Mother’s Day event

Mother’s Day event

MERCER

Grove City Premium Outlets, 1911 Leesburg Grove City Road, invites moms to celebrate Mother’s Day at its “Indulge, Fashion + Fun for Moms” event from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday. The event provides deals and activities, including a fashion tote for the first 100 guests, red carpet and photos at the event’s “Selfie” station, wine sampling and light refreshments from local eateries, participation prize from the auction to benefit the Simon Youth Organization, complimentary blood-pressure screenings and a contest to win one of five spa packages valued at $500.

Guests also will have the opportunity to mingle with area fashion bloggers. During the event, a “Blogger Challenge” will take place, in which four bloggers will showcase their favorite summer trend for under $50. The public will vote for their favorite trend, and the winning blogger will receive a grand prize.

Safety grants

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer announced 55 Ohio employers will receive more than $1.5 million in safety intervention grants to purchase machinery and equipment that will improve safety in their workplaces.

Ohio private and public employers are eligible for safety intervention grants, which include a 3-to-1 matching amount up to a maximum of $40,000. The grant dollars will go to employers in 38 counties representing 10 industries, including commercial, construction, manufacturing, service and transportation. No grants were awarded in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.

Healthy Families Act

WASHINGTON

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland, is pushing to pass the Healthy Families Act in Congress that would allow workers to earn up to seven days per year in paid sick time. According to Brown’s office, about 45 percent of the Ohio workforce has no paid sick leave, while more than 8,800 Ohioans were hospitalized because of the flu this year.

“No one should have to choose between a paycheck and a sick child, or taking care of her health,” Brown said in a statement.

Trace amount of drilling fluid found in water well

Toxic fluids used in drilling and hydraulic fracturing likely escaped an unlined borehole and migrated thousands of feet into a residential drinking-water supply in Pennsylvania, according to a study published Monday.

At least three water wells in Bradford County, located in the heart of the Marcellus Shale drilling boom, were found to be contaminated with dangerous levels of methane and other substances in 2010. The incident was one of several involving Chesapeake Energy that prompted state environmental regulators to levy a record $1 million fine against the driller in May 2011.

Penn State University researchers detected in one of the water wells a minute amount of a chemical compound often found in drilling and fracking fluids, according to the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .61, 26.92 .20

Avalon Holdings,3.60—.02

Clear Channel, .46 21.35 —.50

Cortland Bancorp, 15.25.20

Farmers Nat., .128.20 —.06

First Energy, 1.44, 36.65.40

Fifth/Third, .5220.44.20

FirstMerit Corp., .64,19.24 .27

First Niles Financial, .32,8.50.00

FNB Corp., .48,13.13.09

General Motors, 1.2035.40—.02

General Electric, .88,27.27—.04

Huntington Bank, .20, 11.05.16

JP Morgan Chase, 1.60,64.711.10

Key Corp, .26,14.62.22

LaFarge, 18.42 .09

Macy’s, 1.25, 65.29.22

Parker Hannifin, 1.92, 121.64.94

PNC, 1.92,93.271.27

RTI Intl. Metals,39.32—.30

Simon Prop. Grp.,5.20,183.29—.88

Stoneridge 12.18 .03

Talmer Bank, 15.74.08

United Comm. Fin., .04 5.48.02

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.