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SWANEY LIBRARY by Kirsten Pierce

Have you noticed the beautiful trees in the library windows? Throughout the month of December, you can visit the library and vote on your favorite Christmas tree for $1 a ticket or six tickets for $5. The trees are decorated by local churches and organizations.…

AND THEN AGAIN……..

by Tamara Pettit …….If I were a betting person, I wouldn’t even know where to begin to place odds on the “new Weirton Baseball Field Complex vs Edwin Bowman Baseball Field Complex which the Weirton City Council wants to replace with the new Weirton Police…

OUR HISTORY & OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer

Sometimes things, once noticed, or facts, once learned, stick with us, forever. There were quite a few commas in that sentence, and I am not sure that they are in the correct places. Is the following revision better? Sometimes, things once noticed, or, facts once…

Your Imagination Station

With Miss Connie    Fall Conference was absolutely AMAZING ! I learned so much and now have a TON of new ideas for the library, and I can’t wait to share them with y’all. But, for now, let’s talk about what’s happened since we were…

Your Imagination Station

With Connie & Shauna    Where has the summer gone?! Who can tell me how we are already in September? I love this time of year though, because with it, brings the changing colors of the leaves, the cooler evenings, time to sit around a…

AND THEN AGAIN……. by Tamara Pettit

…….I felt an editorial bubbling up within me Sunday.  I hear you saying “Does she always have to be a drama queen?  Can’t she just say “I was moved to write an editorial” and leave it at that?   Nope, it doesn’t work like that.  I…

OUR HISTORY & OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer

So, who was Edwin McMasters Stanton, born in Jefferson County, Ohio, on December 19, 1814? Well we could say that he was the only person born around these parts who was maybe the Country’s most eminent trial attorney, who also served as the U.S. Attorney…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

…Play Ball???Now that Oak Glen’s field will be ready for play, players, coaches and fans are holding their breath that there are no more positive COVID tests on either Oak Glen or it’s opponent for the next home game.  Fans are now upset about the…

OUR HISTORY & OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer

Ohio is frequently referred to as the “Mother of Presidents.” As a state they claim eight. These would be Ulysses S. Grant of Point Pleasant, Rutherford B. Hayes of Delaware, James Abram Garfield of Orange Township now Moreland Hills, Benjamin Harrison of North Bend, William…