Mahoning Puns

Ultium Battery Plant Energizes NECA-IBEW

The steady work from the battery plant and neighboring Lordstown Motors will lead to even more hours, says Mike Nemkovich, business manager for IBEW Local 573.

Together, both projects “will spur spinoff work,” creating a demand for local building trades manpower for the next couple of years. “We’re looking for quality, experienced journeymen to join our ranks and help us literally build the future of the region’s economy,” Nemkovich says.

• A jolt in man-hours. While work remained consistent in Mahoning County, man-hours worked in Trumbull County soared 150%. Collectively, the two union locals worked more than one million man-hours in 2021, the most it’s experienced in years.
• More large projects to come. In the pipeline for Trumbull County, Nemkovich says, are the Meijer grocery store in Niles, a hospital at Kent State Trumbull in Champion, a tower addition to the Trumbull Hospital in Warren, construction of Trumbull Energy and a nearby battery recycling plant to accompany Ultium.
• I think we're gonna be selling that land we kept from FoxConn for that recycling plant Ultium wants to build and using our existing relationships with LG Chem and GM as a bargaining chip for a long term supply of cylindrical battery cells and/or future production capacity there locally at LG Chem's discretion since they own 50% of the Ultium pie.

Bright 2022 for Brite Energy Innovators

In 2021, he says, Brite grew its network that supports greater grid resiliency, storage capacity and electric mobility, including the supply chain around electric vehicle production at Lordstown Motors and Ultium Cells.

So today is one of my favorite racing days of the year. It's where this little horse track in Youngstown, Ohio, become the epicenter of horse racing world wide. It's for today and today only that some of the best jockey's and trainers in the world assemble to Mahoning Valley Racecourse. I'll have plays of the big races, as well as spot plays throughout the day, which is not typical for a Monday, one of the quieter days for racing.

If you're not familiar with the Mahoning Drive-In Theater, it's a wonderful drive in near Jim Thorpe, about an hour outside of Philly, where they show classic movies on 35mm film. I highly recommend you check it out, but you may not have the opportunity for long because they recently discovered that the landowner is trying to sell to a solar farm. If you can, they're asking people to attend a rally on the 2nd or the zoning hearing on the 3rd, as well as to write to the zoning board and developer.

Greenskies Clean Energy, LLC 127 Washington Avenue – West Building, Lower Level North Haven, CT 06743

Sandra Palinchak, Secretary Mahoning Township Zoning Hearing Board 2685 Mahoning Drive East Lehighton, PA 018235

For anyone looking to learn more about this unique and historic theater, I recommend you check out the 2017 documentary At the Drive In to learn more about the theater, the people involved, and what they've done to keep it up and running.

Link to the Save the Mahoning Facebook page

With a lot of people rediscovering drive in movies during the pandemic, it would be a shame to lose this one after more than 70 years.

I'm not affiliated with the theater, just a big fan.

EDIT: Promising update from Greenskies https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5995999240425230&id=125735274118352

EDIT 2: looks like we've saved our drive-in https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=6001332789891875&id=125735274118352&fs=0&focus_composer=0&tn=S*W-R

Link to video announcement: https://fb.watch/6Mf_QEu3RM/

TL;DW: Per Mahoning Drive-In Theater leadership (Virgil Cardamone & Mark Nelson), GreenSkies Solar has decided to back out of their agreement to purchase the location of the theater. Additionally, the landowner has agreed to sell to the drive-in operators, allowing the theater remain open indefinitely. This would not have been possible without an EXTREMELY vocal community, and outpouring of support from across the globe.

The little guys won!

According to someone on twitter, Cleveland guard Kevin Porter Jr has been arrested in Mahoning County: https://twitter.com/MDSmalls23/status/1327978292788535298?s=19

Details about his arrest have not been released. Will update when they do. Really curious on what happened to the talented guard. Mahoning County is west of Akron, Ohio.

Edit: Supposedly this is the reason: https://twitter.com/MDSmalls23/status/1327979977523027968?s=19

>improperly handling a firearm in a moving vehicle

https://fox8.com/news/cavs-guard-kevin-porter-jr-arrested-after-crash-troopers-say-suspected-marijuana-and-gun-found-in-car/

>The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Cavaliers guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested early Sunday on a weapons charge and a drug charge, after a loaded gun and a small amount of suspected marijuana were allegedly found inside his vehicle.