…….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…
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…