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Poland's first student director is shining star

Poland Players Director Candy Fonagy and student director/actor Noah Landry share a hug at a recent rehearsal for “White Christmas.” Landry stepped in to direct the play when Fonagy was out due to an illness.

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BUSINESS DIGEST ||

Ribbon-cutting event at High Octane Coffee BOARDMAN High Octane Coffee Co. at 695 Boardman-

Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Steven and Alysia Cappitte, Salem, girl, Nov. 28. Mark

METRO DIGEST || Toys-for-tickets plan

Toys-for-tickets plan YOUNGSTOWN Disney On Ice is partnering with Making Kids Count to help area

CD RATES

CD RATES The table shows the annual percentage yield as of Wednesday. All yields given in percent.

Selected local stocks

Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Alcoa Inc., .1241.19-2.11 Aqua America, .71

Conservatives slam GOP proposal to increase taxes

Conservatives slam GOP proposal to increase taxes WASHINGTON Conservative groups and lawmakers

Holiday concerts

Holiday concerts STRUTHERS Struthers City Schools will present annual holiday winter concerts

Supreme Court is concerned about erosion of privacy in digital age

Associated Press WASHINGTON Worried about the erosion of privacy amid technological advances,

Bitcoin surges past $10K, then plunges

Associated Press LONDON The price of bitcoin surged through $10,000 Wednesday, adding to its

Consumers ready to spend this holiday season – right?

Associated Press Americans, by most measures, appear ready to shop this holiday season. Consumer

washington Trump draws fire over anti-Muslim retweets

Associated Press WASHINGTON Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign

Haley: N. Korea ‘brings us closer to war’ US doesn’t seek

Associated Press WASHINGTON The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that North

Facing pressure, House OKs anti-harassment training

Associated Press WASHINGTON Pressured to respond to burgeoning sexual misconduct allegations,

New, long-acting drugs cut frequency of migraines

Associated Press New, long-acting drugs may hold hope for millions of people who often suffer

Vatican defends pope

Associated Press YANGON, MYANMAR The Vatican on Wednesday defended Pope Francis after human-

Arrest of possible killer puts neighborhood at ease

Associated Press TAMPA, FLA. After enduring almost two months of fear, a Tampa neighborhood

UPDATE | Matt Lauer is fired at NBC, accused of crude misconduct

Lauer is second morning television show personality to lose his job because of sexual misconduct charges in a week.

Ryan wants Congress to make changes to sexual harassment policy

He said the House’s most-senior member should resign if an investigation shows he sexually harassed women.

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Trumbull coroner seeks budget increase to hire 2nd forensic pathologist

The coroner told county commissioners Tuesday that he has tried for two years to hire a second one to help him manage the huge workload brought on by the opiate crisis and has gotten “not a single bite.”