METRO DIGEST || Ex-Nazi living in Sharon dies
Infant dead
WARREN
Police and the Trumbull County coroner are investigating the death of a 2-month-old baby at an apartment on Shalom Avenue Northwest on Christmas Day. The mother, Amanda Martin, 23, reported finding the baby, Delshawn Porterfield, dead at 10:44 a.m. Tuesday. Martin reported that the boy went to bed in his crib at 10 p.m. Monday, and she checked on him several times during the night, the last time being at 2 a.m.
A call to the Trumbull County Coroner’s office was not returned Wednesday.
Sharon ex-Nazi dies
SHARON, Pa. (AP)
A former Nazi-concentration-camp guard who had been fighting U.S. attempts to deport him has died, his lawyer says.
Pittsburgh attorney Adrian Roe says 88-year-old Anton Geiser, a longtime Sharon resident, was buried Monday in St. Rose Cemetery in Hermitage.
Geiser, a retired steelworker and father of five, was born in what is now Croatia, came to the U.S. in 1956 and became a naturalized American citizen six years later. He had been living in western Pennsylvania for more than 50 years, but didn’t tell his family about the Nazi service until 2004, when the Justice Department began legal proceedings.
Geiser said he was forced to join the SS at age 17 in 1942, and that he never killed anyone. But federal prosecutors said his work as a concentration-camp guard made him a party to the persecution of countless men, women and children.
Parks committee
YOUNGSTOWN
The Youngstown Park and Playgrounds Committee will meet at 5 p.m. today in city council’s caucus room, city hall, 26 S. Phelps St. to discuss a request for proposals to develop a comprehensive master plan for the city’s park system.
Board of Control
Youngstown
The city’s Board of Control will have a special meeting at 10:30 a.m. today in city council’s caucus room. The board — Mayor Charles P. Sammarone, chairman, and members, Law Director Anthony Farris and Finance Director David Bozanich — will address the approval of a license agreement authorizing the use of city property by V&M Star, and other business.
Christmas program
Youngstown
The Arms Family Museum, 648 Wick Ave., will present “Longing for Home: Christmas During the Civil War” at 2 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The 45-minute talk will focus on Christmas traditions during the second year of the war. Visitors will learn about ways soldiers were bringing the homefront to the battlefield. There will be original and reproduction artifacts on display, as well as an example of a soldier’s box. The “Memories of Christmas Past” exhibit is open through Jan. 6. Museum hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday; closed New Year’s Day. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $4 for children age 3-18. Proceeds from the event help fund the educational and exhibit programs sponsored by the Mahoning Valley Historical Society. For more information, call 330-743-2589 or visit www.mahoninghistory.org.