Category newsletter-monday

AND THEN AGAIN……..by Tamara Pettit

……….Just ten days til Christmas, but who’s counting? With each successive day, the excitement grows for little ones. Their little engines get revved up another notch with each passing day. For adults, each successive day brings another thing that must be checked off the LIST.…

AMI ARNEAULT NAMED HANCOCK COUNTY HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR

Ami  Arneault has been named Administrator of the Hancock County Health Department.  She succeeds Jackie Huff who is retiring from the position after 20 years of serving the public.  Huff has spent the last month acclimating Arneault with the position, The Health Department is charged…

COOPER COMM IS LIONS DEC. SCHOLAR

Cooper Comm, a senior at Oak Glen High School, is the December 2024 Lions Club Scholar of the Month.  Cooper is the oldest son of Doug & Jodi Comm. Cooper resides in Chester with his parents and two siblings; his brother Parker and his sister,…

HANCOCK COUNTY NOVEMBER PROPERTY TRANSFERS

Jacqueline R. Nixon to Garrett James Wright – $121,900.00 – Butler District William Franklin Mack to Debra Gray – Grant District Kelly Haynes to Holly Rutherford – $130,000.00 – Butler District Willard Martin Swan, Sr. to Willard Martin Swan, Sr., Brian Scott Swan – Clay…

JUST MY OPINION …By Tamara Pettit

The City of Chester has put the 1% Racetrack Video Lottery funds towards much needed projects since the Legislature reduced Hancock County’s allocation from 2% to 1% in 2023. While the county has dealt with a reduced budget, the financially struggling communities of Chester and…

AND THEN AGAIN…………by Tamara Pettit

……….I miss Christmas shopping like it was in the olden days where you had to go to stores that had music playing and harried sales clerks to help you. Some stores even had free gift wrapping, but only if you were a man cause Santa…