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"Near Cleveland" vs. "in Youngstown, Ohio"
The national media, this time MSNBC, needed an example of industrial decay, and they found “Youngstown, Ohio.”The story came out today. Click here to check it out.There’s nothing new about the story or the media modus operandi. But the timing of this story is funny to me because of what …
I admit it: I watch "Jon & Kate"
I have nothing more to add to the media mix except that admission.I'm perhaps hoping that such an admission will cleanse my soul of whatever illicit contribution mine and my wife’s viewing of the show had on Jon and Kate’s marriage.I remember watching the 1999 movie “Edtv” by Ron Howard …
Another awful story on government hiring ... (I remember a column I once wrote ...)
There’s a great story that’s out today that outlines state government hiring despite announced hiring freezes. Lots of states. Lots of “freezes.” But lots of hiring.In Ohio, golf course workers, parks officers and 17 administrators earning six-figure salaries were among 777 exceptions to its January 2008 hiring limits, according to …
As your unofficial guide to downtown Youngstown, please note ...
There are two things to point out today about downtown Youngstown:• Free movies will be back on the screen in front of the Covelli Centre. The free showings will begin Monday, June 29. Here's the schedule:June 29 — Iron ManJuly 6 — JawsJuly 13 — Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the …
Do you agree/disagree with these readers?
Three interesting emails came in Sunday morning. Check them out below.Do others agree? Do you disagree?Weigh in with a comment or two. I'll weigh in in just a bit ... YOUR ARTICLES BURY NEWSPOINTSTodd: There must be a better way to write newspaper articles - I would suggest taking clues …
Valley Grads Featured Next Week
The Vindicator will publish lists of the Valley's 2009 graduating class starting Monday.
We apologize for an unfortunate error in today's newspaper
In today's edition of The Vindicator, an unfortunate editing mistake allowed for what appears to be a disparaging word in a story about the city's gay pride festival this weekend.Inside today's Entertainment Extra on Page D7, we previewed the event. In many editions, the word "faGay" appears halfway into the …
VIDEO: Lessons learned on Pine Lake
Visions of a great fish fry on the back grill that night were snagged away by my partner, pro angler Sean Wright of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. “Catch and release” is how he fishes,