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Surgeon joins City Hospital staff

EAST LIVERPOOL - East Liverpool City Hospital has announced the addition of Dr. Tanmay Lal to its Department of Surgery.Dr. Lal is a graduate of Medical Education program at the University of Bombay. He completed residencies in general surgery at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.In addition to his general surgical training, Lal has performed fellowships in transplantation surgery at the University of Maryland, the University of Pennsylvania, and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Massachusetts. And now, he brings ...

Rettig elected president of board

COLUMBIANA - Jon W. Rettig Sr. of Columbiana was recently elected president of the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Ohio. Rettig was appointed to the state board by Ohio Governor John R. Kasich on April 11, 2016.Rettig is a graduate of Holgate High School in Holgate, Ohio, and then attended Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisc., majoring in business. He is a 1976 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in Cincinnati and earned certification to enucleate donor eyes in 1979 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. An Ohio licensed funeral director and ...

Property Transfers

Butler TownshipJohn and Gayle Rhodes to Philip and Stephanie Rhodes, 1 acre on Woodsdale Road; $30,000.William and Marsha Vaughn to Barbara and Donald Weisbarth, home and 10 acres on Winona Road; $285,000.ColumbianaPamela Hershey to Sandra and William Wilms, home on Main Street; $75,000.Raymond Hiner to JP Morgan Chase Bank (foreclosure), home on Spruce Street; $34,667.Brennan Builders to Kathleen McElwain, home on Prestwick Court; $262,500.East LiverpoolBarbara Nightingale to Timothy Spear, home on Ninth Street; $8,500.Pebbletown Development LLC to Judith and Christine Williams, home ...

Rusty Bull Taco Co. opens doors in Toronto

TORONTO - The Rusty Bull Taco Co., 803 Franklin St., Toronto, has been doing well bringing a part of Mexican restaurant culture to the Gem City selling authentic, southwestern-style tacos to hungry customers for about a month.The restaurant, open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Saturday and closed Sunday, is off to a great start, according to A.J. Hunt, co-owner."(The building) was a drive-through car wash that's been repurposed into a restaurant," said Hunt, adding he and partner Mark Frankovitch of Weirton wanted to do something different. "No one was thinking outside the box. This is ...

Hancock County Property Transfers

Brentmoore LLC to Frank A. Bragg Jr., property on 100 Alley G, Chester, $6000Pill & Pill PLLC Trustee to Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, property on 243 Carolina Ave., Chester, $53,040.Dorothy H. Cornell to Trustees of The Chester Church of Nazarene, property on 250 Virginia Ave., Chester, $87,000Kenneth R. Sayre to Charlotte D. Swisher, property on 203 Leander Dr., Chester, $120,000.Barbara A. Conley to Clayton I Campbell, et al, property on 1947 Rollings Acres Rd., New Cumberland, $113,000.Robert G. Edwards to Richard W. Marx, et ux, property on 415 Patterson Rd., New ...

Day care facility to remain open after change of ownership

LISBON - A local day care facility scheduled to close Aug. 26 is in the process of being purchased by a faith-based non-profit from Youngstown that intends to reopen the facility as soon as possible.Joseph McGeorge, executive director of Warriors Inc., said he has made a down payment to acquire Cherished Children on West Lincoln Way and expects to be able to close on the purchase the week of Sept. 14, although he hopes the sale will be concluded sooner."I know the community was concerned about it closing, so we'll be reopening as the Eagles Christian Pre-School & Child Care Center," ...