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HANCOCK TO SEEK NEW SUPERINTENDENT

The search for a new Superintendent of the Hancock County Schools has begun.  Current superintendent Dawn Petrovich’s contract was not renewed Wednesday night. The Board of Education emerged from a brief executive session and voted 4 to 1 to begin the search for a search…

APRIL WATERCOLOR CLASS AT SUMMIT ART GALLERY

Weirton, WV – Bob Watson, a local artist, will be instructing a watercolor painting class with techniques that can be used to create still-life and landscapes. The class will be divided into two sessions: The first part will be an ink and watercolor still-life painting.…

AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit

…………..My eldest grandchild was born in a snowstorm this month..    Efforts to get from Charleston WV to Charleston SC proved futile so I didn’t get to cast eyes on her  until that next Saturday when I looked up from my seat on the floor of…

OAK GLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

2nd Nine Weeks – Honor Roll Honor Rolls – 2nd Nine Weeks Grading Period    5th Grade   Straight A Honor Roll:   Layla Adkins, Aziz Alhawshabi, Dylan Allen, Lilly Blake, Laila Brown, Emily Conroy, Corban Devore, Cannin Dittman, Bristol Eckleberry, Laikynn Eckleberry, McKenzie Griffin, Landon Hawkins, Alex Kalkstein, Kendall…

SCHOOL BOARD EXPRESSES NO CONCERN ABOUT WATER QUALITY

Hancock County school officials are confident that the water the students are drinking is safe.  Concern was expressed at last night’s Board of Education meeting after the train  derailment in East Palestine recently..  Superintendent Dawn Petrovich pointed out that each school gets their water from…

AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit

……Will we have snow yet? A bunny wreathe sits patiently waiting to be hung, but I’m not convinced. My oldest grandchild, Hillary was born in early March during a snowstorm that closed roads in Charleston, WV. I look at the bunny and say “soon, soon.”…

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC MEETING The Hancock County P.S.D. will hold a Public Meeting on March 14, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. located in The Wells Building Auditorium in Newell, WV to discuss the Newell Wastewater System Project. The project work is anticipated to include a new pump station…