Polish Youngstown

Polish Youngstown

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Polish Youngstown Inc. has been granted status as a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.

The group was formed to promote Polish cultural and ethnic awareness. Specifically, it develops, supports and promotes unique programs, classes and gatherings throughout Northeast Ohio that educate the residents of the Mahoning Valley.

Current long-term efforts include the Krakowiaki Polish Folk Circle, the Veterans Monument and Mapping Project at Peterson Park in Poland, the Black Madonna Shrine Project at St. Columba Cathedral, and Polish Day 2012 at Austintown Plaza. For information, go to polishyoungstown.org, or call 330-646-4082.

TCTC program

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Trumbull Career and Technical Center Adult Training Center is offering a 720-hour computer-technology program for potential full-time students.

Included in the program cost is an iPad 2 and the QuickBooks and MOS Certification exam fees.

Some of the course highlights include: Microsoft Office 2010 (through the advanced level), QuickBooks and MOS Computer Certifications, Accounting I & II, Legal Office Procedures, QuickBooks/Payroll and an externship. This course is financial-aid eligible.

All classes are from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The program starts Sept. 4. For information, contact Dora Zandarski at 330-847-0503, ext. 1608, or at Dora.zandarski@neomin.org.

Needle-crafts store

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With Needle in Hand, a new retailer in Boardman offering embroidery and needlepoint supplies, will have a grand opening today and Saturday. A ribbon- cutting will be at 10 a.m. today. The store is at 7330 Southern Blvd., Suite 5.

Yogurt store opens

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Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt is celebrating its grand opening at 813 Boardman-Poland Road in the Presidential Square shopping center Saturday and Sunday. The festivities take place both days from 2 to 5 p.m.

Home health agency

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Legacy Visiting Health Services, a new home health-care agency that offers care for extended-hour and short-term-visit cases, will have a ribbon- cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. today. The event will take place at the company’s office at 7330 Southern Blvd., Suite 7.

Sales agreements for homes increase

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The Ohio Association of Realtors reported Thursday the number of single-family homes and condominiums with pending sales agreements in June rose for the 14th-consecutive month.

A pending sale or a sale “under agreement” is when the buyer and seller agree on terms of the sale of a home and have a signed purchase and sales agreement but have yet to close it.

Vindicator staff reports