Business

The new company will have offices at 3223 Belmont Ave., Youngstown.

“Anytime there’s opportunity for YBI and BRITE to work together, it’s an opportunity worth taking,” YBI CEO Barb Ewing said.

Though the menus across all the Mocha Houses are similar for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the downtown Youngstown manager has been experimenting with drinks and Lent specials.

Among the business updates this week: Penguin City Brewing; Women United; Meridian HealthCare; Greenwood Chevrolet; Hope Foundation; Prisma Integration; Mahoning Soil & Water Conservation District; ONE Health Ohio; Farmers National Banc Corp.; and Akron Children's Hospital.

“We remain committed to embracing new ideas and opportunities that better serve our customers and contribute to a sustainable energy future,” Dennis M. Chack, senior vice president of Product Development, Sales & Marketing at FirstEnergy, said.

“When corporations exploit loopholes, it’s the consumer who bears the brunt of the costs,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said.

With more than 100,000 pet care service businesses, this industry increased its number of establishments by more than 60 percent since 2007.

“I really just feel it was my purpose to do what I'm doing: to bring good to the community, to be a role model to younger people [and] to show that there is a way out," the popular Youngstown restaurateur said.

Among the business updates this week: Poland Library; Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics; Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio; The Bistro at MCCTC; and Akron Children's Hospital.

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