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As the pandemic cuts a swathe through Hogmanay celebrations for the second year running, it’s good to remember the way we were.

rsmith@tribtoday.com WARREN — Political newcomer Ashley Miner won the Democratic nomination for Warren’s 5th Ward council seat with 63 percent of the vote, according to incomplete and unofficial results at the Trumbull County Board of Elections. Community activist Pierson “Butch” Butcher received 37 percent of the vote. “This has definitely been a learning experience,” Miner said. “I had a lot of support from the residents. There were some doubters, but what I did was listen to wh...

rsmith@tribtoday.com WARREN — The former executive secretary to Mayor Doug Franklin and former Safety Service Director Enzo Cantalamessa has been hired to become the newly created legislative aide / projects and grants coordinator in the law department. Rachel Hathhorn, hired in 2014 to be Franklin’s executive secretary, will earn $52,000 in the new position. Her long-rumored move to the law department was announced last week. Cantalamessa, who is now the city law director, said in Novembe...

The Australian. Senator Bridget McKenzie shopping at Bunnings in Wodonga, Victoria, alongside News Corps Simon Benson. Credit:Twitter For those on holidays last week, news about the relationship broke after the pair were photographed at the checkout of Wodonga Bunnings sharing a joke but sans masks - despite a Victorian Health ruling. Feminist activists Mad F***ing Witches circulated the image on social media and attacked the maskless McKenzie. But they initially failed to identify her shopping...

The Australian. Senator Bridget McKenzie shopping at Bunnings in Wodonga, Victoria, alongside News Corps Simon Benson. Credit:Twitter For those on holidays last week, news about the relationship broke after the pair were photographed at the checkout of Wodonga Bunnings sharing a joke but sans masks - despite a Victorian Health ruling. Feminist activists Mad F***ing Witches circulated the image on social media and attacked the maskless McKenzie. But they initially failed to identify her shopping...

rsmith@tribtoday.com WARREN — City council members voted 6 to 4 Wednesday to allow the city law director to create a new position in the law department that does not have a job description, while eliminating an attorney in the department. The new legislative aide / projects and contracts coordinator will earn approximately $52,000 per year, which is $13,000 less than it would cost to hire a lawyer, according to Law Director Enzo Cantalamessa. Council members Ken MacPherson, D-5th Ward; Cheryl...

rsmith@tribtoday.com WARREN — Four new police Ford Explorers that were ordered in January this year from Klaben Ford are patrolling the city streets. Officials are hoping to get more new vehicles sometime in 2021 or 2022. Each of the basic SUV models cost the department $33,000. However, in order to make them fully functional police vehicles, the department spent an additional $17,000 per vehicle to install internet and GPS, cages in the vehicle’s rear seats, and center consoles that hold...

rsmith@tribtoday.com WARREN — City council approved emergency legislation Wednesday to allow the city’s Water Pollution Control Department to get out of a messy situation at its offices. A failure of a pump system behind the administration building during the early morning of Nov. 24 sent hundreds of gallons of polymer-filled sludge into seven rooms of the building, destroying carpet, drywall and office equipment. Cleanup of the offices already has cost the city more than $39,000 and is exp...