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Fuel promotion

YOUNGSTOWN

Sunoco’s 2016 Free Fuel 5000 promotion is coming to Ohio this week.

Sunoco representatives will stop in cities and towns throughout the state through Tuesday to reward drivers displaying a Sunoco decal on their vehicle. Winners will receive a $10 Sunoco gas card and be entered into a drawing to win $5,000 in free Sunoco fuel.

Local participating stations are in Austintown, Campbell, Canfield, Columbiana, Girard, Hubbard, Lisbon, Niles, Vienna and Youngstown.

For information, visit the Sunoco LP website at www.SunocoLP.com.

YWCA gets grant

YOUNGSTOWN

YWCA of Youngstown received a $5,000 grant from the Senators Maurice and Florence Lipscher Charitable Trust to help low-income members of the community learn skills to be used in the construction industry.

The YWCA of Youngstown Job Skills program works to develop a viable community by providing education and training for individuals so they may secure employment or pursue further education.

Sales-tax holiday

YOUNGSTOWN

The Ohio Department of Taxation reminds shoppers of the sales-tax holiday to take place from Aug. 5 through 7.

The holiday was enacted by Senate Bill 264.

During the holiday, these items are exempt from sales and use tax: clothing priced at $75 per item or less; school supplies priced at $20 per item or less; and school instructional material priced at $20 per item or less.

Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales-tax holiday.

No auction winner

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The online auction of the former Cafaro Co. headquarters at 2445 Belmont Ave. ended Wednesday, but no winner has been announced because Cafaro and the buyer are in negotiations, a company spokesman said.

The building of about 44,000 square feet sits on 3.59 acres.

The southern half of the former Cafaro headquarters was built in 1965, and the northern half was built in 1980.

The sale price on the building was listed at $2.6 million.

Edward J. Lewis Inc. is the broker on the sale. In June, the Cafaro Co. entered into an auction agreement to sell the land, building and contents of its former Youngstown headquarters with Ten-X, an online real-estate transaction marketplace.

Investment planned

WARREN

The Western Reserve Port Authority’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to invest $25,000 per year over the next four years to the Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center in Warren. The money will be used as local match to leverage grant investment for entrepreneurial counseling and other services for business startups in the emerging energy sector. The first disbursement will be presented during the TBEIC July Board meeting, today.