Riverbend Tavern closed until further notice

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge and a magistrate have signed an order to keep the Riverbend Tavern, 1105 Poland Ave., closed until further notice because they deem it a public nuisance.

Judge R. Scott Krichbaum and Magistrate Timothy G. Welsh of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court signed the preliminary injunction last week. “The closure of the business in its present form is in the public’s interest,” the injunction said.

The order also was agreed upon and signed by Jay Macejko, the city prosecutor, who had obtained a Nov. 5 temporary restraining order from Judge Krichbaum to board up the bar, and by Larry Meenachan and his wife, Sherill, of Baymar Drive, owners of the building the bar occupied.

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