The Brooke County Review, Wellsburg, WV
Follansbee United Methodist Church, located at 1002 Virginia Ave., Follansbee will hold its annual craft and soup sale Saturday, Nov. 7, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.Beautiful seasonal crafts, novelty items, and seven soups including ham and bean, wedding, chicken tortellini, vegetable, pastina/egg and chili will be available for purchase by the[Read More…]
By: Hettie Basil Lighttower I have a couple corrections from last week’s column about bindi’s and tilak’s. Firstly, I used the wrong word where I meant to talk about the pineal gland and called it the pituitary gland. I indeed meant to say pineal gland anytime it was mentioned in[Read More…]
The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE BOAT HOUSE by Fern Michaels. An unexpected inheritance from their late uncle brought Madison (Taylor) Wainwright and her brother Lincoln to Smuggler’s Cove. But it’s the quirky, close-knit locals who’ve convinced them to[Read More…]
Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes with good company? Then join us at the Brooke County Public Library for an adults-only Recipe Club!Every month will have a theme; you choose a recipe, make it up and bring it[Read More…]
The Brooke County Public Library will be hosting Michal Traubert on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. in the Vincent Room of the Wellsburg Library.Mr. Traubert will be discussing the history of Witchcraft in Brooke County. He has discovered some new clues. Mr. Traubert is a descendant of Daniel Higgins[Read More…]
The Brooke County Library will be holding Storybook Yoga for Child & Caregivers on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. in the River Room with Taylor Provenzano from Soulshine Yoga.Read, Move and Breathe. A yoga class and storytime rolled into one. We will be reading the story “The Witch’s Cat[Read More…]
The Brooke County Public Library will be closing at 4 p.m. and the Follansbee Library will be closing at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27 for staff development and training.
CHARLES BRUCE MORGAN, 73, of Follansbee, WV died on Monday, October 19, 2026, at his home. Bruce was born on October 8, 1953, in Steubenville, OH a son of the late Charles and Virginia (Milliken) Morgan. In addition to his parents Bruce is preceded in death by his sister, Penny[Read More…]
RAY WILLIAM NASH, JR., 79, of Follansbee, WV, passed away on October 17, 2026, at Weirton Medical Center – Select Specialty Hospital. Born on December 30, 1946, Ray was the son of the late Ray Nash, Sr., and Alma “Marge” Nash. He was a graduate of Steubenville High School, Class[Read More…]
JOHN CARL GIESMANN, 76, of Bethany, WV, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at Wheeling Hospital after a short battle with cancer. John was born on April 17, 1950 in Grove City, PA, the son of the late Carl L. Giesmann and Mildred A. (White) Giesmann. John graduated from[Read More…]
