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Resident Questions Mobile Home Violation

Chester City Council was asked why it wasn’t taking action against Sunset Development at Monday’s City Council meeting. Resident Ed Schmidt told Council it was his understanding that the Judge’s most recent ruling ordered the City to grant a permit to owner Bob Reed to…

And Then again by Tamara Pettit

……West Virginia is once again losing a Congressman. The State’s population decline of 3.2 percent in the 2020 Census means that we will go from three to two congressman and our voice in “the peoples’ house” will be diminished. Our State is not alone. Surrounding…

Our History & Our Heritage by Bill Kiefer

Thomas Campbell was centered on his church at Brush Run close to the border between Southwestern Pennsylvania and the extreme Northwestern section of Virginia. Alexander Campbell, was residing a few miles away in the area of Virginia near the Pennsylvania border known as Buffalo, after…

Reflections by Jeremy Alger

My daughter is hooked on unicorns. She plays with them. She draws them. She wears them. She even pretends to preach about them. When she sees something new or exciting she often asks, “Can I have that with unicorns on it?” (And if you think…

CHESTER LIONS CLUB HANGS BANNERS

The Chester Lions Club recently hung summer banners along Carolina Avenue for the City. Pictured are (l-r) Donny Murray, Andi Shilling, and Dave Shilling. Other members who took part, but not pictured, were Marshall Hobbs, Dan Allison, Tom Hineman, Bud Miller, and Steve Wilson. For…

Two Seek Council Seat

Voters in New Cumberland will choose from two competitors. Incumbent Judy Takach Bartley and newcomer Anne Blankenship will vie for the Ward II, Seat position,

Your Imagination Station

With Connie & ShaunaOh My Goodness Ya’ll, what a weekend we just had at Lynn Murray Memorial Library. We held our first annual Seeds & Trees Program, with 29 children and 21 adults in attendance. What a FANTASTIC turn out!! We started our program off…

Board of Education

**Accept the resignation of Anthony Veltri as Assistant Boys’ Soccer Coach at Weir High;**Accept the resignations of Willard Douglas, Bus Operator #122; William Loth, Custodian II at Oak Glen Middle School; and Diane Rocchio, Secretary III at JDR Career Center. All three employees are retiring;**Approve…