BY Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert Newell, W.Va. – After 116 years of ownership by HLC Holdings Inc., parent company of The Fiesta Tableware Company, the Newell Bridge and Railway Company changed hands at midnight Wednesday. Officials of The Fiesta Tableware Company, formerly known as Homer Laughlin…
New Cumberland Council gave the go-ahead for plans to honor the late Councilman Brian Webster at Monday’s meeting. Approval was given for a plaque to be placed on the old city building at the corner of River Avenue and Jefferson Street designating the street…
The rejection of the two bids received for construction of new classrooms and a baseball and softball complex at Weir High by the Hancock County Board of Education will not delay the projects according to Jim Sauer of J.T. Sauer & Assoc. A special…
Several members of the New Cumberland Lions Club participated in the spring road clean-up. The Club cleans about 3 miles of Veteran’s Blvd from the edge of New Cumberland towards the State Road Barn. About 8-10 bags of trash were collected. PHOTO: from left: Andrew Kefer, Cindy Skerbitz, Jim…
The Oak Glen Girls’ Softball Team beat Weir High 3-2 to become the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Champs.
The magic of butterflies will be explored at the Magic Tree Garden in New Cumberland on May 21st. The New Cumberland Volunteers (NC Garden Club) in cooperation with the Magic Tree Garden will have a “Kids Day in the Garden” at 20 a.m. Stacey Spencer…
The Bob Milby Chester VFW Post 6450 made a donation for a new flagpole with the American Flag and the POW Flat to the Lynn Murray Memorial Library. The flagpole presentation with the new flags will be held on Friday, May 27 at the Library.…
Oak Glen Senior Andrew Giambroni will be continuing his academics and soccer career at Westminster College next year. He will be pursuing a Sports Management degree. Pictured at his signing ceremony are: Front L-R: Jamie Holmes, Shannon Giambroni, Andrew Giambroni, Mike Giambroni, Debbie HagerBack L-R: Jaison…
Dear Editor: I am a 38-year Hancock County Schools employee, who teaches English at Oak Glen High School. A wise man once told me that if I wanted to know what occurred at a Board of Education meeting, I should attend, and, so,…