Holiday event

Holiday event

NEW CASTLE, PA.

A “Holly, Jolly Holiday” event in New Castle will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday and will begin at The Confluence, 214 E. Washington St.

The event is an interactive journey through historic downtown that will include stations with entertainment, ethnic foods and crafts. Participants can collect tickets during their journey for a gift basket raffle at the close of the event.

The event is free. It is co-sponsored by the New Castle Downtown Merchants, New Visions of Lawrence County, Refresh Dental and the New Castle Downtown Business Association.

Village lighting set

POLAND

The sixth annual Lighting of the Village event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the village. Peterson Park will be lighted at 5:30 p.m.

The bookstore inside the library, 311 S. Main St., will have a sale from 5 to 7 p.m. The library will have Christmas crafts from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and Christmas stories and songs from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m.

The Cafe at Wittenauer’s, 122 S. Main St., will have cookie decorating for children from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Kravitz Deli inside the library will offer complimentary cookies and hot cider from 1 to 7 p.m.

Carols, refreshments, horse-drawn carriage rides, crafts, Santa Claus and the tree lighting will be near the village hall gazebo during the entire event, which is free.

Christmas vigil

YOUNGSTOWN

The Polish Arts Club of Youngstown will host a traditional Wigilia, or “Christmas vigil” for the public beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Brier Hill Cultural Center, 145 Jefferson St. The program will feature a social hour, a traditional meatless dinner and the singing of traditional Polish carols.

Traditional dishes featured include mushroom soup; bigos, a dish consisting of sauerkraut and mushrooms; poppy seed and pasta; and fried or broiled fish. The meal is intended to help participants prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

The social hour is set for 4 to 5 p.m., the dinner from 5 to 6 and entertainment from 6:30 to 8. A 50-50 raffle and basket raffle will be offered. Admission is $25 for adults, $10 for children between 4 and 12, and free for children younger than 4. For information, contact Sandra Cika, club president, at 202-297-0362.

Altiere will run

WARREN

Thomas Altiere, who has been Trumbull County sheriff for 22 years, has changed his mind about walking away from the job at the end of 2015 and now says he would like another term.

“I had some job offers, but I thought, ‘I love what I do.’ What if I take another job and I don’t like it?” he said Wednesday.

Altiere, 65, has been saying since 2012 that the current term would be his last, but he now says he’ll be on the ballot in the spring.

Several other people also have said they will run, including retired Warren police officer Joe O’Grady and Paul Monroe, Howland police chief.

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