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Our History & Our Heritage By Bill Kiefer

Being somewhat new to this business of writing a newspaper column, I may tend to focus too long on a single subject, or get sidetracked easily. Truthfully, though what I am writing isn’t “news.” I mean it’s not like it happened yesterday. I will leave…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

…..Not sure if my gullibility (or my knowledge that no idea is too ridiculous to turn into a bill and introduce in the WV Legislature) resulted in me thinking for a moment a bill introduced last week was for real. It was April 1 so…

New Cumberland Council Action

**New Cumberland city council passed the second reading of the ordinance which will make improvements to the water sewage system possible.**Approved a 2500 donation to swanky memorial library along with providing new bricks for the circle in Eden Valley**Discussed use of the American Rescue Act…

Deputy Chief Appointed

A City Cleanup is planned to coincide West Virginia Make it Shine Day on May 15. Dustin Lang, chair of the Beautification Committee, has submitted a list of areas to be addressed and is asking for volunteers to assist in the cleanup. Permission has been…

Commissioners Seek Input

In other business, the Commissioners:**Approved the donation of a 2011 Ford Crown Vic Sheriff’s Cruiser to the Lumberport Police Department;**Approved a Memorandum of Agreement for FY 21/22 for the Hancock County Extension Office;**Appointed Jeremiah Jay Squires to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Reserves;**Approved Prosecutor Stephen Dragisich’s…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

….Apologies to the 2020 Teacher of the Year, Jessica LITTLE. I melded the names of two great teachers together, Jessica Little and Megan White, and identified her as Jessica White in the photo ID. I promise to do better next time, but we all know…

Our History & Our Heritage By Bill Kiefer

Back to Newell and potteries. As I previously stated the Homer Laughlin Pottery Company (which I may abbreviate here as “HLC”) started out in East Liverpool, Ohio. I have read somewhere that at one time there may have been as many as 300 potteries in…

Reflections by Jeremy Alger

I am an aspirational guy. I want to be a part of big things. I am a part of the biggest/most important thing on earth (the Kingdom of God). But sometimes I look around at other pastors and get discouraged as I compare myself, my…