Incumbent County Commissioner Paul Cowey retained his Clay District seat in a three-way race against Brett Lemley and Ted Arneault, Jr. Cowey received 1,071 votes (36.16%) while Lemley received 974 (32.8%) and Arneault 917(30.96). Seventy five votes separated Karen (Baier)Valenti and incumbent Valerie Truax in…
The Hancock County Board of Education took a moment to hear about a school bus driver who went beyond her assigned duties to help out a student. Superintendent Dawn Petrovich said she had a call from a parent who said that her son’s bus…
The race for County Commission is an important one for voters. Hancock County stands at a critical juncture. We continue to experience a decline in population. Businesses and industry have closed or are struggling. The economic development we have been assured is coming continues…
…….The military banners hung in New Cumberland are awesome. I wasn’t prepared for the emotional reaction I would have when I saw my Dad’s banner hung on the corner of Pearl and Chester Street right where his office used to be. So many thanks go…
The community of New Cumberland is honoring those who served their Country through its military banners program. Eighty-two banners, purchased by the servicemen’s families, were quietly hung by volunteers over the past few days. The project has been orchestrated and painstakingly brought to fruition by…
The Board of Education has been at the forefront of this Primary Election. The attention on the race is unprecedented in Hancock County as is the number of candidates who put their name on the ballot for a job that pays little; carries a…
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…