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AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

…..I am sad.  There I’ve said it and a columnist is never supposed to impose her emotions in writing, but today it seems I can’t help it.  But you, dear readers are not the typical reader, we’re friends, …..Today we buried  my brother-in-law, Bill Webster,…

AND THEN AGAIN……..BY TAMARA PETTIT

……I feel like my head is full of random thoughts and questions, so I’m sharing them with you.  My good friend, the late Hugh Tate, used to do a column “Things I know, see or hear” full of observations.  Hugh was one of the best…

HYDROELECTRIC PLANT MAY BE COMING TO NEW CUMBERLAND

A hydroelectric power plant may be coming to the New Cumberland Locks and Dam. HOMETOWN NEWS has learned that on Sept 28, 2020 “Current Project 19, LLC” filed an application for a preliminary permit with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposing to study the feasibility of…

WELCOME BABY NEW YEAR

Introducing 2024’s Baby New Year, Lucca Joseph.  Little Lucca is seen here with his parents, Cameran Jackson and Joey Gabrielli of Steubenville.  He was born New Year’s Day at 6:29pm at WMC and weighs 6 lbs. and 10 oz.  and is 21.5 inches long.  

AND THEN AGAIN…..by Tamara Pettit

……..And here I  sit again on New Year’s Eve.  There are reports of parties and dancing even drinking and frivolity.  But, in all my years, I never saw it.  Once I was old enough to go drinking and dancing, I was already a young mother. …

18 ADDITIONAL INTERNAL DEFECTS FOUND IN JENNING RANDOLPH BRIDGE

Design underway for permanent repairs to Jennings Randolph Bridge Contractors Modjeski & Masters are designing plans for permanent repairs to the Jennings Randolph Bridge in Chester, as West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) bridge engineers prepare to reopen the span. The bridge, which carries US 33 across…

MY CHRISTMAS MEMORY FROM CONNIE DOUGHTY

BY CONNIE DOUGHTY My greatest Christmas memory is from when I was a child, that carried over into my adult life. When we were young, my sister and I, as far back as I can remember, Mom and dad always took us out on Christmas…

AND THEN AGAIN….by Tamara Pettit.

……The backhoe outdid itself this year proving their is no limit when Santa and Pat Jones put their minds together for a parade! ….The New Cumberland Christmas Parade was fantastic.   It was the biggest and best I remember  in all the years the community has…

JUST MY OPINION……by Tamara Pettit

I have a vested interest in racetrack video lottery…..I and the late Del. Sam Love birthed it in 1994.    We spent many long hours going over the percentages of where the  net terminal revenue should go and  my status as the delegate who huddled in…