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…]
Author: The Brooke County Review
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…]
At the Library
The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION THE SEA WOLVES by Jack du Brul. As New England swelters in the summer of 1914, Detective Isaac Bell is asked to investigate a cache of missing rifles–only to discover something much more sinister. Whoever[Read More…]
Afternoon Movie at the Follansbee Library
The Follansbee Library will be showing the movie A Gift From Bob rated PG on Friday, Dec. 16, at 12 p.m.Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes. For James, a struggling street musician, a very special one arrives in the form of Bob, a strong-willed stray cat who wanders[Read More…]
Beginner Yoga Class at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will be offering a Beginner Yoga Class with Taylor Provenzano on Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 6– 7 p.m., in the River Room.Establish your foundation in yoga by learning safe alignment and yogic philosophy while engaging in postures, movement, mindfulness and breathwork. Modifications are available for[Read More…]
Documentary to be Shown at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will screen the documentary “Cracking Your Genetic Code” on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at 12 p.m.We are on the verge of being able to have all of the information in our DNA read and analyzed. With this comes many promises as well as pitfalls. “Cracking[Read More…]
Anterless Deer, Bear Firearms Season
Hunters will have several opportunities to target deer and bear in December with the next segments of West Virginia’s antlerless deer and bear firearms seasons starting early in the month.The next segment of West Virginia’s antlerless deer firearms season will be open Dec. 8–11 in the state’s 51 counties open[Read More…]
DNR Liftetime License Giveaway
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resource’s lifetime license giveaway is back for a fourth year. Hunters and anglers who purchase an annual 2023 hunting, trapping or fishing license during December will automatically be entered into the drawing.“There’s a lot of good things happening in West Virginia and so much to be thankful[Read More…]
From the PSC
Heat Your Home Safely By: Charlotte R. Lane, WV PSC ChairmanIt seems like every winter we hear heartbreaking news about a family that has lost everything in a house fire.Nearly half of all house fires are caused by space heaters and over 80 percent of home heating fire deaths involve[Read More…]
Ronald Allen Reed
RONALD ALLEN REED, 77 of Colliers, WV died peacefully on Monday, December 5, 2022, at Carriage Inn of Cadiz, OH. Ron was born on March 2, 1945, in Steubenville, OH a son of the late Joseph E. Reed and Betty (Wright) Reed. Ron graduated from Follansbee High School, and he[Read More…]