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CANDIDATES FILE FOR CHESTER MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Councilman Ed Wedgewood will run unopposed for Chester Mayor. Filing for the June 14 Municipal Election ended March 29. Current Mayor Ken Morris is not seeking re-election. Ward I will be only contested race with incumbent Councilman Tom Paisley opposed by Nathan Wright. Other candidates…

AND THEN AGAIN……by Tamara Pettit

…..Hate to be a bore, but I’m going to repeat really old-fashioned election advice to candidates.   Don’t conduct your campaign on your opponent’s negatives; run on your positives.  Wow, that is ancient because you see the McKinley/Mooney trash talk ads that run during TV…

HANCOCK COUNTY PROPERTY TRANSFERS FOR FEBRUARY & MARCH

Taylor Wells, Jacob Wells to Gary Adkins Daniel Jack Sarles to Kayla Marae Duffy Sweeny Keystone Trust, Kathryn Paoloemilio, successor trustee, to Mario Yacoviello – $98,000.00 James Decker to Jennifer Laird, TOD Kenneth S. Miller, Janette Miller to Jennifer Blake, Ashley Blake – $162,500.00 Joseph,…

MAGIC TREE COMMUNITY GARDEN SIGNUP STARTS TODAY

Look for a repeat of the Oklahoma gold rush of 1800! Today (April 2) starts the signup for a raised bed in the New Cumberland Magic Tree Community Garden. It’s a first come…first claim garden. It’s your piece of earth from April to October and…

Music & Art at the Cafe April 12

A diverse cultural arts offering in an intimate setting will take place Tuesday, April 12, as MSL – Music & Art at the Cafe welcomes nationally renowned folk, bluegrass, Americana artists The Lowest Pair to Chester (WV) City Park’s Badgley Pavilion.Comprised of Kendl Winter, raised in Arkansas and now…

WMC EARNS TRAUMA RECERTIFICATION

(WEIRTON, WV) –WMC’s Emergency Department has earned recertification for Designation as a West Virginia Trauma Center.  WMC has been recertified for a permanent designation as a Level IV WV Trauma Center by the WV Office of Emergency Medical Services.  WMC’s is the only Emergency Facility…

JUST MY OPINION Tamara Pettit

          The controversy over the hiring of Hancock County School’s Personnel Director Sarah Parsons continues to escalate.  The Hancock County Education Associate has now issued a vote of “no confidence” in Superintendent Dawn Petrovich and the four Board members who voted to appeal the administrative…