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Chemical Bank

YOUNGSTOWN

Chemical Bank employees used their banking knowledge last month to encourage and inspire more than 8,800 students in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana to become lifelong savers as part of National Financial Literacy Month and National Teach Children to Save Day.

Employment training

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership, 1325 Fifth Ave., has scheduled the dates and times of its information sessions for the Employment Skills and Training Program of 2017.

They are: 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. today; Monday-Thursday; and May 22-May 25.

The information sessions give an outline of what is covered in the class, details of the program and what is expected from each participant. Candidates interested in the first free training class scheduled to begin May 31 must attend only one of the informational sessions. Class space is limited.

New members in Builders Association

YOUNGSTOWN

American National Glass & Architectural Metal and Gilbert’s Risk Solutions are the newest members of the Builders Association of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

American National Glass & Architectural Metal LLC based in Hubbard specializes in custom shower glass, residential glass, commercial glass, replacement windows, patio doors and sliders.

Operating out of downtown Sharon, Pa., for 160 years, Gilbert’s Risk Solutions offers personal and commercial insurance, industry-specific plans, third-party administration and employee-benefits management.

Moms get a cookie

YOUNGSTOWN

Eat’n Park Restaurants is celebrating motherhood with a free Smiley Cookie for all moms who visit on Mother’s Day, Sunday. The promotion lasts all day Sunday at all Eat’n Park locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

To find your closest Eat’n Park restaurant, visit www.eatnpark.com.

New contract

WARREN

Union members at Ohio Star Forge Co., an automotive supplier in Warren, ratified a new, six-year contract Wednesday. The 83-member United Steel Workers Local 2243 overwhelmingly voted in favor of the agreement. The vote count was 69 voting yes and 11 voting no.

The agreement includes wage increases, increases in vacation, holiday time and personal time and a $1,500 signing bonus, a union official said.

Bike to Work

WARREN

The Bike to Work Warren Committee will have the sixth annual Bike to Work breakfast event May 19. Residents and employees of Trumbull County are invited to bike to work or elsewhere, stopping for a free continental breakfast at the Log Cabin West of Courthouse Square in Warren from 6 to 9 a.m. T-shirts will be available to the first 100 cyclists with the opportunity to win other prizes and giveaway items.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1231.080.26

Aqua America, .71 31.660.36

Avalon Holdings,2.45-0.19

Chemical Bank, .2748.77-0.43Community Health Sys. 10.20 0.40

Cortland Bancorp, .2818.70-0.03

Farmers Nat., .1614.550.00

First Energy, 1.44 28.850.09

Fifth/Third, .5224.63-0.21

FirstMerit Corp.,--

First Niles Financial, .1210.500.00

FNB Corp., .4814.590.00

General Motors, 1.5234.22-0.04

General Electric, .9228.70-0.23

Huntington Bank, .28 12.90-0.03

iHeartMedia Inc.,2.00-0.20

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9287.430.68

Key Corp, .3418.500.03

LaFarge, .34--

Macy’s, 1.51 29.350.05

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 159.23-0.02

PNC, 2.20122.420.46

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.60165.633.17

Stoneridge 17.99-0.21

United Comm. Fin., .12 8.380.06

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