Twisted Antiques

Twisted Antiques

NORTH JACKSON

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony at Twisted Antiques, 10946 Mahoning Ave., at 10 a.m. Friday.

Twisted Antiques features a mixture of antiques as well as repurposed and refurbished pieces of all sizes, from hand-held items to large furniture pieces. The store’s vendors and consignors bring different, unique styles to the merchandise.

Twisted Antiques is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. For more information, call 330-885-4464.

Scorchers event

howland

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Scorchers, 3701 Elm Road, at 11 a.m. Friday.

Wings are the main attraction at Scorchers, with 28 sauces and rubs available.

The restaurant started in 1993 in the Akron area, and Scorchers’ Howland location is the first one in Trumbull County.

Scorchers is open from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. During its grand-opening weekend Friday and next Saturday, Scorchers will be offering 50-cent wings.

Manufacturing up

WASHINGTON

U.S. manufacturers expanded in March, ending a five-month streak of declining factory activity.

The Institute for Supply Management said Friday that its manufacturing index rose to 51.8 last month from 49.5 in February. Any reading above 50 signals growth.

The increase suggests that U.S. factories are adapting to turmoil abroad, where a stronger dollar and weakening economies in China, Japan and elsewhere have hurt sales. But the details of the survey-based report were somewhat uneven. New orders and production improved, but the measure of employment at manufacturers contracted in a sign that factories are letting workers go.

N. Korea blocking Facebook, other sites

PYONGYANG, North Korea

North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announcement was posted this week at the country’s main mobile service provider, Koryolink, and other places serving Internet users.

Very few North Koreans have Internet access. Typically they can see only a sealed-off, government-sanctioned intranet.

Construction spending falls

WASHINGTON

U.S. construction spending fell in February by the largest amount in three months. Weakness in nonresidential construction and government offset the strongest month for home construction in more than eight years.

Construction spending fell 0.5 percent in February after a 2.1 percent January gain, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Staff/wire reports