Parking-deck gate

Parking-deck gate

Youngstown

Mahoning County commissioners Tuesday approved spending $3,750 for a new electric parking-deck gate and $4,435 for removal and replacement of a buckling and cracking sidewalk and curb at Oakhill Renaissance Place.

The gate will be provided by Youngstown Fence Inc., and the concrete work in the Head Start playground area will be preformed by CML Concrete Construction of Youngstown. Both companies provided the lowest of three quotes for the jobs.

Head Start is a tenant at Oakhill, the former Forum Health Southside Medical Center at 345 Oak Hill Ave.

“These are safety issues that we have to continue to fix because, if you have somebody fall on that sidewalk, then, of course, there’s a tentative issue that we can be sued,” said Carol Rimedio-Righetti, chairwoman of the commissioners.

Street closings

Youngstown

The Green Cathedral Half Marathon, 5K and Kid’s Run will affect these streets from 7:45 a.m. to noon Sunday: Belle Vista Avenue will be closed between McCollum Road and Calvary Run Drive; McCollum Road will be closed between Bears Den Road and Belle Vista Avenue; Leyton and Branford drives will both be closed at McCollum Road; and Kiwatha Road will be closed at Onista Lane, Anoka Lane and Ferndale Avenue.

McCollum, Belle Vista, and Leyton and Branford drives will be closed only for a short time.

Residents will be allowed access with Youngstown Police Department assistance during that time.

Board to meet

Girard

The Girard Board of Appeals will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. today in council chambers at city hall, 100 W. Main St.

Counterfeit money

AUSTINTOWN

Township police are investigating two incidents in which counterfeit money was used to purchase products and to almost purchase a money order.

The first incident occurred at the GetGo service station on Mahoning Avenue where the store manager discovered a counterfeit $20 bill in the drawer Monday, according to police.

On the same day, another incident occurred at the Pilot service station on Canfield-Niles Road, where a man attempted to buy a money order with four $100 bills. The associate told the man there was a fee for the money order, and the bills appeared to be fake.

The man left the store, but there is surveillance video of him.

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