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Paige & Byrnes

POLAND

Paige & Byrnes Insurance is bringing nearly a century of service history to Poland and surrounding communities with its new location at 30 N. Main St., Suite No. 2.

Paige & Byrnes acquired the Stillson & Donahay Insurance Agency and will now service the agency’s disability, life and health insurance clients and offer personal and business insurance. Current Stillson & Donahay customers will not experience a pause in service because of the acquisition.

Ribbon cutting

BOARDMAN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday for Escape Boardman, 7253 Glenwood Ave., Unit B.

Escape Boardman aims to provide guests with a team-building experience that will test participants’ wit, skills and effectiveness in a group setting. The facility’s escape rooms test puzzle, riddle and clue-finding capabilities and are filled with various clues and distractions to keep guests engaged during their 45- to 60-minute experience.

Sunrise Inn

AUSTINTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday for Sunrise Inn, 5205 Mahoning Ave.

The Austintown and Howland locations are franchises of the original Sunrise Inn of Warren, offering the same Old World and specialty pizzas, deep-dish pizza, garlic chicken, wings, pasta and sandwiches. Guests can eat in or take out, and full catering service is available.

Extended hours

CANFIELD

The Salon at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, 7300 N. Palmyra Road, has announced new and extended hours. The student-run salon will now be open to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday beginning today.

The cosmetology students offer haircuts, styling, hair color, manicures, pedicures, facials and hair removal. Services are performed by the students under the supervision of their licensed instructor with prices starting at $5.

To make an appointment, call the Salon at MCCTC at 330-729-4000, ext. 1310.

US home prices rise

WASHINGTON

U.S. home prices marched steadily higher in November, pushed up by healthy demand for homes and a shrinking supply of available properties.

The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home index, released Tuesday, rose 5.3 percent, slightly faster than October’s gain of 5.1 percent.

So far, home sales have remained healthy even as mortgage rates have risen, suggesting homebuyers are trying to lock down purchases before rates increase further. Americans bought existing homes at the fastest pace in nearly a decade in November. Yet the number of homes for sale has fallen to a 17-year low, fueling bidding wars in many cities.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1236.42-0.12

Aqua America, .71 30.400.53

Avalon Holdings,2.83-0.09

Chemical Bank, .2749.450.63Community Health Sys. 6.41 0.20

Cortland Bancorp, .2818.240.40

Farmers Nat., .1612.620.32

First Energy, 1.44 30.300.48

Fifth/Third, .5226.10-0.23

FirstMerit Corp.,21.610.37

First Niles Financial, .1210.250.00

FNB Corp., .4814.940.12

General Motors, 1.5236.600.27

General Electric, .9229.69-0.27

Huntington Bank, .28 13.53-0.09

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.100.00

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9284.61-1.42

Key Corp, .3417.97-0.10

LaFarge, .3417.570.00

Macy’s, 1.51 29.540.02

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 147.17-0.16

PNC, 2.20120.480.10

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.60183.786.04

Stoneridge 16.430.15

United Comm. Fin., .12 8.510.17

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