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1 month ago | 
vindy.com | Sean Barron
By SEAN BARRONCorrespondentLIBERTY — When it comes to an interest in art, Karter Alexander Thompson is neither limiting nor restricting himself on the vast canvas of possibilities. “I like a little bit of everything,” Karter, a Liberty High School freshman, said. That general assessment also goes a long way in describing the setting, context and theme for which some of his artwork was a part.
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2 months ago | 
vindy.com | Sean Barron
By SEAN BARRONCorrespondentYOUNGSTOWN — Even though Helen Marks has been alive more than eight decades, she remains in the unenviable position of still searching for something idyllic of which she had been deprived. “I’m still working on a happy childhood,” Marks, 84, of Beachwood, said.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
tribtoday.com | Sean Barron
Nov 21, 2024 YOUNGSTOWN — What happens when you marry art and legally manufactured cannabis? You get colorful and black-and-white pieces from people such as Cory Wright and Elisha Watts.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
tribtoday.com | Sean Barron
Sep 10, 2024 By SEAN BARRON Correspondent WARREN — Nancy McCurdy Montagna’s earlier life was a bastion of normalcy, with everything short of the white picket fence: She grew up in a stable home with a loving family and her needs met, suffered no type of abuse and was the youngest of four siblings. Also not lost upon her was the stark contrast between an entry in her Lakeview High School yearbook in which she was voted most comical, and the drastic dark turn her life would soon take. All of...
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May 31, 2024 | 
vindy.com | Sean Barron
Jun 1, 2024 By SEAN BARRON Correspondent YOUNGSTOWN — When he heard a loud explosion Tuesday that rocked much of the downtown corridor, the first concern on Jordan Raines’ mind was others’ welfare. “I was worried at first whether someone was seriously hurt. I ran and was overwhelmed by the smell of gas,” said Raines, 28, who works in Premier Bank’s downtown Youngstown branch’s finance department and lives in Realty Tower. The next thing Raines knew, police were on the scene and he was not...
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
vindy.com | Sean Barron
By SEAN BARRONCorrespondentYOUNGSTOWN — A longtime gathering at the Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana center could perhaps be best summed up by the numbers: three colorfully dressed wise men, six dancers and an estimated 120 joy-filled children and their families. “I’ve had this group for a year and a half.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
vindy.com | Sean Barron
By SEAN BARRONCorrespondentGIRARD — When it comes to trying to pass an initiative to amend the state constitution, single words can carry a lot of weight, a longtime attorney contends. “It has very wide-ranging effects,” Warren-based attorney David L. Engler said. Engler, who has practiced law about 38 years, was referring to the word “individual” in the language of state Issue 1, which is on the Nov. 7 general election ballot.
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Sep 4, 2023 | 
bollyinside.com | Sean Barron |Clarence Walker
Top TakeawaysPurcell used to be busy promoting his lemonade at the Canfield Fair, which had favorable climate prerequisites and prime attendance. Purcell assists in keeping his costs cheap and beneath marketplace price. He provides quite a lot of lemonade flavors, together with strawberry, peach, mango, wild berry, and an Arnold Palmer taste. Scott Purcell, proprietor of Ohio’s Best Lemonade, emphasizes the significance of attractive with shoppers to cause them to really feel particular and valued.
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Sep 3, 2023 | 
vindy.com | Sean Barron
By SEAN BARRONCorrespondentCANFIELD — Scott Purcell revels in selling diverse flavors of lemonade to countless fairgoers, but the primary ingredient he also stresses to himself and his employees to provide can’t be found in any size of cup. “My employees must engage. Communication makes (customers) feel special. The more I engage, the more they come back,” Purcell, who owns Mogadore-based Ohio’s Best Lemonade, said.
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Jul 16, 2023 | 
vindy.com | Sean Barron
No down time for Air Force vet from Poland News Jul 17, 2023 Sean Barron Correspondent EDITOR’S NOTE: To suggest a veteran for this series, which runs weekly through Veterans Day, email Metro Editor Marly Reichert at [email protected]. By SEAN BARRON Correspondent POLAND — If one word acted as a thread that ran through Lt. Col. William J. Moss’ long U.S. Air Force career, it likely would be “retraining.” “Training is the name of the game,” said Moss, who served 29 years in the Air Force...
