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3 cheers for the hopefuls

On Tuesday, the Tribune Chronicle and the Trumbull 100 co-sponsored the annual Community Star Awards dinner at Packard Music Hall. I had the esteemed honor of attending the dinner, and I am proud to have nominated one of the winners.If you didn't get a chance to attend the dinner, or missed out on learning more about it through subsequent newspaper articles, here's the gist of things: Community Star Awards are given to men and women on the basis of their volunteer work in our community, and the recipients of the award must be nominated by members of our community to be considered.The ...

The bus company, part 1

Today's community column is about the pre-World War II years of the Warren Transportation Company. Two weeks from today, Tuesday, April 7, will be the second installment of that company's history, dealing with the World War II and post war years.Some of the information included below has been gleaned from an interview of Haven X. Mumford my father that was published in The Sunday Tribune Magazine. The feature, called "Living Histories," was by Grace Allison, circa 1980.If you're under 50 years old, you most likely have no recollection or knowledge of an intra-city passenger bus service ...

Balloon release remembers lost loved ones

YOUNGSTOWN - Liberty resident Shirlene Hill said the gathering this weekend of the local A Parent of a Lost Loved One (APOLLO) was "just what the doctor ordered."Hill, whose son Jamail Johnson was killed in a fraternity home near Youngstown State University on Feb. 6, 2011, said the event held at the YWCA of Youngstown "helped me to know that we are not alone and we are here for each other."Hill was among 20 people who attended the first event of the APOLLO group."We are helping one another," she said, adding that she met group founder, Debra Thompson-Hines, who told her about the ...

Sutliff to host spring open house

MUSEUM HOLDS OPEN HOUSE: The Sutliff Museum, located on the second floor of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave., Warren, will hold a spring open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The public is invited to have lemonade and cookies along with a visit to the Victorian parlor which was created with furniture, paintings and memorabilia from the Sutliff family home built in Warren in 1850 and located on High Street. During the months of March and April, the Sutliff is showing Victorian Easter greeting cards on loan from a private collection placed throughout the display ...

Reliving a time seven decades ago at Warren Public Library

It was war time seven decades ago when a 9-year-old boy sat at the Warren Pvblic Library on High Street. He thought that the poor stone cutter had certainly made a mistake on that stone header out front. It was Saturday morning. He had just finished swimming at the YMCA and it was about time to catch the bus for home. The huge and beautiful old grandfather clock that had been donated by J.W. Packard's widow started its booming chime for 12 o'clock. The slow pace of its ringing reminded him of the slow pace of an old man's walk. He wondered how it would be to be old How many memories ...

Face addiction in area with hope

Since moving back to Trumbull County nearly two years ago, I have come to see our community with new, fresh eyes. One of the most important realizations of the last two years has been this: addiction is a major struggle in our community, and this is heartbreaking for me.Chances are, if you aren't struggling with addiction, you know someone who is - a parent, a child, a sibling, a friend. If you don't know someone who is currently walking through addiction, then you almost certainly know someone living in recovery. Friends, addiction is real; but the good news is that people can change, ...