A project next year will bring major changes to Fifth Avenue, one of the city’s main thoroughfares.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – People are being given a chance this afternoon to get a closer look at plans that would make significant changes to traffic in downtown Youngstown and around YSU.

A public meeting to discuss two projects – a significant overhaul of Fifth Avenue, and plans to replace 11 traffic signals and remove 7 others in and around downtown – will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments, 100 E. Federal St.

CANFIELD, Ohio – More than 350 middle- and high-school students from across the Mahoning Valley will take part in the VEX Robotics Competition Saturday at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center.

Whitestown Town Manager Dax Norton will leave his position with the town Jan. 27 and begin his job in the private sector, a position with ms consultants, inc., an engineering, architectural and planning firm located in downtown Indianapolis. Norton will join the firm as the Municipal Administration and Management Consultant.

The Poland Municipal Forest Board accepted a proposal from MS Consultants to design the renovation of the Mauthe Bridge at its Tuesday meeting. The Youngstown engineering, architecture and planning firm evaluated the bridge and determined its steel towers and anchorage points could be reused. The decking and cabling, however, must be replaced.

Whitestown Town Manager Dax Norton will join Indianapolis engineering, architectural and planning firm MS Consultants Inc. when he steps down from his public position next week.

The Greenfield Parks and Recreation Department is proceeding with plans for significant recreation projects that would connect two major city parks and possibly create a new park for bicyclists.

Grocery retailer Aldi wants to expand its store at 1940 E. Dorothy Lane, part of a larger company strategy to remodel 1,300 stores around the country by 2020.

The long-awaited interchange connecting Interstates 95 and 276 (the PA Turnpike) in Bucks County is officially open. Officials from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Pa. Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and representatives from ground-transportation agencies in neighboring states gathered on Friday to commemorate completion of major, Stage 1 components of the Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project.