Kudos to Frank Six for ordering an Inspection of the Wayne Six (Newell) Bridge in light of the additional weight on the bridge caused by the deluge of traffic. As inconvenient as it might have been, you can never be too careful. It was today…
…… Christmas shopping. It’s not what it used to be. Thank goodness. It wasn’t fun. No more fighting crowds. No more standing in line for the one baby doll your little girl has put on Santa’s list only to find out the person ahead of…
……Put the goblins and witches away. Thanksgiving signals the beginning of the holiday, and it appears to have become merely a brief exit ramp on the road to Christmas. Nope, pretty soon it’s full-on Christmas festivities. ……So, what do you do to prepare for the…
Another few days of being busy at Lynn Murray Memorial Library this week. We’ve had Allison Elementary students from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades come to the library, kiddos were here in the evenings for Build Club and Chess Club, we had young ladies…
………Election 2024 is creeping up on us and some interesting developments have occurred. Speculation had been that Attorney Allyson Cowden would run for Hancock County Prosecutor, but it looks now that she will run for Brooke County Prosecutor.. Is that possible if she lives in…
October is Domestic Violence month. That’s why you see the purple ribbon as well as the pink ribbon. I think the fact that October is breast cancer awareness month often overshadows domestic violence awareness month. But while breast cancer is predominantly a woman’s issue, domestic…
………I was impressed with the number of people who turned out for the Moving Forward Together meeting held Saturday. To my knowledge, aside from WVU Extension representatives, those in attendance were from the Newell coalition. I arrived early and sat and talked with almost all…
……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 to the economy and to…
What a week we had at the Lynn Murray Memorial Library last week. The most exciting thing, is having the kiddos back in here with us. We’ve started our weekly evening events again now that everyone is settling in with their school schedules. So…