The United Way of the Upper Oho Valley awarded 20 $500 Self Care – Employee Retention mini grants to each of its member agencies. Many nonprofit jobs work directly with people who have been through trauma which can take a large toll on employees mentally and emotionally, resulting in compassion[Read More…]
Author: Brooke Review
Quarter Auction Set for Sunday
The Brooke High School Skills USA chapter will be holding a quarter auction on Sunday at the school’s front cafeteria.Doors will open at 12:30 p.m., with the auction start at 1:30 p.m. Admission is $5 and includes a paddle. Each additional paddle is $1. There also will be a Chinese[Read More…]
Foundery Church Christmas Jubilee
The Foundery Church, located at 1340 Washington Pike, Wellsburg, will hold a Christmas Jubilee, with music, a live nativity, crafts, games and other activities Saturday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m.Its Christmas Eve service will be at 6 p.m. and its Christmas Day service will be at 11 a.m.
Pancake Breakfast
Members of the Northern Panhandle Shrine Club will be holding their all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 7-11 a.m., at their building located at 1221 Rive Blvd., Weirton.Breakfast will consist of all-you-can-eat pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausages, coffee, orange juice, hot tea and hot chocolate.The cost for the meal[Read More…]
Story Hour and Snacks with Santa
The Brooke County Public Library will be holding a Story Hour and Snacks with Santa on Wednesday, December 21 at 11 a.m. Children will enjoy a story, craft, songs, snack with Santa and lots of fun! The Library will be providing a free picture with Santa.Limited spaces available. Call the[Read More…]
Holiday Hours at the Library
Holiday Hours for the Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Branch will be as follows:The Brooke County Library in Wellsburg will close at 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 16.The Wellsburg and Follansbee branches will be open 9 a.m.–12 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24 and will be closed Dec. 25–Jan. 2. Both[Read More…]
All Fees Waived in Honor of Anniversary
December 21 will mark the Brooke County Public Libraries 67th Anniversary of being Incorporated. We thereby are giving back to our patrons!The libraries want the patrons of our communities to have equal access to information. We know that the patrons of our community use the library for a multitude of[Read More…]
Fall Turkey Season Harvest
Eleven turkeys were reported as harvested in Brooke County during West Virginia’s 2022 fall turkey season.District 1, which includes Brooke County showed a harvest that more than doubled from 72 birds in 2021 to 150 in 2022.Statewide the harvest increased by almost 46 percent over last year’s harvest, according to[Read More…]
MSOE Fall Quarter Dean’s List with High Honors
Thomas Packer, an MSOE student from Wellsburg, was named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Dean’s List with High Honors for the 2022 Fall Quarter. Packer is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science.Undergraduate students who have earned at least 30 credits and have a cumulative GPA of 3.20[Read More…]
AG Advises Caution with Holiday Package Deliveries
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging consumers to be careful when having packages delivered to their homes.The advice comes as part of the Attorney General’s Holiday Consumer Protection Week.Packages arrive at doors more frequently during the holiday shopping season because of the popularity of online shopping. Thieves have[Read More…]