Painting the plaza

Painting the plaza

YOUNGSTOWN

An event is planned at 1 p.m. today for the painting of a plaza at 2905 Glenwood Ave. as part of a community project to revitalize the Glenwood Avenue Corridor.

Funds for painting the plaza, which houses Soul Food Sensations, a local restaurant, and Concepts of Learning, a neighborhood day-care facility, was supported through a grant provided by Keep Ohio Beautiful and Sherwin Williams.

Representatives from Green Youngstown (Youngstown Litter & Recycling), Keep Ohio Beautiful, Sherwin Williams, and Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. will also be at the building.

Information session

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership is looking for individuals who are interested in learning work-related skills to obtain and maintain employment.

An information session will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Monday and next Tuesday, at MYCAP Youngstown Office, 1325 Fifth Ave. These sessions will give a general overview about the class and what is expected from each participant.

The Workforce Development Program will begin Sept. 8, at the MYCAP office. The program will teach participants useful skills that employers want and employees need to be successful. Potential candidates must be a Mahoning County resident of 18 years of age or older, graduated with a high school diploma or GED, and committed to six weeks of classroom instruction.

For information, contact MYCAP at 330-747-7921, ext. 1190 or ext. 1724, or visit www.my-cap.org.

Theft reports

WARREN

Police in Bazetta and Champion townships are urging residents of North Park Avenue and Geauga-Portage Easterly, Housel-Craft and Johnson-Plank roads to take extra precautions because of theft reports in recent weeks.

There have been numerous thefts from vehicles and sheds and thefts of motor vehicles and all-terrain vehicles, according to a post on the Bazetta Police Facebook page. On Friday, deputies with the Trumbull County sheriff’s office investigated three four-wheelers having been stolen during the night on Housel Craft Road in Champion.

A neighbor scared off a man July 18 who was rummaging through a vehicle in the 300 block of Johnson Plank Road in Bazetta, police said. Most of the thefts have occurred in the early-morning hours.

Police urge residents to remove all valuables from their vehicles and lock them.

Outdoor sheds and garages should be locked, and alarms should be set.

Street will be closed

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East Federal Street will be closed between Market Street/Wick Avenue, and Walnut Street and Champion Street will be closed between Commerce and Boardman streets from 6 p.m. Thursday through 11 p.m. Sunday for the 2014 Spanish Heritage Festival which runs Friday through Sunday.

Meeting planned

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The city school district will meet at 5 p.m. today at the board offices, 20 W. Wood Street, to act on the proposed employment of Janice Turnbull, who retired as a teacher. She would be employed in the same position. In June, the board conducted a public meeting on Turnbull’s proposed employment as a retiree.

Home destroyed

YOUNGSTOWN

A vacant 1049 Bryn Mawr Ave. home on the East Side was destroyed in a fire about 5 a.m. Sunday, reports said.

Crews who were called out by a neighbor found the home totally engulfed in flames, reports said, and they had to deploy to protect surrounding homes.

Damage is listed at $7,160. The cause is under investigation.

Committee to meet

AUSTINTOWN

The Mahoning County Solid Waste Management District’s policy committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. today at the Mahoning County District Board of Health, 50 Westchester Drive.

Military items stolen

AUSTINTOWN

Several military items were stolen Sunday from a home in the township.

Taken from a home on Georgetown Place were one National Guard uniform, military documents, and a semi-automatic .45-caliber pistol. The thefts occurred sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 7:33 p.m. According to police, there were no signs of forced entry.

DLZ Block Watch

YOUNGSTOWN

The DLZ Block Watch meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 388 E. Midlothian Blvd.

Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally, park director Bob Burke and Councilman John R. Swierz, D-7th, will be in attendance.

The meeting, open to all city residents, will cover several topics of discussion including proposed upgrades at Pemberton Park. The block-watch group urges neighborhood residents to attend to support the efforts to improve the park.

Opening reception

WARREN

The opening reception for the Mahoningside Mural Project will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Trumbull Art Gallery, 158 North Park Ave. It is open to the public.

Mural submissions will be displayed for community voting to determine the artist whose work will be rendered on the retaining wall at the former Mahoningside Power Plant on Summit Street Northwest. Voting will close Aug. 31, which is when the final selection will be made.

Report of lost cash

WARREN

A 74-year-old Champion man reported losing $2,700 in cash at the Mahoning Avenue Giant Eagle on Friday morning.

The man said he used some of the money at 10:51 a.m. to purchase items at the register, put the remaining money in his shirt pocket, then left the store and loaded the groceries into his car.

“He said that was the last time he saw his money,” a Warren police report says.

The man was advised to talk to the store manager to see if store video surveillance equipment would show what happened.