City Design Review Committee to meet

City Design Review Committee to meet

YOUNGSTOWN

The city’s Design Review Committee will meet at 9 a.m. today.

On the agenda is a request by Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts for a proposed hot dog shop at 34 N. Phelps St., the former location of the Old Precinct restaurant.

Also, the Rust Belt Brewing Co. is seeking approval for window exterior improvements and signs at Erie Terminal Place, 112 W. Commerce St., Suite D, and the owners of the Mahoning Plaza at 3309 Mahoning Ave. want permission to renovate its exterior, replace and clean up glass on empty store fronts, and repair and paint parking lot lights and poles.

Man arrested in theft

NEWTON FALLS

Police arrested a 19-year-old Newton Falls man who is accused of breaking into a Milton Boulevard store and pharmacy, and stealing more than $900 in merchandise.

Alec D. Gatrell is charged with breaking and entering, theft and criminal damaging.

He was arraigned Monday in Newton Falls Municipal Court and is in Trumbull County jail.

At 5 a.m. Monday, police responded to an alarm at Shopko, 2300 Milton Blvd., and noticed the front-door glass had been broken out and merchandise had been taken from the store.

Police Chief Gene Fixler said responding officers then used “good old-fashioned police work,” tracking the footprints left in frost on the ground to catch the suspect.

Police also recovered the stolen merchandise.

Pizzeria is robbed for 2nd time in 3 days

WARREN

Carmen’s Pizza, 1861 Youngstown Road SE, was robbed a second time in less than three days.

The second robbery was at 8:46 p.m. Friday in which a person attempted to rob the restaurant but got nothing. The robber was using a car.

Police provided no other information about the robbery, but it involved either a weapon or a threat of a weapon.

At 8:38 p.m. last Tuesday, a male with a handgun robbed the restaurant of $340 in cash and got away.

Police also investigated a 9:07 p.m. Friday armed robbery at Caesar’s Restaurant, 2801 W. Market St. In that incident, a person took about $190 from a cash register and fled north.

Discussion on using the arts to convey faith

LIBERTY

Jewish/Christian Studies/North meets Wednesday at Temple El-Emeth, 3970 Logan Way, to discuss the use of arts to convey faith in Jewish, Christian, Islam, Hindu and Baha’i traditions.

The group gathers at 12:30 p.m., and the study starts at 1.

The Rev. Andrew Gromm of St. Michael Orthodox Church in Youngstown will speak on Orthodox tradition.

2nd suspicious fire on Warren’s Front Street

WARREN

The Warren Fire Department is investigating a second suspicious fire on Front Street Southwest in three days.

Firefighters received a call at 890 Front St. SW at 1:49 a.m. Sunday and found the 21/2-story home on fire.

The home’s roof and stairs were incinerated, causing $22,000 in damage — a total loss, said Ken Nussle, Warren fire chief.

The only thing that didn’t burn was the basement, which contained hundreds of tires.

The home is owned by Steve Westfall of Leland, N.C., and has been vacant for a long time.

The home is four doors down from 855 Front, which burned at 10:37 a.m. Thursday.