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The city’s Board of Control approved $200,000 in grants to small businesses at its meeting Thursday.

The Fund for Women and Girls is a community-led fund at the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. The CFMV Fund for Women and Girls is now accepting nominations for the annual Gems of the Valley awards.

The Youngstown Housing Task Force wants a company that owns over 300 houses in the city to sign a community agreement with them, committing to making repairs and meeting other benchmarks set by members of the task force, but a representative of the company said the task force set an unreasonable timeline for a response.

Youngstown's Board of Control has awarded Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. (YNDC) with funding to build new homes in the city.

Liam Hetzel grew up with parents who felt strongly about people’s obligation to vote in all elections, so in a little more than three months, he will be blackening lots of ovals.