other universities, “is all about helping others [students] reinvent themselves. … Let us build on [YSU’s] promise,” he urged, “not let others do it for us.”
Raising the percentage of students who enroll going on to graduate must be part of this reinvention, he said.
Smithsonian Exhibits ‘Journey Stories’ at Labor Museum
Monday, November 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- “Journey Stories,” a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution, opens at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor.
The show, created by the Smithsonian as part of its Museums on Main Street Program in conjunction with the Federation of State Humanities Councils, will run through Dec. 31.
'3 Minutes With' Jay Williams, U.S. Department of Labor
Monday, November 04, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Today's "3 Minutes With" video features Jay Williams, former Youngstown mayor and today the executive director of the Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, a division of the U.S. Department of Labor, who returned to the city for a ceremony marking completion of The Village at Arlington (READ STORY). Williams awaits confirmation on his nomination to head U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration.
Arlington Neighborhood Celebrates Another Rebirth
Saturday, November 02, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Seventy-five years ago, a major step toward progressive urban reform was launched in this city as then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated Westlake Terrace, one of the first public housing projects in the country.
Yesterday, that inspiration was alive and well in that same neighborhood, as dignitaries gathered to usher in a new era that stands to benefit generations to come.