Category Government

Chester Council Continues Clean-Up Effort

Chester City Council continues to clean-up the community and tighten any ordinances whose language might stand in the way of cleaning up unsightly or dangerous property. Council adopted Ordinance 2025-4 at its Monday, May 5 meeting. Ordinance 2025-4 gives the City the authority to deal…

Hancock Co. Museum Requests Assistance from NC Council

Janet Keller, vice-president of the Hancock County Museum and long-time volunteer, approached New Cumberland City Council Monday pleading for help to keep the museum functioning. Keller, specifically asked that the City reimburse the Museum for the water and sewage bill. She said the Museum has…

Just My Opinion…………………by Tamara Pettit

…..What is government without order?  Anarchy by some definitions.   A hot mess from my perspective.   ……I  speak of the Hancock County Commission meeting of April 21, 2025  where the meeting ignored the agenda that permitted the audience to speak only under the Public Comment section.   …..The subject on the…

Arneaults Awarded Bid for Kennedy Marina

Cemco, Inc., a company which list Edson “Ted” Arneault as President and Patrick Arneault as Vice-President, was awarded the bid to operate Kennedy Marina in Newell by the Hancock County Commissioners. Cemco won the bid on a 2 to 1 vote with Commission President Eron…

Town Hall Planned

 The Public is invited to a Town Hall that the County Democratic Executive Committees of the Northern Panhandle will host at the Ironworkers Hall 2350 Main Street, Wheeling, WV on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM to address your concerns about…

WV Humanities Council Sounds Alarm on Funding Cuts

The Board of Directors of the West Virginia Humanities Council [the Council], a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was recently notified by the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), that support to our Council from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) was being terminated.This abrupt termination…

Governor Morrisey Cuts Budget with 29 Line Item Vetoes.

Governor Patrick Morrisey line-item vetoed 29 items in the budget presented to him by the Legislature.  It appeared no department was safe from his veto pen as he took money away from both higher and public education.  The WVU College of Law lost $250,000.00 bringing…