Ponderosa Park’s front part to be sold
Ponderosa Park’s front part to be sold
YOUNGSTOWN
The front portion of Ponderosa Park, 9362 state Route 45, near Salem, which contains the former concert pavilion, Red Garter Saloon and guitar-shaped swimming pool, will be sold in a sheriff’s sale at 1:30 p.m. today in the Mahoning County Courthouse basement in Youngstown.
The four Goshen Township land parcels, totaling 45.45 acres, will be sold collectively. The appraised value is $225,000, and the minimum bid is $150,000.
That land was withdrawn at the last minute from a March sheriff’s sale because of an inadequate legal description of the property.
However, in the March sale, a 68.37-acre section of the park at 11471 W. Western Reserve Road sold for $700,000, nearly five times its $144,000 appraised value.
Surplus distribution
YOUNGSTOWN
Temple Emmanuel Seventh-day Adventist Church, 108 W. Indianola Ave., will have a surplus-food distribution from 2 to 3 p.m. today.
Meanwhile, Alpha and Omega First Baptist Church, 3120 Winton Ave., will serve a hot lunch, and volunteers will distribute bags of groceries and clothes from 11 a.m. to noon today. Recipients must bring photo identification at both locations.
License deal ending
YOUNGSTOWN
People whose driver’s licenses have been suspended due to nonpayment of child support have until 4 p.m. Friday to take advantage of the “Deals for Your Wheels” program at the Mahoning County Child Support Enforcement Agency at Oakhill Renaissance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave.
Under the program, licenses will be reinstated upon payment of the current month’s child support, plus $1 toward the arrearage, and a $25 Bureau of Motor Vehicles reinstatement fee.
About liquor license
Warren
Warren City Council will have a special meeting at 4 p.m. today at Warren City Council Chambers on the first floor of the municipal justice building at 141 South St. SE to hear an objection to the renewal of the liquor license of Blue Magoos Ventures LLC.
Meeting canceled
Liberty
The Liberty Township trustees have canceled their 9 a.m. special meeting for today.
Added to sentence
WARREN
Michael A. Namish, 22, formerly of Frederick Street, Niles, has been sentenced to an additional two years in prison for having a deadly weapon while in the Trumbull Correctional Institute.
Namish pleaded guilty Monday to the charge in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in the courtroom of Judge Peter Kontos.
Namish was sentenced to 15 years in prison in September 2010 for raping an 11-year-old girl in August 2009 in Niles.
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