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OAK GLEN FIELD TURF AND LIGHTING PROJECT TABLED

A vote to go ahead with construction on the Oak Glen Field Turf and Lighting project was tabled on a 3-2 vote when the Board of Education met Monday night.  Members lined up on a north-south line with Ed Fields and Larry Shaw voting to…

AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit

………..I had forgotten a basic principle in my adjustment to being alone again and in my quest to alleviate my sadness.  “Just cause you can do something doesn’t mean you can do it well.”  We’re talking about painting.   I’ve been looking for projects and my…

JUST MY THOUGHTS…….by Tamara

It’s just not in the movies that companies pick small towns to bypass the environmental laws. It really happens. It happened here, in New Cumberland. I saw something on WV Metro News that caused me to go the EPA site out of Philadelphia to locate…

Messer LLC to pay $1.9 million penalty for Clean Water Act violations at New Cumberland, WV facility PHILADELPHIA (June 23, 2023) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Messer LLC has agreed to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty for Clean Water Act permit violations…

HAVA SUB-GRANT WILL IMPROVE ELECTION PROCESS FOR COUNTY

Hancock County voters will benefit from improvements to the County’s election process thanks to acquiring a $70,172.50 Help America Vote Act(HAVA) grant from the State Election Commission..   The grant is a matching grant and the amount will need to be matched by the County,  County…

WVDNR report 19% increase in number of stocked trout in 2023

.CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced that the agency has stocked nearly 130,000 more trout in 2023 compared to the previous year.Between January and May 2023, the WVDNR stocked 802,481 trout in lakes and streams around the state, which…

CHANGE OFFER FREE PHYSICALS FOR CLIFFS

CHANGE, Inc. to provide Wellness Physicals for Cleveland Cliffs Employees and Spouses   Weirton, WV – On Thursday June 29, 2023, from 9 am to 3 pm CHANGE, Inc. Family Medical Care will be providing Wellness Physicals for current employees of Cleveland Cliffs and their spouses. Physicals…