Williams to be guest on radio show
Williams to be guest on radio show
CANFIELD — Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams will be the guest Saturday on “The Valley’s Talkin’ With Doc and Bert” radio show, which airs from 9 to 10 a.m. on 1330 TALK-WGFT. The show is broadcast live from Panera Bread in Canfield and is co-hosted by Dr. William Binning and Bertram de Souza. De Souza, editorial writer and columnist for The Vindicator, will be joined by Mark Sweetwood, managing editor of The Vindicator.
Local agencies get funds
YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County has been awarded $96,838 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county.
Under the terms of the grant, local agencies chosen to receive funds must be private voluntary nonprofits or units of government; be eligible to receive federal funds; have an accounting system; practice nondiscrimination; have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs; and, if they are a private voluntary organization, they must have a voluntary board.
Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying for grant must contact Duane Piccirill at Help Hotline (330) 747-5111 for an application by 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Woman is victim of scam
SALEM — A Salem woman paid a fine after someone pretending to be from the Columbiana County Prosecutor’s Office said she would be arrested for nonpayment.
The woman told Salem police on Monday she sent the money to the caller, and found later that the caller was not from the prosecutor’s office.
Police urged her to contact her bank and have any transactions stopped.
Salem and county officials could not be reached about details of the investigation.
Cleanup week
HUBBARD — Hubbard Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Clean Up Hubbard Week next week. All business and homeowners are encouraged to clean up their areas. The chamber also reported that the May 6 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening for Progressive Printing has been postponed.
New vehicle on display
YOUNGSTOWN — One of the new 12-passenger vehicles that will be used for Western Reserve Transit Authority’s service to outlying areas will be on display from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot at St. Patrick Church, 1420 Oak Hill Ave.
Hearing on use of grants
LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners had their annual public hearing Wednesday on the potential use of community development block grant funds.
Penny Traina, the president of the commissioners, said the county received $274,400.
The CDBG program, started in 1974 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, provides communities with funding to address a wide range of community development needs.
Twelve county political subdivisions asked for some, almost all, or even more CDBG funding for a variety of projects.
Wellsville, for example, asked for $500,000 in CDBG funds for new road paving and curbs.
The commissioners said they would not make a decision on awarding funds for several weeks.
Public warning
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Jameson Health System has issued a warning to the public about callers falsely representing themselves as employees or agents of Jameson. Hospital officials urged people to give no personal information to the caller, refuse to schedule any meeting, and gather contact information from the caller and report them to the local law enforcement authorities.
Jameson has been made aware of a caller contacting a member of the public and stating that he wished to meet with the individual to discuss changes in Medicare coverage. The contact number given by the caller was not a Jameson contact number, according to Randy Ferguson, director of public relations and marketing for Jameson. Any questions about the validity of any caller may be resolved by contacting Jameson’s risk management at (724) 656-4199, Ferguson said.