Federal Funding Heading to Towns and County
Chester – $990,000.00New Cumberland – $420,000.00Weirton – $10.59 millionHancock County – $5.59 million
Hometown News
Board of Education
In other business, the Board:**Accepted the resignation of Don Young as Weir High Assistant Baseball Coach;**Transferred Constantina Hajionnou from Head Boys’ Tennis to Head Co-Ed Tennis at Weir High;**Accepted the resignation of James Hixenbaugh as Custodian II at Weir High;**Approved…
AND THEN AGAIN…BY TAMARA PETTIT
……Good news! The new Federal Stimulus Act contains significant funds for local communities. Senator Joe Manchin announced the amounts that will be received in a news release that detailed each community and each county. The legislation states that the funding…
Reflections by Jeremy Alger
I am writing this on Thursday (March 18th) so what has happened in the days before you read this in the March Madness College Basketball Tournament is not known to me as I write. But there is some news going…
Our History & Our Heritage By Bill Kiefer
Related to the development of Newell as a pottery center, perhaps even absolutely required was the Newell Bridge. The toll bridge, which is still in use today, connects East Liverpool with West Virginia just north of Newell. The Bridge is…
McElroy Makes Oak Glen History
Freshman Lillyann McElroy won a match for Oak Glen High School on Wednesday evening.The 15-year-old is the first girl on Oak Glen School roster to win a match. This year she and another female team mate are the first two…
Hancock County Teacher School Service Personnel Recognized
2020 Nominees honored – Last year’s nominees for Teacher of the Year recognized include (left to right) Brandy Smith, Carrie Gillette, Amanda Schey, Megan White, Anna Mastrantoni, Monica Martich, Jessica White, Teacher of the Year, Steve Shuman and Cecelia Clark,…
The Reading Nook by Kirsten Pierce
Swaney Memorial Library would like to thank Jane, Joyce, and Pam for spending several days organizing our book sale room. They sorted and alphabetized for hours, getting everything set up for the sale. Don’t let all of their hard work…
Jim and Debbie (Shroades) Durham of Chester are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was married April 3, 1971 at the United Methodist Church of Chester by the Rev. Randall Prince.The couple have two children: Brooke (Nick) Ripple of…
Lisa K. DeLong
Lisa K. DeLong, 59, formerly of Chester, passed, Sunday, March 21, 2021, at Union Hospital in Dover, due to complications from COVID-19.Born, June 7, 1961, in East Liverpool, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Dorothy DeBee DeLong.Lisa…