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Chester Native Celebrates 100th Birthday

Chester Native Celebrates 100th Birthday Martha (Mansfield) Hudson Goodrich recently celebrated her 100th birthday.  She was born July 6, 1921 in Chester and was raised on Neptune Avenue, one of 7 Mansfield children. She graduated from Chester High School in 1939 and then from West…

BOARD OF EDUCATION: CONTROVERSY OVER ATHLETICS

           Athletics was the focus of Monday’s Board of Education meeting.   Does Weir High need a new baseball field or will  the Edwin J. Bowman meet the team’s needs?   Is Board member Chris Gillette’s discussion of extending baseball to the middle school level appropriate or…

WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, JUNE 2021 – BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Date of Birth Baby’s Gender Parents Names City of Residence State of Residence 6/1/2021 Boy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Ashley Fuller Newell WV 6/3/2021 Boy Heather Snyder Sisarcick and James Howley Bethany WV 6/8/2021 Boy Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Madeline King Wintersville OH…

Weirton Council has Fireworks after July 4th

               A regularly scheduled Weirton City Council meeting took a volatile turn when City Manager Joe Dibartolomeo made allegations against Weirton City Council for what he termed an illegal executive session held in November.     Dibartolomeo said he had turned the matter over to the Ohio…

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Hancock County PSD will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday, August 03, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. This meeting is called to discuss legal matters.

Yard of the Month Award Presented

            The New Cumberland Garden Club has begun a new program to recognize beautiful yards within the city.  Its Yard of the Month Award will be given from June through October to an outstanding yard that has been chosen by the club members.  The first…

GARDEN CLUB WINS AWARDS

            The New Cumberland Garden Club recently won four awards totaling $250 at the annual WV State Garden Club Convention held in Charleston, WV.  In recognition of their Blue Star and Gold Star markers, the club won first place with the Eleanor W. Cain Memorial…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

……While I am pleased to see the West Virginia Derby return this year at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort, I am really sad about fans being charged an entrance fee just to watch the days’ race card.     Will horsemen who enter horses in the race…