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People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY ...

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY ...

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY ...

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY ...

People watch fireworks during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


People ice skate in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

People ice skate in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown ...

People ice skate in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Jumane McKinney, 10, of Cleveland, left, and Effie Dawson, 14, of Liberty, drum with Harambee inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Jumane McKinney, 10, of Cleveland, left, and Effie Dawson, 14, ...

Jumane McKinney, 10, of Cleveland, left, and Effie Dawson, 14, of Liberty, drum with Harambee inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Alexa Shook, 5, of Canfield, looks at herself in a mirror after getting her face painted by Sara Siegfried, with The Laughing Ladybug, inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Alexa Shook, 5, of Canfield, looks at herself in a ...

Alexa Shook, 5, of Canfield, looks at herself in a mirror after getting her face painted by Sara Siegfried, with The Laughing Ladybug, inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS ...


Isabella Shook, 8, of Canfield, gets her face painted by Gloria Siegfried, with The Laughing Ladybug, inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Isabella Shook, 8, of Canfield, gets her face painted by ...

Isabella Shook, 8, of Canfield, gets her face painted by Gloria Siegfried, with The Laughing Ladybug, inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Alexa Shook, 5, of Canfield, looks at herself in a mirror after getting her face painted by Sara Siegfried, with The Laughing Ladybug, inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Alexa Shook, 5, of Canfield, looks at herself in a ...

Alexa Shook, 5, of Canfield, looks at herself in a mirror after getting her face painted by Sara Siegfried, with The Laughing Ladybug, inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS ...


Jumane McKinney, 10, of Cleveland, left, and Effie Dawson, 14, of Liberty, drum with Harambee inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Jumane McKinney, 10, of Cleveland, left, and Effie Dawson, 14, ...

Jumane McKinney, 10, of Cleveland, left, and Effie Dawson, 14, of Liberty, drum with Harambee inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Michael Roy Baldridge makes an origami flower while Lily Sardich, 8, of Boardman, watches inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Michael Roy Baldridge makes an origami flower while Lily Sardich, ...

Michael Roy Baldridge makes an origami flower while Lily Sardich, 8, of Boardman, watches inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


From left, Pastor Dawan Buie, Joshua Reichard, dressed as Snape, Maria Reichard, 13, dressed as Moaning Myrtle, and Olivia Reichard, 10, dressed as Luna Lovegood, pose for a photo at the Harry Potter Experience inside Trinity United Methodist Church during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

From left, Pastor Dawan Buie, Joshua Reichard, dressed as Snape, ...

From left, Pastor Dawan Buie, Joshua Reichard, dressed as Snape, Maria Reichard, 13, dressed as Moaning Myrtle, and Olivia Reichard, 10, dressed as Luna Lovegood, pose for a photo at the Harry Potter Experience inside ...


Abbe Studer, of Massillon, Ohio, makes wands at the Harry Potter Experience inside Trinity United Methodist Church during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Abbe Studer, of Massillon, Ohio, makes wands at the Harry ...

Abbe Studer, of Massillon, Ohio, makes wands at the Harry Potter Experience inside Trinity United Methodist Church during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Said Atway, of Columbus, ice skates with his kids Leyann Atway, 4, and A.J. Atway, 9, in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Said Atway, of Columbus, ice skates with his kids Leyann ...

Said Atway, of Columbus, ice skates with his kids Leyann Atway, 4, and A.J. Atway, 9, in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Said Atway, of Columbus, ice skates with his kids Leyann Atway, 4, and A.J. Atway, 9, in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Said Atway, of Columbus, ice skates with his kids Leyann ...

Said Atway, of Columbus, ice skates with his kids Leyann Atway, 4, and A.J. Atway, 9, in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Jaietta Jackson, of Youngstown, puts her name into the Goblet of Fire at the Harry Potter Experience inside Trinity United Methodist Church during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Jaietta Jackson, of Youngstown, puts her name into the Goblet ...

Jaietta Jackson, of Youngstown, puts her name into the Goblet of Fire at the Harry Potter Experience inside Trinity United Methodist Church during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Nathan Singley, of Austintown, poses for a photo at the Harry Potter Experience inside Trinity United Methodist Church during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Nathan Singley, of Austintown, poses for a photo at the ...

Nathan Singley, of Austintown, poses for a photo at the Harry Potter Experience inside Trinity United Methodist Church during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


Aric Smith, 14, of Youngstown, drums with Harambee inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

Aric Smith, 14, of Youngstown, drums with Harambee inside 20 ...

Aric Smith, 14, of Youngstown, drums with Harambee inside 20 Federal Place during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR


A.J. Atway, 9, left, and Leyann Atway, 4, ice skate with their dad Said Atway, all of Columbus, in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR

A.J. Atway, 9, left, and Leyann Atway, 4, ice skate ...

A.J. Atway, 9, left, and Leyann Atway, 4, ice skate with their dad Said Atway, all of Columbus, in Covelli Centre during First Night Youngstown Monday night. EMILY MATTHEWS | THE VINDICATOR