Poland defeats Lakeview, 93-66

Poland defeats
Lakeview, 93-66

kUNBEATEN POLAND defeated Lakeview, 93-66, in the semifinals of the boys Division II district basketball tournament at Boardman High School on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs, now 22-0, advanced to the championship game Saturday at 6 p.m. against the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal between West Branch and Streetsboro. Above, Lakeview’s Jarred Clark gets the ball stolen by Poland’s Bryan Kosec.

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BUSINESS

Will rates go up?

kELECTRICITY USERS will have an opportunity to give their opinions on Ohio Edison’s request to add about $6 to their electric bills.

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LOCAL

Effects of closing

kAREA MENTAL HEALTH services providers are scrambling to find beds for their clients, particularly adolescents, since Forum Health closed its children’s behavioral in-patient unit at the end of 2007.

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NATION

Economic déjà vu?

kIT’S WORRISOME MATH: Slowing economic growth plus soaring prices could eventually equal “stagflation.” That’s a toxic economic brew the nation hasn’t tasted in three decades.

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Florida outages

kA RELATIVELY minor glitch in Florida’s electrical grid somehow triggered a chain reaction Tuesday that caused a nuclear plant to shut down and briefly cut power in patches from Daytona Beach through the Florida Keys.

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FOOD

Cooking clowns

kWHEN IT COMES to cooking, these guys aren’t clowning around. Several members of the Aut Mori Grotto of Youngstown can be found in the kitchen every time there’s a function at the Shangri La in Canfield.

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