Hometown News

Hometown News

OBITUARY: ERNEST E. KUHN

Ernest E. Kuhn, 68, of New Cumberland, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family members and loved ones, at his home on Friday, April 4, 2025. Ernest was born on May 7, 1956, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, to the late George W.…

YOUR IMAGINATION STATION with Miss Connie

   It’s NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, this week, April 6-12, and we have lots of things planned for the week ahead, at Lynn Murray Memorial Library.    Monday, I’ll be reading to the kiddos at Allison Elementary Schools, in Pre School,…

OBITUARY: JAMES SNIDER

James Snider 74, of New Cumberland, passed away April 3, 2025. He was born October 4, 1951, in Steubenville, the son of the late Hugh and Garnet (Lemasters) Snider. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,…

OBITUARY:KENNETH MANSFIELD

On March 30, 2025, Kenneth Lloyd Mansfield, 71, of Winter Park, FL passed on to a far better world after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Ken was born in Pittsburgh, PA, September 2, 1953, to William Lloyd and Dorothy…

OP-ED

West Virginia’s Cultural Heritage Should Be Defended, Not Defunded DOGE’s proposed humanities cuts imperil the Mountain State’s cultural economy By Eric Waggoner The West Virginia Encyclopedia Online?  Deleted from the internet. The West Virginia Folklife Program’s preservation of our unique…

FREE HUNTER EDUCATION CLASS

A hunter education class has been scheduled before turkey season starts. April 15th, 16th and 17th. 6pm to 9:30pm each day. Students must attend all 3 classes. Anyone who has taken the online class (free from the NRA) can register,…

KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE

The City of New Cumberland will elect a Mayor to a four-year term on May 13. This is the only contested race in the Municipal Election with all Council seats uncontested. Councilman Michael Watkins is challenging Mayor Will White for…

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

HB 3012, which was amended to distribute 1% of racetrack video lottery revenue equally between the three municipalities in Hancock County, is before Senate Finance today. If passed out of Finance it will go to the full floor of the…