The Metro Monthly

The Metro Monthly is a large format Youngstown, Ohio monthly (hence the name) newspaper filled with local news, local ads and a calendar that details what to do in the Valley. And while this free (even better) publication is very informative – and I always make a point of picking one up on my way out of the Youngstown YMCA – there is this really interesting aspect of the Metro Monthly that is often over-looked. They have a store.

Sure it’s an on-line store, so you need a computer to shop here, but logging on and pulling up the Metro Monthly Department Store link will afford those who live near-by as well as those who live far and wide, an opportunity to show their Y-Town pride. There is great history associated with Youngstown – people, places, the surrounding towns; history only a Youngstown area resident will appreciate and reminisce about. The Metro Monthly Department Store’s objective, it seems, is to not let this history be forgotten.

Boots Bell was a well-known radio broadcaster in the Mahoning Valley who was, well, just extremely cool. His voice was memorable; one so distinct when heard, everyone knew it was Boots Bell. And he was the epitome of smooth – complete with his own groovy phrases, that if repeated – instant hip-ness was yours. Boots Bell t-shirts bearing his caricature done by The Wizard are available at the Metro Monthly store. Wear one of these and you just might hear someone utter the…