………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…
LOVE LETTER TO A SMALL TOWN, ,,,,,,Last year I wrote a “Love Letter to a Small Town” in this column a few days before the Riverfest. The annual event was my nephew Brian Webster’s favorite event, and he worked hard as a member of the…
……Things are moving along for the sale of the old New Cumberland Municipal Building. Mayor Will White tells me that the online auction is slated for October 17 and a walk through of the building has been slated before then. Progress is ongoing on the renovation…
I’ve sighted the enemy…….It is us and by us I mean the media. I never thought I’d say that. The media was the harbinger of truth. Writing fact-based articles quoting both sides and keeping their personal opinion to themselves.. Just like every defendant is entitled…
………..Is the mark of a leader one who has a vision? It’s more. I think that a leader also needs to be able to make others not only see that vision, but embrace it. If former superintendent Suzan Smith hadn’t had the vision for a…