Posts Tagged ‘2010’

Two Recommendations for YSU’s New President

Wednesday, YSU announced its seventh president, Dr. Cynthia Anderson. The noteworthy aspects of her selection are outlined in YSU’s release. Anderson will be the first woman, the first Youngstown native, and the first YSU graduate to serve as president in YSU’s 102–year history. I applaud...
February 18th, 2010 | Youngstown | Read More

Must Reads 12/16/09

The Wedding? I’m Here for the Cookies Youngstown cookie tables (article) are legend, and the New York Times this week has an article and video on Pittsburgh and Youngstown cookie tables (video). For as long as anyone here can remember, wedding receptions in Pittsburgh have featured cookie tables, laden...
December 16th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

Saturday property clean-up (address updated)

Below are pictures from last Saturday’s clean-up and an invitation to this Saturday’s. I’d estimate about twenty-five people showed up and worked to rake, bag, weed, mow and pick up trash from the property on Broadway. Some arrived as early as 9am and some stayed well into the afternoon....
December 10th, 2009 | Events | Read More

Another Pennsylvania Avenue Arson

I want to thank Allan Yeagley for reaching out to me with these photos. Some might ask, ‘Why another post on arson? So another vacant property on Pennsylvania Avenue burned down… they were on the demolition list anyway.’ Just in case it’s not clear: arson is not the preferred...
December 8th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

Board up and clean up Saturday morning 10am at Wick Park

You are hereby invited to come out to Wick Park Saturday morning (yes, tomorrow, December 5) at 10am to invest your time in securing and cleaning up properties. We’ll meet at 264 Broadway. Look forward to seeing you there. From the organizers: “Depending on the turn-out and weather, we will...
December 4th, 2009 | Events | Read More

City fails Wick Park 2010 test

[Edit 11/18: Be sure to visit the Shout Youngstown post on the reactionary art that grew up in response to the Penn Ave arsons.] More than fifty interested residents from the Wick Park area and Youngstown’s north side attended a community meeting at Wick Park Pavilion with representatives from...
November 17th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More