Union business shift as Once Upon a Child closes in Westgate Plaza
In Union Township the Once Upon a Child store in Westgate Plaza shut after three years, while a Busy Beaver home center is planned at Wal-Mart Plaza with 24 000 square feet under construction. Hermitage’s store remains open after franchise shifts, and Grow Biz International notes 239 stores nationwide.
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Union Township
Children’s Resale
Westgate Plaza
Wal-Mart
Ter
Plaza
Hid Plaza
Neshannock Township
Keith Rowland
Hermitage
Grow Biz International
Minneapolis
Rowland
Canada
Lawrence County
State St
Twila Rowland
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Erie
Wexford
Monroeville
Entreprenur Magazine
UNION
New Castle Fireworks Festival Promises Big Ninth Edition
The annual New Castle fireworks event expands to both sides of the Columbus Innerbelt with added entertainment and a celebrity dunking booth. Spectators can pay $1 for three dunks to support next year’s festival as downtown street closures affect Falls Street bypass to Jefferson Street and Washington Street toward Burger King. Local figures to be dunked include Brian Burick and others.
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Columbus
Brian Burick
Roger DeCarbo
Wayne Yoho
Christine Sands
Russell Gibson
Craig Cox
Tim Fulkerson
Fireworks Festival Schedule of Events
Fireworks festival features a Children stage with acts Dan the Banjo Man Turnabout Tales Learning Tomorrow Twerlettes Ronald McDonald Magic and more including Joe Wes and Boomer the Clown. Main Stage hosts Union PeeWee Silver Creek Band Dorals and a late Lawrence County Brass set. Other activities include McGruff the Crime Dog Chuck the Narcotics Dog fingerprinting and a 6 p.m. Ducky Derby at Riverwalk Park along Neshannock Creek.
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Dan the
Twerlettes
Ronald McDonald Magic
Kevin the
Croton
New Castle
Goldie the Clown & Friends
Joe Wes
Boomer
Union PeeWee
Silver Creek Band
Lawrence County Brass
Dorals
McGruff
Chuck
American Cancer Society
Riverwalk Park
Best Inn
Neshannock Creek
Haitian youth’s journey from Haiti to Brooklyn and back
Arsene Charles, 20, lives in Brooklyn with his father and brothers while his mother and sister stay in Haiti. Sponsored by Russ and Lori Van Nest, he reflects on poverty, education, and faith as he recounts his Haitian American experience and meeting his sponsors on a Habitat for Humanity project in Maryland.
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Arsene Charles
Haiti
Charles
Brooklyn
N.Y
Russ
Lori van Nest
New Castle
Christian Children’s
van Nests
Habitat For Humanity
Maryland
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the Ladies of the Dukes
Croton Ave
Giant Eagle
Highland Plaza
Shop ’N Save
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Tom Langley
Grow Biz
Eagle
Thhey
Stephanie
Pyrotecnico
OUNTY
Washington
Jefferson St
Burger King
Atlantic Ave
Falls St
Cascade Galleria
Sankey Center
I. Mary Church
Red Cross
Jackson Builidir
Chamber of Commerce
Iar Arce Street Station
Yuehai Il
North St
Merbelt
Torical Society
Nking Booth
Arsene Charles and
Sammy van Nest
Philomena Barretta
Bertha Marie Esposito
Martha St
Colorado Springs
Colo
Patricia Coakley
Benet Hill
Patricia
San Luis Ranch School For
Benet Hill Monastery
Mikayel Grigoryan
Armenia
Russia
Mavulity
Obituaries
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