Dollar General opens

Dollar General opens

BOARDMAN

Dollar General will mark the opening of its new store at 4996 Market St. on Saturday with free prizes and special deals.

The first 50 adult shoppers at the store will receive a $10 gift card, and the first 200 shoppers will receive a tote bag and other giveaways.

Family Christian Bookstore moves

BOARDMAN

The nonprofit Family Christian Bookstore is moving its current location on Market Street in Fashion Square to the Shops at Boardman Park by Target.

The store will close at 4 p.m. today and will reopen at 463 Boardman-Canfield Road at 10 a.m. Thursday, according to store manager Chris Berner.

Blue Racer enters long-term agreements

DALLAS

Blue Racer Midstream LLC, a joint venture of Dominion and Caiman Energy II LLC, announced Monday that it entered long-term agreements with some of the Utica Shale’s leading natural-gas producers.

Blue Racer will use its midstream system to gather and process natural-gas liquids produced by Eclipse Resources, Hess Corp., CONSOL Energy Inc. and PDC Energy Inc., the company said in a statement.

The operations will take place in Ohio’s Monroe, Noble, Guernsey, Belmont, Harrison and Carroll counties.

Ohio gas prices relatively steady

COLUMBUS

Ohio drivers trying to keep their gas tanks full during the deep freeze early this week probably won’t notice much change in the price compared with a week ago.

The cost for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was averaging $3.26 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc.

That’s a couple of pennies more than the average last Monday and about 14 cents less than the price at this time last year.

The national average is about $3.28 per gallon, nearly unchanged from a week ago.

Southwest announces international flights

DALLAS

Southwest Airlines Co. is expanding beyond the continental United States with flights to the Caribbean beginning July 1.

The airline began selling tickets Monday for flights to Aruba, the Bahamas and Jamaica from Atlanta, Baltimore and Orlando. Those routes are flown by AirTran Airways, which Southwest bought in 2011.

Southwest carries more passengers in the United States than any airline, but among the largest U.S. carriers, it alone doesn’t fly beyond the nation’s borders. Southwest has been talking about going international for years, but it’s been held back by technological limits to its reservations system, which it has been upgrading.

Later this year, Southwest is expected to take over four AirTran destinations in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

Vindicator staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .61, 23.49 .03

Avalon Holdings,5.49.03

Clear Channel, .61 21.60 .29

Cortland Bancorp, 10.60—.10

Farmers Nat., .126.88 .03

First Energy, 2.20, 30.92—.15

FirstMerit Corp., .64,21.84 —.12

First Niles Financial, .32,6.50.00

First Place Fin., .00.00

FNB Corp., .48,12.24—.14

General Motors,36.81—.02

General Electric, .76,25.13.17

Huntington Bank, .20, 9.37—.05

JP Morgan Chase, 1.52,55.27.17

Key Corp, .22,12.88—.05

LaFarge, 18.18 .17

Macy’s, 1.00, 54.33—.09

Parker Hannifin, 1.80, 114.65.02

PNC, 1.76,80.96—.07

RTI Intl. Metals,31.45—.51

Simon Prop. Grp.,4.60,152.16—1.03

Stoneridge 11.00 —.01

United Community Fin. 3.61.06

Selected prices at 4 p.m. Monday. Provided by Stifel. Not to be construed as an offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security.