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KOVALCIK BREAKS TWO WLU RECORDS

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The West Liberty University women’s track and field team opened its 2022-23 indoor season yesterday at the YSU Icebreaker. Maggie Kovalcik highlighted the Hilltoppers opening day with two school records. The junior from New Cumberland, W.Va. started the meet with a 100.91 in…

AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

……What’s in a name?  Well, evidently quite a lot if you’re an aspiring politician in West Virginia.   If children and grandchildren wanting to emulate their grandfather by pursuing the same career goals, specifically a Congressional seat and the Governor’s seat, then the late Governor Arch…

PSC APPROVES INTERIM RATE INCREASE FOR MOUNTAINEER GAS

CHARLESTON, WV – The Public Service Commission today granted much lower interim purchased gas cost (PGC) rates for Mountaineer Gas Company and Hope Gas dba Dominion Energy West Virginia than the companies had requested.  Mountaineer Gas had originally requested a PCG of $9.85 per Mcf…

CHESTER HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

The events for this weekend at Chester’s Merry & Bright Hometown Christmas are as follows: 9am-2pm: Lions Club Chilli Cook-off inside CFVD 9am-3pm: Vendors along Carolina Ave. 9am-3pm: Chinese Auction inside CVFD 10am-12pm: Children’s Events at Chester City Park 10am-1pm Carriage Rides behind Citizens Drug…

SANTA’S MAILBOX IS READY!

Lorelei Schmalstieg, daughter of Justin and Mykelti Schmalstieg, was excited to be the first to mail her letter.  The mailbox is located above Laurel Hollow Park at the overlook in Newell and was delivered to the location by David Atkinson. All letters, that contain a…

A TRIBUTE TO AN OLD FRIEND …..by Tamara Pettit

……. He came every Christmas Eve, after dinner but before Santa.  The kids laid out the cookies and the Diet Pepsi in gleeful anticipation of his arrival for he was indeed the spirit of our Christmas.  Bob Manypenny was a lifelong friend, first of the…

AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

…..Television is a slippery slope and the onset of winter sets many of us on that ride downward.    I used to be very discerning about the programs I watched.   I was a tv version of a health food nut casting aside the junk food of…

VETERANS’ MONUMENT UPDATED

            The New Cumberland Community Projects Committee has recently made some updates to the monument located next to the Swaney Library on Court Street.  The makeover began with the removal of old trees and brush behind the granite marker.  A professional monument cleaning company then…