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MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR The Niles McKinley High School band performs during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR The Niles McKinley High ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR The Niles McKinley High School band performs during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Eric Pappada, 14, reaches to catch candy while dressed as a hot dog during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Eric Pappada, 14, reaches ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Eric Pappada, 14, reaches to catch candy while dressed as a hot dog during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Niles McKinley High School 2013 prom Queen and King Elizabeth Hess and Dominic Ficeti laugh during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Niles McKinley High ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Niles McKinley High School 2013 prom Queen and King Elizabeth Hess and Dominic Ficeti laugh during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR 2013 Little Miss Majorette of Ohio, Isabella Rexroad performs during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.

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MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR 2013 Little Miss Majorette of Ohio, Isabella Rexroad performs during the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Chris Petri dances in his hot dog costume in the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Chris Petri dances in ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Chris Petri dances in his hot dog costume in the parade at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Eddie Ware, 5, takes a big bite out of a hot dog at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Eddie Ware, 5, takes ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Eddie Ware, 5, takes a big bite out of a hot dog at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Mary Erb dresses her hot dog in a coffin during the hot dog dressing competition at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday. The hot dog sauce has been in her family for years and been called "Ron's Coffin Sauce" because the recipe will never be released until he dies, hence the coffin.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Mary Erb dresses her ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Mary Erb dresses her hot dog in a coffin during the hot dog dressing competition at the hot dog festival in downtown Niles on Sunday. The hot dog sauce ...


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Nick DeCesare plays bocce during the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Nick DeCesare plays bocce ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Nick DeCesare plays bocce during the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Raymond Cerni, Maria Morocco, Carol, Joe and Vince Cerni watch in anticipation of a shot thrown by Tom Gemma during the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Raymond Cerni, Maria ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Raymond Cerni, Maria Morocco, Carol, Joe and Vince Cerni watch in anticipation of a shot thrown by Tom Gemma during the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR ...


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Maria Morocco and Carol Cerni share a laugh with each other during the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Maria Morocco and ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) Maria Morocco and Carol Cerni share a laugh with each other during the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Mark Stoops laughs with Carol and John Cerni at the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Mark Stoops laughs with ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Mark Stoops laughs with Carol and John Cerni at the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Carmela Cassese speaks in remembrance of her son, Carmine, who passed away Friday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Carmela Cassese speaks in ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Carmela Cassese speaks in remembrance of her son, Carmine, who passed away Friday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Joseph Cassese speaks in remembrance of his father, Carmine, who passed away Friday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Joseph Cassese speaks in ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR Joseph Cassese speaks in remembrance of his father, Carmine, who passed away Friday.


MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) The Cassese Family, Frank, Carmella, Joseph and Joseph at the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) The Cassese Family, ...

MADELYN P. HASTINGS | THE VINDICATOR (L-R) The Cassese Family, Frank, Carmella, Joseph and Joseph at the Cardinal Mooney bocce social at the MVR on Sunday.


Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Army Specialists Lindsay Davis, left, from Broadview Heights, and Kayla Kimball, from Toronto, Ohio, talk Sunday with Kimball's fiance, Ronald Holmes, from Toronto, while he sits in M1087 Expandable Van during the Ohio Army National Guard B Co., 237th Brigade Support Battalion open house at Christy Armory in Austintown. The van is used as a mobile office in the field.

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Army Specialists Lindsay Davis, left, from Broadview ...

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Army Specialists Lindsay Davis, left, from Broadview Heights, and Kayla Kimball, from Toronto, Ohio, talk Sunday with Kimball's fiance, Ronald Holmes, from Toronto, while he sits in M1087 Expandable Van during the ...


Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Sgt. Robert Griffin, from Wooster, explains the uses for a contact truck Sunday to Rebecca Helderman at the Ohio Army National Guard B Co., 237th Brigade Support Battalion open house at Christy Armory in Austintown. A contact truck is used as a mobil maintenance truck for other military vehicles.

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Sgt. Robert Griffin, from Wooster, explains the ...

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Sgt. Robert Griffin, from Wooster, explains the uses for a contact truck Sunday to Rebecca Helderman at the Ohio Army National Guard B Co., 237th Brigade Support Battalion open house at Christy ...


Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Marty Greggo, from Austintown, practices target shooting Sunday with Army Specialist Sean Clancy, from Akron, during the Ohio Army National Guard B Co., 237th Brigade Support Battalion open house at Christy Armory in Austintown. Greggo served with the Ohio Army National Guard from 1955-1967.

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Marty Greggo, from Austintown, practices target shooting ...

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Marty Greggo, from Austintown, practices target shooting Sunday with Army Specialist Sean Clancy, from Akron, during the Ohio Army National Guard B Co., 237th Brigade Support Battalion open house at Christy Armory ...


Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Army Specialist Robert Pluche, from Akron, plays Sunday with his cousin Elizabeth Smith, 7, from Girard, next to an armored humvee at the Ohio Army National Guard B Co., 237th Brigade Support Battalion open house at Christy Armory in Austintown.

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Army Specialist Robert Pluche, from Akron, plays ...

Kelli Cardinal/The Vindicator Army Specialist Robert Pluche, from Akron, plays Sunday with his cousin Elizabeth Smith, 7, from Girard, next to an armored humvee at the Ohio Army National Guard B Co., 237th Brigade Support ...


Marucci & Gaffney Inc. of Youngstown is replacing the city’s Elm Street Bridge over Crandall Run, which carried a daily average of more than 7,000 vehicles. The 94-year-old bridge closed March 4, and its replacement is scheduled to open in mid-November, when the $2.3 million project is completed.

Marucci & Gaffney Inc. of Youngstown is replacing the city’s ...

Marucci & Gaffney Inc. of Youngstown is replacing the city’s Elm Street Bridge over Crandall Run, which carried a daily average of more than 7,000 vehicles. The 94-year-old bridge closed March 4, and its replacement ...


Randy Partika, Mahoning County bridge engineer, checks the underside of the structurally deficient, 1925-vintage Walker Mill Road Bridge over Yellow Creek in Boardman, where concrete is peeling and the bottom layer of reinforcing bars is exposed and rusting. The bridge carries a daily average of 1,880 vehicles and has a truck weight limit reduction.

Randy Partika, Mahoning County bridge engineer, checks the underside of ...

Randy Partika, Mahoning County bridge engineer, checks the underside of the structurally deficient, 1925-vintage Walker Mill Road Bridge over Yellow Creek in Boardman, where concrete is peeling and the bottom layer of reinforcing bars is ...


Water seeps through cracks on the underside of the Walker Mill Road Bridge over Yellow Creek in Boardman. When excess asphalt is removed to reduce bridge deck weight this year, a waterproofing fabric will be applied to the deck to reduce water and road salt penetration and slow the deterioration.

Water seeps through cracks on the underside of the Walker ...

Water seeps through cracks on the underside of the Walker Mill Road Bridge over Yellow Creek in Boardman. When excess asphalt is removed to reduce bridge deck weight this year, a waterproofing fabric will be ...