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Super Bowl raffle

YOUNGSTOWN

The United Way of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley, in partnership with the NFL Alumni, is having a 2014 Super Bowl raffle for a trip for two to Super Bowl XLVIII in New York City on Feb. 2, 2014, or a $5,000 cash prize.

There also will be a $1,000 second prize and a $500 third prize.

Tickets are on sale for $100 each. No more than 250 tickets will be sold. The prize winners will be announced at the United Way Holiday Basketball Classic on Dec. 14 at Poland Seminary High School during halftime of the final game. Winners need not be present.

For information or to purchase tickets, call 330-746-8494 or visit www.ymv-unitedway.org. Proceeds benefit the 2013 United Way fundraising campaign.

Closing for sale

Warren

The Warren-Trumbull County Library Main Branch, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, will be closed Saturday to accommodate the Friends of the Warren Library Book Sale. Branch libraries in Brookfield, Cortland, Howland and Liberty will be open regular hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Italian Fest closings

YOUNGSTOWN

The 2013 Greater Youngstown Italian Festival, sponsored by the Italian Heritage Festival of Youngstown, will affect the following streets from 4 a.m. Wednesday through 7 a.m. Aug. 5: Central Square, at Market Street and Wick Avenue, and Champion Street will be closed from Boardman to Commerce streets; and Federal Street will be closed from Phelps Street to Walnut Street.

Mural dedication

YOUNGSTOWN

A mural on the south side of 519 Market St. that celebrates the city’s downtown nightlife will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Christian Mrosko of Liberty, who painted the mural, will attend the event. The mural is on the Larew Building, formerly Gollan’s Honda Motorcycle Sales.

The mural, which cost about $15,000, is a gift from Richard Billak, who is retiring in December as Community Corrections Association Inc.’s chief executive officer. Billak co-founded the halfway house on Market Street in 1974.

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