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Early Voting for NC Election to Begin

Early voting for the May 11th New Cumberland Municipal Election will begin April 28 and will take place at the Municipal Building from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday and Saturdays, May 1 and May 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Election…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

….A few mishaps last week. Bill’s column ran twice….once in his own space and once in Jeremy Alger’s. The moratorium on the establishment of new convention & visitors bureaus is not 2004 but 2024. The Top of West Virginia CVB is open for business in…

Our History & Our Heritage By Bill Kiefer

When I left off last week I had Thomas Campbell living in America and his son Alexander studying at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. I had a typo in the dates. Thomas came to America in 1807, not 1817.Nevertheless, they are important figures, not…

Farmers Needed

Farmers Needed – There are 19 beds at the Magic Tree Garden in New Cumberland waiting for gardeners to claim them. Once you claim your bed it is yours to plant, week, water and harvest from now until November. Sign up is at the Magic…

NCFD Donates

The New Cumberland Fire Department donated monies collected for Autism Awareness month to NMES special education classrooms. New Manchester Elementary is appreciative of the efforts and support of the New Cumberland Fire Department. Pictured are Chris White and Cindy Yeater

Letter to the Editor

Dear friends of the Hancock County Museum, Monday, April 19, 2021 is the deadline for Hancock County residents to email the HC Commissioners with their top three or fewer priorities for spending the $5.59 million dollars allocated to Hancock Conty from the American Recovery Act.The…

Teamwork Praised

Local resident Nancy Wright submitted the following nomination to West Virginia Living Magazine’s Hometown Heroes contest,The team of Jackie Huff, administrator of the Hancock County Health Department, and Kathy Dray, R.N., school nurse supervisor and head of the LPN program at the Rockefeller Career Center,…

Two Vie for Mayor’s Seat

Dave “Boe” Cline has filed for the New Cumberland Mayor’s seat. A newcomer to City Government, Cline has devoted time to volunteering to the Food Closet and putting up Christmas lights since retiring from his State job ten years ago.Cline graduated from Oak Glen High…