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Steering Clear license restoration event set Oct. 3

WARREN — Warren Municipal Court Judge Natasha Natale is sponsoring a program called Steering Clear Warren at 9 a.m. Oct. 3 at First Presbyterian Church, 256 Mahoning Avenue NW in Warren, to educate and assist people overcome driver’s-license suspensions and other barriers. The free “suspended-license intervention workshop” is one of a series of such events Natale has sponsored in recent years. The event is limited to the first 50 participants. Natale said last week that she has spoken with judges in the area about using the workshop as a way to help people get their suspended ...

Canadian group new owner of Niles extrusion facility

A privately owned aluminum extrusion business in Canada added a Niles plant to its portfolio, BRT Extrusions announced this week in a letter to its customers. BRT, 1818 N. Main St., is now part of Can Art Aluminum Extrusion. The company, with several plants in Ontario, has its headquarters in Mississauga, which is approximately 24 miles west of Toronto. A purchase price was not disclosed for the facility and property, which rests on 27.94 acres. However, the Trumbull County Auditor’s website shows a $27,470,000 transaction Aug. 26 between BRT Property Holdings LLC and FIP Master ...

Local at a glance: Seeking breast cancer survivors

Seeking breast cancer survivors The Tribune Chronicle plans to honor breast cancer survivors during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The idea is to put a human face on this disease, to help those diagnosed by hearing voices of those who have experienced the journey, and to spotlight therapies and support that helped. We also will honor the memories of those who lost their battle. To share your story, or to honor someone and tell how they inspired you during their struggles and triumph with breast cancer, send a brief description to Metro Editor Marly Reichert at ...

Flood damage exceeded $500K from historic rainfall

115 Years Ago, 1911 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Sunday’s flood damage will reach over a half million dollars. Heaviest rainfall in history of the city causes river and creeks to overflow and inundate property....” “The worst flood this city has experienced in many years occurred Sunday afternoon and evening. It was caused by a great downpour of rain, resembling a cloudburst, which raged from 11 o’clock in the morning until 5 o’clock in the evening, causing a property loss which will approximate half a million dollars. The flood drove ...

Property transfers

Property transfers recorded Sept. 14-18 in Trumbull County: Bazetta Annette L. Sandrella to Louise Investment Properties LLC, 3396 Eagles Loft Unit A, $105,000 William J. Starr and Linda D. Bliven to Janine E. Centofanti, 2849 Bazetta Road, $265,000 Frank L. and Diane L. Daly to Direct Development LLC, 116 Greenbriar Road, $230,000 Bloomfield David G. and Mark G. Smith to William Detweiler, 1770 Haines East Road, $140,000 Braceville Brandon Dutton and Jessica Crook to Paul D. and John Paul Yoder, Kale Adams Road, $89,900 Derrick T. Cook and Hayley E. Cales to Joseph and ...

Journalists celebrated, inducted

YOUNGSTOWN — Thousands of Youngstown State University students knew her as a kind, passionate and compassionate journalism instructor and adviser, but Tom Martindale remembered her more simply. “The woman I knew, I knew as Mom, and she was the finest person I have ever known,” ...