Category newsletter-monday

Top of WV CVB Presents County Mural

Rachel Keeney, executive director of the CVB, attended the Hancock County Commissioners meeting February 11th to share with the Commission the digital image of the mural to be created for the America250 Mural Project. A statewide initiative to mark the 250th anniversary of America’s founding,…

Emma Stansbury is Lions’ Scholar for February

Emma Sue Stansbury, 18, is the daughter of Julie Stansbury and a resident of New Cumberland, West Virginia. Throughout her high school career, Emma has been actively involved in both school and community activities. She is a dedicated member of Key Club, Prom Committee, Pep…

Hancock County Schools Needs Rapid Response Team

I took off my “newspaper publisher” hat this week and put on my “How May I Help?” hat. Like everyone I am concerned about the teachers and school service personnel who will be laid off due to Hancock’s County School reduction in force. How can…

Soup for the Soul Provides Lunch for WVU Chemo Patients

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Over her two-decade battle with cancer, Judy McNair has maintained a positive outlook and cheerful disposition, relying on her faith and those around her to help her on her journey.  As she receives infusions at the WVU Cancer Institute’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center in Morgantown, she is…

Hancock BOE 2024 Audits Did Not Reflect Looming Crisis

Digging through 3 years of audits of the Hancock County School system one does not find indications of the looming financial crisis.  The audits, conducted by the Clarksburg CPA Firm of Tetrick &  Bartlet shows a balance of   $3.5 million at the close of   2024. The…

Juried Exhibition at Summit Art Gallery

Summit Art Gallery Presents It’s All About Birds Juried Exhibition Weirton, WV – The Summit Art Gallery, in partnership with the Top of West Virginia Arts Council, is proud to present It’s All About Birds, a juried exhibition that invites viewers to explore and observe how…

And Then Again………..by Tamara

………I’m still pondering how the Hancock County School District ended up being taken over by the State Board of Education. Oh, I know why it happened and I know the chronology of when it happened. The people from downstate did a good job of explaining…

And Then Again…….by Tamara

……..The February 2 Board of Education meeting where we were supposed to learn about what transpired in the school district that resulted in the State taking it over was a disappointment. While we learned how much we were in arrears and why, most of us…