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Hall of Fame Honorees Announced

NEW CUMBERLAND TO HOLD CITY ELECTION

Residents in New Cumberland interested in running for Council or Mayor will have the opportunity to file for office beginning January 13, 2025 and ending at midnight Feb. 1, 2025. The Municipal Election is set for Tuesday, May 13. Candidates running for office must reside…

WVU ROCKEFELLER NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE IS PROVIDING ACCESS TO GROUNDBREAKING ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is providing patients greater statewide and regional access to a groundbreaking Alzheimer’s disease treatment.    RNI stands at the forefront of Alzheimer’s care in part due to its use of monoclonal antibody (MAB) therapy to treat patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild…

WVU Medicine kidney transplant patient resilient through adversity.

PRINCETON, W.Va. – Encouraged. Motivated. Resilient. These are just some of the words WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance team members and others use to describe 29-year-old Laiken McKinney. Unfortunately, McKinney’s medical issues began at an early age, and being resilient was her only option. “She had to be,”…

OHIO VALLEY CHORALE PRESENTS ‘CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS’

The Ohio Valley Chorale invites the public to join them for their 2024 Christmas Concert, titled “Christmas Traditions” on Saturday, December 15th – This program will feature 80 singers of the Ohio Valley Chorale, Bryan Sable-accompanist, and Erik James Lucas-conductor. The musical selections consist of…

WREATHES ACROSS AMERICA IN NEW CUMBERLAND

Wreaths Across America Day is scheduled for December 14, 2024.  On that day, thousands of volunteers across America will gather at noon at cemeteries to honor our veterans by placing a fresh balsam wreath on each veteran’s grave.  New Cumberland has been a member of…

NC LIONS DECORATE “HISTORIC NEW CUMBERLAND” TREE AT SWANEY

It’s beginning to look like Christmas at the Swaney Memorial Library in New Cumberland, WV.  The New Cumberland Lions Club put their annual library Christmas tree up in the Swaney Library on November 30. This year’s NC Lions Club theme is “Historic New Cumberland, The Community…

CHESTER LIONS HOLD CHILI COOKOFF DEC. 7

In conjunction with the Chester Hometown Christmas, the Chester Lions Club will hold its Dave Smith Memorial Chili Cookoff at the Chester Fire Station from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.. , Dec. 7. Chili must be prepared prior to the date of the cook off…