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Auction planned

YOUNGSTOWN

The online auction of the former Cafaro Co. headquarters, located at 2445 Belmont Ave., will be July 25.

The auction will take place from July 25 through July 27 on Ten-X.com.

At the end of May, the Cafaro Co. relocated its 200 employees to a new headquarters at its flagship Eastwood Mall Complex in Niles.

YNGAir group

VIENNA

The nonprofit group YNGAir Partners is solidifying its mission to support the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport by challenging regional businesses to support the airline funding effort.

Starting July 1, Great Lakes JetExpress, operated by ADI, will begin daily regional jet service to Chicago. YNGAir is tasked to secure financial support to ensure the new service is successful. Contributions will help increase the marketing efforts from the already issued federal revenue guarantee program grant and assist in growing the new service.

For information or to make a contribution, go to the organization’s website: http://yngairpartners.org.

BMV to take cards

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles says its deputy registrars will soon accept credit cards as payment, after years of people requesting that as an option.

By Friday, Ohioans at any of the 190 deputy registrar sites should be able to use credit cards for driver’s license and vehicle registration renewals and other transactions.

Previously, only checks and cash were accepted because the bureau hadn’t been allowed to pass along to customers the fees charged for using credit cards. State lawmakers changed those restrictions. BMV customers using credit cards now will be charged $1.25 or 1.95 percent, whichever is greater.

Brown seeks info

WASHINGTON

U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Cleveland, and Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, on Tuesday pressed Walmart, Green Dot Corp., and MasterCard to explain a recent system outage that purportedly blocked thousands of customers of Walmart-brand prepaid debit cards from accessing their money.

Area could be hub for new air industry

COLUMBUS

On the heels of the Federal Aviation Administration’s release of finalized rules for unmanned aircraft systems last week, state Rep. John Boccieri of Poland, D-59th, a military and commercial pilot, said the federal government’s support for innovation in this growing industry can help Northeast Ohio bolster its production and maintenance of aerospace technology.

The Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Technology Committee, a state committee organized to help promote the aerospace industry, heard last Thursday from small businesses and manufacturers who envision Ohio as a thriving hub for unmanned aircraft research and production.

Staff/wire reports