Members of the Hancock County Board of Education approved necessary funding for the Weir High Softball and Baseball Field and will take a more active role by attending updates and construction meetings on the progress. The initial bids for the project came in in…
The Grinch joined Miss Connie from the Lynn Murray Memorial Library for Children’s Day at Laurel Hollow Park. The annual event features a variety of activities for children.
……Judging from its agenda, it appears that the newly-comprised Board of Education is getting down to business tomorrow (Monday) night. The Board has already moved it’s meeting to 6:30 p.m. to make the meetings more accessible to the public, many of whom found their work…
Another Fourth of July event for me is to watch the very long movie “Gettysburg.”Obviously, the movie is named for the battle fought over the first three days of July1863, which went a long way towards the ultimate resolution of the AmericanCivil War. Is it…
The building at the corner of High Street and Veteran’s Boulevard in New Manchester will once again be home to a business. The closure of Franco’s, where owner Dave Ireland operated a pizza and sub carry-out for 17 years, had many community members mourning the…
And just like that, Summer Reading Camp is over. Whew !! We planned, we prepped, we decorated, we anticipated…..for weeks. And, in what seems like a heartbeat, it’s over. We’re tired, and we’re kinda sad. We really enjoyed having all the kids with us,…
Gov. Jim Justice today announced the preliminary approval of over $20.8 million in grant funding to begin a series of six massive broadband infrastructure projects across the state through the Major Broadband Project Strategies (MBPS) program. The MBPS program is a branch of Gov. Justice’s Billion-Dollar…
……Good news! Actually, great news when I drove past Franco’s on High St. and Veterans Blvd. in New Manchester and saw a sign which read “John Hale is coming to Francos.” I think all area residents mourned the closing of Franco’s after Dave Ireland devoted…
Hancock County Commissioners approved the placement of the Library Renewal Levy to be placed on the November 8th General Election ballot. Rik Rekowski, director of the Mary Weir Library, spoke to the Commissioners about the levy which he stressed is simply a renewal and…