…..The monthly property transfers ran in HOMETOWN NEWS a few days ago. I am always anxious to read them because they are a treasure trove of information. I see that the Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle bought Mingo Junction Steelworks for $10,800,000. I’ve…
……Together we can accomplish much………apart our energy is diluted and our results sporadic. That certainly applies in Hancock County and economic development. …..I see where the Top of West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau are advocating for a convention and conference center in Weirton in…
…..I am beginning to think Mike Swartzmiller deserves a feature story. He is the epitome of a man of many interests. While he has been an educator and county commissioner, he has dabbled in a variety of interest such as making furniture and now painting…
….We have another chapter in what I used to refer to as “the Video Lottery Chronicles.” There have been many battles waged in committee, on the floor of the House and Senate, in the bars and behind closed doors over the money-making machines. Known by…
I’m torn between a yes or no vote on the bill making 18 the “marryin age” in West Virginia. Every fiber of my being wants to say yes! A high school kid should be worrying about final exams not wedding rings. As I write this…
…..Does furniture hold emotional significance for you? A piece of furniture is after all not a living, breathing being. It is inanimate. My favorite consignment shop is full of furniture cast aside for newer, fresher pieces. I love to decorate and redecorate, but I am…
….I see them everywhere. Parents with kids buying all the supplies to go to school. Parents helping a kindergarten student pick out that first backpack. Parents tearfully looking at bedspreads and laundry hampers for the college dorm. Yep, it’s that time of the year. Kids…
…….A buyer for the Graham building? Be still my heart because for years I have tried to think of what could go into that building. It has always seemed to defy the winds of change which have buffeted New Cumberland. It sits on the corner…
…… Shannon lost her best friend Leo Friday. He finally succumbed to congestive heart failure, a medical problem which plagues many Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. A piece of our hearts went with him, but a piece of Leo thankfully also remains in our hearts. Leo came…