2 YMCA branches offer Off School Program

2 YMCA branches offer Off School Program

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown YMCA Central branch (downtown) and the Davis Family YMCA branch (Boardman) are offering the Off School Program, which gives working parents a place to drop off their children, age 6 through 13, on the days before and after Thanksgiving and Christmas.

A full day of activities, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., includes field trips, crafts, sports, gym games and swimming — all supervised by the Y’s staff. Field trips include the Youngstown State University Planetarium, Cleveland Zoo & Rainforest, Carnegie Science Center and the Ice Zone.

The Y’s Off School Program fee is $25 a day per child for Y members and $30 a day for nonmembers. Parents can extend the program hours to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for an additional $5 per day per child.

The Off School Program is available Nov. 26 and 28; and Dec. 22, 23, 26, 29 and 30; and Jan. 2.

For more information, contact Jordan Shaver at the Davis Family YMCA (330) 480–5656.

Vacant house fires

YOUNGSTOWN — Two vacant houses on Forest View Avenue on the East Side were deliberately set on fire over the weekend, authorities said.

The structure at 1514 Forest View, full of old tires, was fully engulfed when crews arrived at 12:50 p.m. Saturday and allowed to burn down. Damage was set at $10,000.

Firefighters were back on the street around 8 p.m. Saturday. The fire at 1518 Forest View started in the attic, reports show. Damage was set at $5,000.

Man in stable condition after fatal vehicle crash

WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. — A man who was injured in a weekend accident that killed another man is in stable condition, St. Elizabeth Health Center reported Monday.

Robert Decker, 48, of Grove City, was taken to the hospital after the accident at 9 p.m. Friday on Sharon Road in Shenango Township.

John B. Stevenson, 30, of Hermitage, was pronounced dead at the scene, Southwest Mercer County Regional Police reported.

Police said Stevenson’s pickup truck crossed the center line and hit Decker’s Dodge Durango head-on.

Stevenson’s truck came to rest on its side about 50 yards away after it struck a guardrail, police said. It burst into flames with him trapped inside, they said.