City demolishes building to make room for new park
New Castle News reports demolition of the Hill Barth and King building at 216-222 E. Washington St. performed by Terreri & Sons Inc. under a 13500 contract. City officials plan a park with a water feature and outdoor events, including a jazz festival, requiring Water Street closure and loss of the parking access.
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Hill, Barth and King
Washington St
Larry Hecky
Akron
Terreri & Sons Inc
North Jackson
Ohio
Ing
John DiMuccio
DiMuccio
Water Street
Andrew Rush
NEWS
East Washington Street
Family Video plans store in New Castle area
Family Video remains committed to North Hill business despite four New Castle residents seeking to block opening. Manager Bill Mohler says construction should start in April with a June grand opening in the 700 block of Wilmington Avenue. He notes adult films are a small facet and can be avoided by customers.
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Family Video
North Hill
New Castle
Bill Mohler
Wilmington Avenue
Murrysville
Mohler
From Cairo memories to US Iraq war stance
June 1967 war memories shape Jim Arafa and Dr. Ahmed Abul-Ela views on possible US military action against Iraq. Arafa recalls shelters and bread lines in Egypt and opposes force, while Abul-Ela warns of civilian casualties and damage to US standing. Arafa, born in 1960s Cairo, runs Video World and moved to the United States in 1979.
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Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Jim Arafa
Cairo
Arafa
United States
Iraq
Ahmed Abul-Ela
Video World
Saddam Hussein
Holocaust survivor warns history repeating gun control past
Holocaust survivor Helga Hooper told Laurel High School students and Sportsmen's Night Out attendees that Germany's 1934 35 gun registration preceded confiscation by Hitler. She recalled her family’s hunting rifles and her own camp ordeal at age five as a warning on gun rights.
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Sarah McCrory
Stephanie
Richard Romeo
Union Township
Laurel High School
Rick Elia
Helga Hooper
Hooper
Conservation Club
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
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