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Gary Mackey

Gary Mackey, 78, of Newell, passed away October 25, 2021. He was born February 20, 1943 in East Liverpool, Ohio, the son of the late Thomas and Ruth (Price) Mackey. Gary was the former Director of mutuals at Mountaineer Race Track. He was a member…

Carole Nuzum

Arner Funeral Chapel <[email protected]>To:[email protected], Nov 6 at 4:28 PM Carol L. Nuzum, seventy-four of New Cumberland passed at the Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville on Friday, November 5, 2021. Born on April 11, 1947, in Glendale, WV., Carol spent her childhood in the Moundsville…

Dwain K. Reed

Dwain K. Reed, 65 of New Cumberland passed at his home on Thursday, November 4, 2021. A son of the late Jeremiah B. and Leona “Theresa” Mercer Reed, he was born in East Liverpool on August 1, 1956. Dwain was raised in the Hookstown area…

PARENT CLAIMS INEQUITABLE APPLICATION OF MASK MANDATE

     Citing diminished number of COVID positives and students needing to be  quarantined, the Hancock County Board of Education voted 4-1 to continue the mask mandate until  November 10 at its Oct. 25th meeting.   Board Member Chris Gillette voted no.      Superintendent Dawn Petrovich shared…

Wreaths Across America

NEW CUMBERLAND GARDEN CLUB SPONSORS THIIRD WREATH EVENTThe New Cumberland Garden Club will once again be sponsoring the Wreaths Across America event for the New Cumberland Cemetery. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, December 18. Started over 25 years ago by Merrell Worcester…

CHESTER FESTIVAL OF TREES COMING UP

Kicking off the holiday season will be the Festival of Trees in Chester. Slated for November 19 and 20, the event will feature fully-decorated trees available to purchase at an auction. Photos with Santa, adopting a stuffed reindeer and participating in an ornament walk will…

HONOR YOUR HOMETOWN

West Virginia at the Center of Nationwide Honor Your Hometown Campaign A West Virginia Native Co-Founded the Initiative with Filmmaker Ken Burns and   Country Music Star Marty Stuart Prominent West Virginians Are Featured   Charleston, WV. Nitro native Dan McGinn is a co-creator of the Honor Your Hometown campaign with celebrated…

OUR HISTORY, OUR HERITAGE By Bill Kiefer

Sometimes things, once noticed, or facts, once learned, stick with us, forever. There were quite a few commas in that sentence, and I am not sure that they are in the correct places. Is the following revision better? Sometimes, things once noticed, or, facts once…

AND THEN AGAIN….by Tamara Pettit

 …….I appreciate good journalism and I cringe at bad journalism. The Freedom of Information Act is one of the most important tools a journalist can employ.  Enacted it 1966, FOIA as it is commonly known,  allows the public access to governmental records and those organizations…