Hometown News

Hometown News

BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTS ON PERSONNEL MATTERS

The Hancock County Board of Education acted on the following personnel matters at Monday’s meeting: **Approved the Police Resource Officer (PRO) agreement with the Hancock County Commission for the 2022 – 2023 school year; **Accepted the resignation of Natasha Jobe…

CITY OF CHESTER

Curb Replacement/Repair outside of City Building Project City of Chester 600 Indiana Avenue Chester, WV 26034 (304) 387-2820 INVITATION TO BID The City of Chester, WV is accepting bids for the replacement of approximately 321 feet of curb on 6th Street…

OBITUARY: MARLENE STUTLER

Marlene K. Stutler, sixty of East Liverpool, passed at the Valley Oaks Care Center in East Liverpool on Friday, August 5, 2022. She was born in East Liverpool on March 19, 1962. Marlene was the daughter of the late Roy…

AND THEN AGAIN…..by Tamara Pettit

……Both the Hancock County Board of Education and New Cumberland City Council have work sessions coming up on important issues.   Tuesday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m. the Board will have a work session.  Among the issues to be discussed are…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

RE: WVDOT Road project through New Cumberland, WV. I am amazed that WVDOT is still proposing the most expensive and destructive way to put WV Rte. 2 through town. What WVDOT officials are planning, Alternate 4, would require widening Station…

NEW CUMBERLAND YARD OF THE MONTH

            Winners of New Cumberland’s “Yard of the Month” award are Dale and Diane Matics of Jefferson Street.  Since purchasing the old Courier Printing Company building, the Matics have made major renovations both inside and out.  Their small yard is…

SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING WINS WV DERBY

The plan for Daniel Alonso’s Skippylongstocking worked to perfection Aug. 6 at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort when the 3-year-old Exaggerator colt who had been competitive in two Triple Crown races broke through with his first stakes victory in the…