AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit
……October 1st – 7th is National Newspaper Week. While we don’t need a week to tell you what we do (we do that every day), I think we do need to tell our readers how newspapers have changed and adapted…
Hometown News
PAINT IT PINK FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
CHANGE, Inc. once again is bringing awareness to breast cancer by ‘Painting It Pink” during the month of October. We’ve had an overwhelming response in the past with our local Paint the Valley Pink contest, so we would like to…
OBITUARY: CHARLES BUTLER
Charles A. Butler, devoted husband and loving father, passed away peacefully at AlleghenyGeneral Hospital on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at the age of 81.The son of Clyde R. and Callie E. Powell Butler. He was born, on February 25, 1942,…
NEWVIEW CEOS MEET
The Newview CEOS club will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, October 4, at the Hancock County Senior Services Center on Gas Valley Road. As more and more of us experience the phenomenon of hacking, or cloning, of Facebook accounts,…
ASHYLN SIX CROWNED HOMECOMING QUEEN
Ashlyn Six, daughter of Ray and Angie Six of Chester, was crowned Oak Glen High School’s 2023 Homecoming queen at halftime of the varsity game Friday against Robert C. Byrd.
ELECTION 101
Anyone who thought the Republican majority in West Virginia was just a passing whim surely don’t know West Virginians. When our voters get disenchanted with a political party, their disenchantment turns to pure venom. It works both ways. It doesn’t…
COVE ROAD
NEWS RELEASELane Restrictions on County Route 507 (Cove Road) and County Route 105 (Pennsylvania Avenue), in Weirton, to begin Monday, September 18, 2023 Hancock County, W.Va. – County Route 507, at 1398 Cove Road, and County Route 105, at 3099…
COMMISSION APPLIES FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR MAGISTRATE COURT ROOF
The Hancock County Commission will submit a grant to the Courthouse Facilities Grant to put a new roof on the Magistrate Office on North Chester Street. The Commission approved applying for the 80/20 match grant. The Magistrates’ Court building, was…
ATTORNEY GENERAL LISTS NORTHERN PANHANDLE STOPS
Release Date: Sept. 27, 2023Attorney General Morrisey’s Mobile Office Sets October Stops for Northern West VirginiaCHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a representative from his office will meet with northern West Virginia residents in October to discuss consumer-related issues…
RIVERFEST THANK YOU
By Maureen Vulgamore Another New Cumberland Riverfest is in the books and its success is the result of a community pulling together. Yes there is a Riverfest Committee and yes, there are very few members on that committee but…