Letter to the Editor
Letter to the EditorWhile I do not live in New Cumberland anymore, I care very much about the town and its people. When I learned that Will White had registered to run for Mayor I was delighted because I know…
Hometown News
AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit, Publisher
……The infusion of funds from the American Rescue Act into our county and communities provides great opportunity. Seldom do you see funds that come from the Federal government go directly to local government without a stopping off point in Charleston…
Our History & Our Heritage By Bill Kiefer
Are we religious? I think most people in Hancock and Brooke Counties, as well as the corresponding border counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania would call themselves Christians. When it comes to Hancock and Brooke the number of our residents who…
Board Honors Health Care Providers
“It truly took a village to make it happen,” said Dray who said Superintendent Dawn Petrovich worked closely with Jackie Huff of the Hancock County Health Department. She cited the volunteer efforts of the school nurses, 14 LPN students and…
Your Imagination Station by Connie & Shauna
Your Imagination StationHello Friends, welcome back to Your Imagination Station. We’re so glad you decided to stop back in to see what we’ve been up to since we were last together, and to see what we have planned now.A quick…
Caroline Jean Cornell, formerly of Chester and more recently of DeLand, FL., passed at the Florida Lutheran Retirement Center in DeLand on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.A lifelong resident of Newell, and Chester, Jean was born in Newell on March 28,…
John Paul Shroads
John Paul Shroads, 62, of New Cumberland, passed away April 3, 2021.Born November 23, 1958, in Steubenville, Ohio, he was the son of the late William E. and Anna Marie (Christen) Shroads.John graduated in 1977 from Oak Glen High School.…
Josephine Gibson
Josephine D. Gibson, 89, of Chester, passed away, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at Stone Pear Pavilion in Chester. She heard the words as she entered heaven, “Well done thy good and faithful servant… you have kept the faith, your time…
Steven Smith
Steven W. Smith, 58, of Weirton, passed, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, following a 2-month battle with complications of COVID-19.Born, January 29, 1963, in Cleveland, OH., he is a son of Elizabeth Wilson Smith of…
George Korbel
George Michael Korbel, 85, of New Cumberland, WV went to be with our Lord, Friday, April 2, 2021 at Weirton Medical Center after a very brief illness.He was born on October 21, 1935 in Weirton, WV to the late Joseph…