Forum scheduled

Forum scheduled

YOUNGSTOWN

Councilman Mike Ray is inviting businesses in the city’s 4th Ward to attend a forum with city officials and business organizations at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Mill Creek MetroParks’ D.D. and Velma Davis Education & Visitor Center, 123 McKinley Ave.

Those invited to speak and meet with businesses including Mayor John A. McNally, the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, the West Side Merchants & Civic Association and Youngstown State University’s Small Business Development Center.

“It provides business owners a great opportunity to interface with city leaders and professional organizations that may be able to help them,” said Ray, D-4th. For information, contact Ray at 330-502-3670 or by email at mikeray@cityofyoungstownoh.com.

Meeting postponed

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown school board meeting planned for today has been canceled and rescheduled for Friday. The rescheduled meeting will include an open caucus at 5:30 p.m. with a regular meeting to follow, during which the board may adjourn to executive session, and will take place at the Irene L. Ward Building, 20 W. Wood St.

Meeting canceled

YOUNGSTOWN

The Relay for Life of Youngstown has canceled its meeting planned for 6:30 p.m. today at the MVR Restaurant. For information, call 888-227-6446, ext. 2226.

Man arrested

boardman

Police served a warrant for arrest to a 43-year-old Boardman man after he was accused of cashing at least 19 stolen checks.

Donald Bagdassarian Jr. of Pine Tree Lane is facing a second-degree felony-burglary charge and a third-degree felony-theft charge.

He is in Mahoning County jail.

The stepson of a 91-year-old man told police in December that his stepfather had at least 19 checks taken from his residence sometime before Sept. 12.

The checks had been forged and cashed at the bank. Altogether, $5,850 was taken.

Police also were told that Bagdassarian did odd jobs around the apartment building that the victim lives in.

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