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LORDSTOWN Lordstown Motors Corp. skipped its first-half 2020 property tax payment in March, racking up a hefty penalty in doing so.
Records from the Trumbull County Auditor’s and Treasurer’s offices show the startup electric-truck manufacturer did not pay the $570,957 tax bill due March 5 for four pieces of property it owns, including the land where its assembly factory in Lordstown sits.
Because the company missed the deadline, it was assessed a 10 percent penalty that’s added to the bill.
According to parcel data with the auditor’s office, Lordstown Motors owes $424,109 for 386.6 acres it owns at 2300 Hallock Young Road, which is the location of the factory, the former General Motors assembly complex.
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WARREN First Step Recovery, a drug and alcohol addiction treatment facility, has acquired Parkman Recovery Center, which provides similar services, after already having a close relationship since opening in 2018.
The acquisition, said First Step and Parkman Recovery CEO Cindy Woodford, provides patients a greater continuum of care, from detox to outpatient, and includes services available at affiliate Travco Behavioral Health.
“Although First Step Recovery has always had a close working relationship with Parkman Recovery Center, the acquisition allows us to collaborate more synergistically and gives us the opportunity to expand our programming and create a flexible continuum of care,” Woodford said. “We will continue to respond to the evolving needs existing within our special field of addiction treatment.”
WARREN So far, Trumbull County has spent $67.2 million on sewer projects since the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ordered the county to add sewer to certain areas, and an $49.8 million is expected to be spent on projects before 2030.
That will bring the total amount of sewer spending in the county since the original 2000 OEPA order to about $117 million. About $6.4 million is expected to be spent on projects this year, with $23.4 million expected to be spent on the projects before 2025, and $20 million before 2030.
Through 2020, 3,545 residences and businesses have been served by the projects, and by 2030, 5,242 residences and businesses will have been served, according to the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer’s Office.
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WARREN So far, Trumbull County has spent $67.2 million on sewer projects since the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ordered the county to add sewer to certain areas, and an $49.8 million is expected to be spent on projects before 2030.
That will bring the total amount of sewer spending in the county since the original 2000 OEPA order to about $117 million. About $6.4 million is expected to be spent on projects this year, with $23.4 million expected to be spent on the projects before 2025, and $20 million before 2030.
Through 2020, 3,545 residences and businesses have been served by the projects, and by 2030, 5,242 residences and businesses will have been served, according to the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer’s Office.
EAST LIVERPOOL The iconic Hot Dog Shoppe in downtown has been sold.
The Hot Dog Shoppe in East Liverpool and two other restaurants like it in the Mahoning Valley have been sold by the family that founded the brand but don’t expect much change, the new owner says.
Restaurant industry veterans, and brothers, Greg and Nick Vojnovic bought the Hot Dog Shoppes in Warren, Girard and East Liverpool from the Trevelline and Doverspike families.
Paul Trevelline founded the brand in 1946.
“These are iconic restaurants that have been around, they were founded 75 years ago … and that’s not very common in the restaurant business,” said Greg Vojnovic. “They are very popular, they are very successful and the family, the Doverspike and Trevelline family, were at a point where they needed someone to carry the legacy and so my brother Nick and I, that is what we are hoping to do.”