REGION

REGION
Updates on road projects
AUSTINTOWN -- Sarah Lown, director of economic development for Eastgate Developpment and Transportation Agency, and Kathleen Rodi, EDATA's director of transportation, will provide updates on road and highway projects affecting residents and businesses at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber Good Morning, Austintown event from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Dec. 1 at the Regency House, 3704 Mahoning Ave. Also, Atty. Bo Pritchard, township trustee, will give his annual summary, and Schools Superintendent Doug Hauer will report on the school system. First National Bank is sponsor of the event. Contact Jennifer Mascardine at (330) 744-2131, Ext. 12, by Monday for reservations. The cost is 12 for members and 15 for prospective members.
Declaring cash dividend
MILLERSBURG, Ohio -- CSB Bancorp's Board of Directors has declared a fourth-quarter cash dividend of .16 per share on its common stock, payable Dec. 19, 2006, to shareholders of record as of Dec. 4, 2006. The fourth-quarter dividend reflects a 14-percent increase over the .14 per share dividend paid in the fourth quarter of 2005, said Paula J. Meiler, senior vice president and chief financial officer. CSB Bancorp is a 320 million financial holding company with its headquarters in Millersburg, and is the parent company of The Commercial and Savings Bank. The Bank operates nine banking centers serving Holmes, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties as well as two Trust and Financial Services offices in Millersburg and Wooster.
NATION
Digital camera defect
TOKYO -- Sony has found a defect in some of its popular Cyber-shot compact digital cameras and offered to repair affected cameras free of charge. The liquid crystal display screens of eight camera models might not display images correctly, images could be distorted or cameras might not take photos at all, Sony said.
Affected are eight Cyber-shot models sold between September 2003 and January 2005 in Japan and in a similar period globally, according to Sony spokesman Chisato Kitsukawa. Sony will repair for free only cameras that show signs of the problems, he said.
It's the second time in just over a year that Tokyo-based Sony announced defects in its digital cameras. It cited similar problems with 20 other digital camera models last October and offered free repairs.
Open for the holiday
BOSTON -- Despite Puritan-era laws that prohibit most stores in Massachusetts from doing business on Thanksgiving, lines were 30-shoppers long at 10 p.m. inside a CompUSA Inc. outlet in the Brighton neighborhood.
The national computer retailer and a small chain of Asian supermarkets opened their doors Thursday to customers in Boston and other communities seemingly in defiance of the state's blue laws.
Cars overflowed from the tiny parking lot and spilled onto the sidewalks outside CompUSA. Shoppers dashed through the rain to join a mad scramble for sale items.
Massachusetts' blue laws prohibit most stores, including large supermarkets and department stores, from opening on Thanksgiving and Christmas. But CompUSA manager Brian Hall said the store had a permit from Boston police to open at 9 p.m. for a three-hour sale.
CompUSA's Woburn store also acquired a police permit and it too was packed with holiday shoppers.
Massachusetts officials have said stores must have state approval to open on the holiday, and said they will review any complaints received.
The Super 88 Market, an Asian grocery chain, opened at some locations. Last year, police in Quincy and Boston forced Super 88 Market to close on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Vindicator staff and wire reports