Dominion grants
Dominion grants
YOUNGSTOWN
Dominion Resources, parent company of Dominion East Ohio, recently announced that it is providing $15,000 in Critical Community Needs grants to two Mahoning Valley organizations that help feed, shelter and care for people in need. The company is distributing a total $1 million through its charitable foundation, across 12 states this holiday season, including $150,000 to 26 Ohio organizations.
Dominion grant recipients are:
Second Harvest Food Bank, Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, $10,000 for its Youngstown School Pantry Program.
Young Women’s Christian Association of Warren, $5,000 in support of its WINGS homeless shelter.
Secretary of state’s regional office hours
NORTH JACKSON
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced his office’s December regional office hours. Regional liaisons for the secretary of state’s office will be in 26 counties around Ohio including Mahoning.
In Mahoning County, there will be open office hours at the Tri Lakes Library, 13820 Mahoning Ave. in North Jackson from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 9.
The purpose of open office hours is to give local residents an opportunity to learn more about, and stay connected with, the secretary of state’s office in an informal and accessible setting.
Branch office moves
BOARDMAN
Home Mortgage, a direct residential real-estate lender, recently announced the moving of a branch office in Boardman to 1240 Boardman-Canfield Road, Suite 4C, Boardman.
Farmers dividend
CANFIELD
On Tuesday, the board of directors of Farmers National Banc Corp. declared a cash dividend of $0.03 per share. The common stock cash dividend will have a record date of Dec. 11 and is payable to shareholders Dec. 31.
Toyota recalls cars in Europe, Japan for faulty air bags
TOKYO
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 1.6 million vehicles for defective air bags supplied by embattled Japanese manufacturer Takata Corp.
The recall includes 22 models sold in Japan, including the Corolla and Vitz, manufactured from January 2004 through December 2005, as well as vehicles in Italy, Britain and Spain, although those numbers were still unclear. It doesn’t include any vehicles in the U.S.
Takata inflators can explode with too much force, sending out shrapnel. At least eight people have been killed worldwide and hundreds injured.
The problem has led to the recall of 19.2 million vehicles in the U.S., and government regulators are investigating. Millions more may be recalled.
Staff/wire reports