Category newsletter-monday

AND THEN AGAIN…….by Tamara Pettit

……..They’re gonna be “somebunny!” ….”…..I can see Roberta Rabbit, my fictious alter-ego, looking at my two great granddaughters and imagining what possibilities lie ahead for them.  There can be no limitations!  ……..It wasn’t always the case.  Back in the seventies a woman couldn’t get a…

JUST MY OPINION by Tamara Pettit

In the last hours available to sign or veto bills, Governor Justice vetoed the controversial HB 5105 which allowed more exemptions to the vaccines required to enter school. Proponents of the bill saw it as a matter of personal freedom. Opponents of the bill saw…

BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES STUDENT INITIATIVE

Hancock County students performed an important service for residents in the past few months by completing their income tax returns for free. It is estimated the student tax preparers saved thousands of dollars for those who got their taxes done by members of the Future…

MAGIC TREE

New Cumberland Magic Tree Teaching Garden (Jackson St across from Davis Pharmacy) Come to the Magic Tree Garden and stake your claim of a raised bed. 19 beds available for anyone in the area. • One raised bed per person. Sign up sheet is at…

HANCOCK PSD RECEIVES $5 MILLION FROM DISTRESSED UTILITIES ACCOUNT

(ORDER FROM WV PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOLLOWS) On January 26, 2024, Hancock PSD filed a Petition for Recommendation ofFunding from the Distressed Utilities Account (Petition for Recommendation).According to Hancock PSD, at the WVIJDC meeting held on December 19,2023,Hancock PSD was directed to file an application…

CHESTER LIONS TO HOST BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY

The cooks are getting ready for the Chester Lions Club upcoming annual “Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt”.  The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 30 at the Chester Municipal Building from 9:00 AM until noon (breakfast until 11:00). In addition to breakfast…

JUST MY OPINION …..By Tamara Pettit

The Governor still has not signed HB 5105, which allows for more vaccine exemptions for measles, mumps, chicken pox. I heard an interview on WVMETRO News in which he admits that he is not an expert on health issues and he has concern that one…