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Nominations sought for 25 Under 35

YOUNGSTOWN

Nominations are being accepted for the 2016-17 25 Under 35 Awards. The Mahoning Valley Young Professionals, in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, presents the 25 Under 35 Awards.

The awards program honors the Mahoning Valley’s best and brightest young professionals. Each honoree will be recognized at an awards ceremony, set for Feb. 9 at Stambaugh Auditorium.

Nominees must be between age 21 and 35, and may not exceed 35 years of age as of Monday. Nominees must live and/or work primarily in Columbiana, Mahoning or Trumbull counties.

Applications for the 25 Under 35 Awards are available by visiting www.MVYPClub.com.

Residents reminded to call before digging

YOUNGSTOWN

Dominion East Ohio is reminding customers that Ohio law requires the general public and contractors to call 811 at least two business days, but no more than 10 business days, before any digging project to have underground utility lines marked. This will help ensure safe excavation.

Promoting the Call 811 and other pipeline safety messages has helped the company reduce third-party dig-ins by 50 percent over the past nine years, company officials say.

When calling 811, the general public and contractors are connected to the Ohio Utility Protection Service, the local one-call center, which notifies the appropriate utility companies of their intent to dig.

Lowellville to receive $500K for road work

LOWELLVILLE

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, announced Wednesday that the Appalachian Regional Commission approved $500,000 for the village to build an access road extension from McGaffney Avenue to Lowellville’s industrial park project.

In addition to these federal funds, the road extension project will leverage $800,000 in private investment. It is estimated this construction will help create at least five full-time jobs.

Howard Hanna web pages available in 100 languages

CLEVELAND

Howard Hanna has made its estimated 10 million web pages available in 100 languages on HowardHanna.com.

The nation’s third-largest real-estate company said in a news release that the goal of adding translations to the website is not only to make the American dream of home ownership accessible to those who may not speak English as a first language, but also to keep pace with a changing digital landscape.

Officials: Hot tub caused 2015 wildfire

SAN FRANCISCO

A hot tub’s faulty wiring ignited one of California’s most-destructive wildfires, a blaze that killed four people, sent four firefighters to the hospital and destroyed more than 1,300 homes last year, officials said Wednesday.

Staff/wire report

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1232.67.01

Aqua America, .71 10.33 —.02

Avalon Holdings,3.06—.04

Cortland Bancorp, .2815.00.00

Farmers Nat., .169.54 —.16

First Energy, 1.44 32.71—.13

Fifth/Third, .5219.09—.31

FirstMerit Corp., .6821.37 —.22

First Niles Financial, .128.25.00

FNB Corp., .4812.33—.05

General Motors, 1.5231.25.18

General Electric, .9231.27—.03

Huntington Bank, .28 9.54—.16

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.2538 .02

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9265.28—.59

Key Corp, .3412.12—.12

LaFarge, .3417.57 .00

Macy’s, 1.51 34.00.22

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 122.17.24

PNC, 2.0485.39—.86

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.40218.98—1.65

Stoneridge 17.43 —.23

Talmer Bank, .20 22.09.02

United Comm. Fin., .10 6.75—.06

Selected prices from Wednesday’s 4 p.m. close.