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ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE - Rusting railroad cars stand …
ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE - Rusting railroad cars stand idle before the shut down steel plants in Youngstown. As communities buckle under mill closings and layoffs, steel companies are turning with mounting urgency and …
THE LONG HAUL - Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail), formed by …
THE LONG HAUL - Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail), formed by the government from the old Penn Central and five other bankrupt carries, recorded a record profit of $97.2 million in the second quarter, after posting …
ONE THE (RAIL)ROAD AGAIN - Perhaps a sign of an …
ONE THE (RAIL)ROAD AGAIN - Perhaps a sign of an economic turnaround, a long line of loaded Conrail Trailvans head west past Leetonia, which can be seen in the background...Photo by Edward A. Shuba - …
Railroad cars off South Avenue - This view is east …
Railroad cars off South Avenue - This view is east of South Avenue Bridge...No date...Photo by Edward A. Shuba.
TRACKS REMOVED - A Conrail crew digs out railroad tracks …
TRACKS REMOVED - A Conrail crew digs out railroad tracks at the Brier Hill Yard as part of the downtown rail relocation project. Once Conrail has removed the tracks from the Brier Hill and Haselton …
Washington All but Ignores Steel Industry's Cries for Help - …
Washington All but Ignores Steel Industry's Cries for Help - this story ran in The Youngstown Vindicator on Sunday April 17, 1983.
TRACKS REMOVED - A Conrail crew digs out railroad tracks …
TRACKS REMOVED - A Conrail crew digs out railroad tracks at the Brier Hill Yard as part of the downtown rail relocation project. Once Conrail has removed the tracks from the Brier Hill and Haselton …
ONE THE (RAIL)ROAD AGAIN - Perhaps a sign of an …
ONE THE (RAIL)ROAD AGAIN - Perhaps a sign of an economic turnaround, a long line of loaded Conrail Trailvans head west past Leetonia, which can be seen in the background...Photo by Edward A. Shuba - …
TRACKS REMOVED - A Conrail crew digs out railroad tracks …
TRACKS REMOVED - A Conrail crew digs out railroad tracks at the Brier Hill Yard as part of the downtown rail relocation project. Once Conrail has removed the tracks from the Brier Hill and Haselton …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Fitch bands performed in the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Fitch bands performed in the Fitch auditorium on March 7. The concert featured the freshman band (pictured), the concert band, the symphonic band and two ensembles.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Middle School PTA organized the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Middle School PTA organized the talent show. They wanted to give students a chance to show their abilities outside of a formal school activity. Pictured, Morgan Maxim played the piano …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch Band Spaghetti Dinner featured performances …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch Band Spaghetti Dinner featured performances by the freshman band, the concert band, both Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 bands, the Fitch symphonic band, the fifth-grade band and the middle school …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown band parents organized the Fitch …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown band parents organized the Fitch Band Spaghetti Dinner. They arrived at the school around 6 a.m. to begin setting up the event and cooking. The gave the attendees spaghetti, salads, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown bands raised funds for new …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown bands raised funds for new instruments and uniforms with their spaghetti band dinner on Feb. 24. Pictured, the Fitch Symphonic Band played a selection of marches by Aaron Copland, a …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The concert band played two traditional pieces, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The concert band played two traditional pieces, including one with three movements, and two songs from popular culture, including songs from the movie "High School Musical" and A-Ha's "Take on Me."
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch Band Spaghetti Dinner offered a …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch Band Spaghetti Dinner offered a basket raffle, a 50/50 raffle and a bake sale. The bands placed out 93 baskets for attendees to try to win.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Middle School talent show had …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Middle School talent show had 31 students in 26 different acts. Some students performed alone, others as a duet or trio. Pictured, Aeryonnah Zura sang "Part of Your World" from …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The AMS PTA decorated, lit and ran …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The AMS PTA decorated, lit and ran the talent show in the middle school's cafetorium. Pictured, Blue Flare, a rock band of AMS students, performed Enter Sandman to open the talent show.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Middle School had their Night …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Middle School had their Night of the Stars Talent Show on March 6 in the cafetorium. Students displayed their many talents, such as dancing, singing, playing an instrument or telling …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch Band Spaghetti Dinner ran from …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch Band Spaghetti Dinner ran from noon to 7p.m. People throughout the community came and went during the event, which featured performances from the Austintown bands.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The symphonic band closed out the Fitch …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The symphonic band closed out the Fitch band concert on March 7. The played a series of traditional songs and a medley of songs from the film "La La Land." Pictured, the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Fitch band concert began with …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown Fitch band concert began with a trumpet trio that performed "Three Cadets" by F.H. McKay. Pictured are Nick Mattiussi, Pat Coleman and Josh Yeager.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch band concert featured two ensembles. …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Fitch band concert featured two ensembles. Both ensembles performed at a solo and ensemble competition earlier in the school year. Pictured, the saxophone quintet of Zack Kimble, Maeson Green, Matt Smutny, …
Neighbors | Submitted .Robinwood Elementary first-graders Adelynne Ganser, Myah Soares …
Neighbors | Submitted .Robinwood Elementary first-graders Adelynne Ganser, Myah Soares and Gianna Sheppard posed at the 100th Day photo booth for 100 Days of Learning.
Neighbors | Submitted .Teacher Erica Knapick released balloons at Robinwood …
Neighbors | Submitted .Teacher Erica Knapick released balloons at Robinwood Elementary to celebrate 100 Days of Learning. Pictured clockwise from back left are Giovanni Hall, Eli Rojas, Jaliyah Tellington, Adelynne Ganser, Anthony Rovnak, Evan Cubilette, …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Members of the Canfield Village Middle School …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Members of the Canfield Village Middle School staff team hustled down the court during the school’s annual students versus staff basketball game.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students lined …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students lined up and sang the school’s Alma Mater during the school’s annual Third Grade Gym Show in the high school gymnasium.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade student …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade student showed off her basketball slam dunk skills at the school’s annual Third Grade Gym Show in the high school gymnasium on March 8.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School celebrated its annual Right …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School celebrated its annual Right to Read Week with a Winter Olympics theme Feb. 26 through March 2.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students performed …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students performed the Olympic torch relay during the school’s annual Third Grade Gym Show in the high school gymnasium on March 8.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Members of the Canfield Village Middle School …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Members of the Canfield Village Middle School boys and girls basketball teams watch intently as their teammates battle the staff on March 9.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Classes throughout Union Elementary made art projects …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Classes throughout Union Elementary made art projects at different blocks during Feb. 9. Their project was to create a bag for their Valentine's Day parties.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Dobbins fourth-grade students had their annual …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Dobbins fourth-grade students had their annual concert at Poland Seminary High School on March 15. Pictured, the students sang "Happy" Pharrell Williams.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Valentine's Day classroom parties at Union …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Valentine's Day classroom parties at Union Elementary featured different games and crafts in each classroom. Pictured, students in Ms. Gura's class played ring toss.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Between each song that the fourth-graders sang …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Between each song that the fourth-graders sang at their concert, students came up to the microphone to speak. These sections of dialogue bridged the gap between songs, introduced the next song and …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Union Elementary parties included ice cream …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Union Elementary parties included ice cream for each student. The PTO set up a table on each floor of the school to make it easier and faster for the classes to …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Poland Middle School students and staff …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Poland Middle School students and staff wore green on Feb. 8 to show support for the Sandy Hook Promise as a part of their Start With Hello Week. Sandy Hook Promise …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Union Elementary students celebrated Valentine's Day on …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Union Elementary students celebrated Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 with classroom parties. The students placed candies into each other's bags during the day.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Poland Middle School celebrated No One Eats …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Poland Middle School celebrated No One Eats Alone Day at lunch on Feb. 9. Older students facilitated conversation using sample questions to promote connections between students sitting by each other at random. …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Music teacher Dana Emery directed the fourth-grade …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Music teacher Dana Emery directed the fourth-grade Dobbins students for their concert at Poland Seminary High School. Pictured, the students sang the theme song to the Disney cartoon “Phineas and Ferb.“
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fourth-grade concert had a "star" theme, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The fourth-grade concert had a "star" theme, so the students dressed as rock stars, athletes and other famous stars. Pictured, students played Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" while other students danced on …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The PTO of Union Elementary organized the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The PTO of Union Elementary organized the art project on Feb. 9 and the classroom parties on Feb. 14. They brought stickers, pompoms and other materials for the students to decorate their …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown PTA began organizing the the …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown PTA began organizing the the talent show six weeks before the night of the show on March 6. They had auditions in January and practices through February.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Richard Wyant led the meeting of ukulele …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Richard Wyant led the meeting of ukulele players at the Austintown library. Together, the group played a number of songs, such as "You Are My Sunshine."
Neighbors | Zack Shively.At the end of the ukulele program …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.At the end of the ukulele program at the library, a group called The Ukeahloics played a couple of songs for St. patrick's Day. The performed "Oh Danny Boy" and "Molly Malone."
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Ukulele players from around the community gathered …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Ukulele players from around the community gathered in the Austintown library for a chance to learn or just to play together. Pictured, Richard Wyant led the group through the song, "He's Got …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Poland Middle School participated in Start With …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Poland Middle School participated in Start With Hello Week, a week of activities with a focus on ending social isolation created by Sandy Hook Promise. Pictured, Promise Presenter Andre Elliott spoke to …
Neighbors | Submitted.Pictured are Boy Scout Troop 25 parents Greg …
Neighbors | Submitted.Pictured are Boy Scout Troop 25 parents Greg and Cheryl Hamilton, and Jason and Lisa Henry with Scouts Andrew Hamilton, Cade Henry and Owen Direnzo, with Assistant Scoutmaster Hunter Hykes presenting their Tenderfoot …
Neighbors | Submitted.Boy Scout Troop 25 Senior Patrol Leader John …
Neighbors | Submitted.Boy Scout Troop 25 Senior Patrol Leader John Heino was presented with the Troop 25 2017 Herman West Most Active Scout Award and the Troop 25 2017 Jimmy Jones Outstanding Scout Award during …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Members of the Canfield Village Middle School …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Members of the Canfield Village Middle School seventh-grade boys basketball team tried to block a shot of a member of the staff team on March 9.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Fourth-grade students from Dobbins Elementary learned to …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Fourth-grade students from Dobbins Elementary learned to play the recorder for their concert. Pictured, the performed a portion of “Dynamite“ by Taio Cruz on the recorder and sang another part of the …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A member of the Canfield Village Middle …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A member of the Canfield Village Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team took shot during the school’s annual students versus staff basketball game on March 9.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The students on each of the teams …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The students on each of the teams in Glenwood Junior High School's basketball tournament paid to compete in the tournament. In addition to those funds, the school had a three point tournament, …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Glenwood Junior High School's basketball tournament netted …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Glenwood Junior High School's basketball tournament netted eleven teams, each with three boys and two girls and a maximum of three basketball players per team. The teams competed during their study hall …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Father Daughter Dance at Boardman Park …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Father Daughter Dance at Boardman Park had a DJ and a dance floor. The event ended with a rose ceremony, where the daughters receive roses and a dance to the song …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The seventh and eighth grade teams that …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The seventh and eighth grade teams that won Glenwood Junior High's basketball tournament got to face off against the teachers at the end of the school day on Feb. 23.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Schools and organizations around the nation have …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Schools and organizations around the nation have their own Hoops for Heart programs. Physical education teachers Danielle Siembida and Nick Liste organized Glenwood Junior High School's Hoops for Heart week.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Many families have gone to Boardman Park's …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Many families have gone to Boardman Park's Father Daughter Dance for many years and some have made a tradition out of the event. Natalee Caldwell, pictured with her father Kevin Caldwell, received …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park invited entertainer Joe Sullivan to …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park invited entertainer Joe Sullivan to the Father Daughter dance to make balloon art, tell jokes and entertain the young children. Sullivan works with Boardman Park at many other events throughout …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Eartha Terrell and Britney Brandley organized a …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Eartha Terrell and Britney Brandley organized a empowerment brunch on March 17 for local community members at Brandley's business, B's Boutique. Pictured are, from left, Terrell and Brandley.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park's Father Daughter Dance had three …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park's Father Daughter Dance had three photo areas, including a professional photo station. Pictured, Daniel Boyadich posed with his daughter Jadalyn Hollobaugh in front of a heart display.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park had a Father Daughter Dance …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Boardman Park had a Father Daughter Dance in the Lariccia Family Community Center on six nights, Feb. 9, 10, 15,16, 17 and 18. The night included dinner, photos and a dance. Pictured …
Neighbors | Submitted .West Boulevard Elementary second-graders dressed up to …
Neighbors | Submitted .West Boulevard Elementary second-graders dressed up to look 100-years-old for 100 Days of Learning. Pictured, from left, are Logan Marciano, Luke Owens, Isabella Culp, Payton Ramos, Annabelle Breese and Daniel Milush.
Neighbors | Submitted .Second-graders made shirts to celebrate being 100 …
Neighbors | Submitted .Second-graders made shirts to celebrate being 100 days smarter for 100 Days of Learning at Boardman Elementary schools. Pictured are (back) Westley Whitehouse, Cordae Perkins, Ayden Hale, Alli Hromyak, Jason Clark; (front) …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Glenwood Junior High School competed in a …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Glenwood Junior High School competed in a week-long basketball tournament to raise money for the American Heart Association through their Hoops for Heart program. Pictured are the teams that won the tournament, …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students marched …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students marched in a Parade of Nations during the school’s annual Third Grade Gym Show in the high school gymnasium on March 8.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A member of the Canfield Village Middle …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A member of the Canfield Village Middle School eighth-grade girls basketball attempted a three point shot during the school’s annual students versus staff basketball game.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School second-grade teacher Edith Narducci’s …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School second-grade teacher Edith Narducci’s class celebrated the school’s Winter Olympics-themed Right to Read week by creating a new country, Geometry Giants. They showed off their country’s flag and dressed …
Neighbors | Submitted.Boy Scout Troop 25’s Steven Deak is pictured …
Neighbors | Submitted.Boy Scout Troop 25’s Steven Deak is pictured receiving the Star Award from Scoutmaster Kevin Prus Sr. with his dad, Steve Deak, looking on.
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School first-grade teacher Carrie Meranto …
Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School first-grade teacher Carrie Meranto and her students participated in the school’s Right to Read Winter Olympics-themed opening kick-off ceremony and parade on Feb. 26.
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Britney Brandley and Eartha Terrell plan to …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Britney Brandley and Eartha Terrell plan to have more events for the community that focus on empowerment, networking and strengthening the community. The two went to high school together and have worked …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The empowerment brunch, titled "I Get it …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The empowerment brunch, titled "I Get it From My Muvva," featured four panelists who shared their thoughts on starting a business and how to help the community. Pictured are, from left, Royce …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The panelists at the empowerment brunch at …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.The panelists at the empowerment brunch at B's Boutique spoke about creating a stronger community, collaborating and creating networks to help foster success. Pictured, Lauren McKenzie spoke about the necessity of reaching …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Eartha Terrell opened the I Get It …
Neighbors | Zack Shively.Eartha Terrell opened the I Get It From My Muvva empowerment brunch with a poem. The event and poem aimed on inspiring African-American women to follow their passions.
Neighbors | Submitted .Pictured are officers of The Mahoning and …
Neighbors | Submitted .Pictured are officers of The Mahoning and Shenango Valleys Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America at the Ohio Council of Chapters Biennial Convention at the Consolidated Activities Center of the …
