CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK » TODAY’S ISSUE U WEATHER, A2 • TRIBUTES, A5 • EDITORIAL, A7 • BUSINESS, B5 • OUTDOORS, B7 • RELIGION, B8 UNINTENTIONALLY FUNNY NABF TOURNAMENT AT CENE Spooky teen fi lm ‘Wish Upon’ is so bad, it’s good Creekside Fitness claims 6-2 victory in opening-round action VALLEY LIFE | C2 SPORTS | B1 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 U 75¢ MVSD board eliminates Vigorito’s post Vigorito “He was indicted and has been stripped cause the position is “not now necessary President says position is no longer needed of all of his licenses. But even if he wasn’t, as those duties are effectively handled By DAVID SKOLNICK cused of falsifying training records of we would have considered eliminating through the chief engineer and other
[email protected] Youngstown water employees. the position.” management employees.” The resolu- The board expects to hire a chief en- tion allows Vigorito to receive health “The prudent decision was to elimi- MINERAL RIDGE gineer toward the end of this month, insurance coverage from the MVSD The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District nate the position because there’s no Blair said. through July 31. board eliminated the position of plant need to keep it on the organizational The board voted June 28 in support of Vigorito, 41, of Niles was demoted in operations manager held by Anthony chart,” Matthew Blair, president of the a resolution to abolish the plant opera- Blair P. Vigorito, who is under indictment ac- MVSD board of directors, said Friday. tions manager job, effective July 1, be- See MVSD, A3 Barnes & Noble, Starbucks open locations at Youngstown State University DEA probes smuggling BOOKS & BREW of pot via Ford Fusions By JOE GORMAN
[email protected] YOUNGSTOWN The head of the Youngstown Federal Drug Enforcement Administration says a recent marijuana-smuggling opera- tion with ties to Warren is the fi rst of its kind he has seen in this area.