By: Hettie Basil Lighttower Well, here we are again. Already a full week has flown by. We are a week into our future. Time has seemed to be travelling and moving very quickly. Each day new inventions are marketed, are conceived and being presented. These inventions revolve around us having[Read More…]
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Lunch and Play at the Library
Join us at the Brooke County Public Library, pick up a free lunch for children 18 and younger and play in the children’s room at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 5, Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19.Parents/guardians must provide direct supervision. All ages are welcome. No registration is required.[Read More…]
Holiday Hours at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Branch will be closed Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
Kids Boat Races at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will be holding boat races for kids on Friday, July 2, at 12 p.m. They will create their own boat and race in our regatta! Registration is required. Call the circulation desk at 304.737.1551 to register or visit https://brookecountylibs.org/events.
Summer Reading Story Hour at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Branch will be holding Story Hour with Miss Kim on Monday, July 1, at 12 p.m., at the Follansbee Library and Wednesday, July 3, at 11 a.m., in the River Room of the Wellsburg Library with a Safari theme. Children will enjoy a[Read More…]
At the Library
The following books have recently been added to the Brooke County Public Library’s collection: ADULT FICTION MOON STRUCK by Lauren Dane. Three years ago, Katie Faith Grady left Diablo Lake, heartbroken and humiliated by a man who didn’t deserve her in the first place. Her return–to help run her family’s[Read More…]
Wellsburg 5K Race Has Storied Past
By: John L. DavisThe Wellsburg Fourth of July 5K traces its roots to the Wellsburg Town Run of the early 1970s. Back then, a running “boom” was sweeping the United States on the heels of Frank Shorter’s inspiring victory in the 1972 Olympic Games marathon. Countless Americans of all ages[Read More…]
Wellsburg Cadet Part of Mountaineer Challenge Academy’s 62nd Class
The Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy is pleased to announce Class 1-24 as the 62nd class to complete this West Virginia National Guard Program. Commencement exercises were held Friday, June 14 at Camp Dawson in Kingwood. A total of 85 graduates from 34 counties across the State of West Virginia successfully completed[Read More…]
WV DoHS Issues Summer EBT Cards to Eligible Students
The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), in conjunction with the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE), began mailing West Virginia Summer EBT (WV-SEBT) benefits to eligible students on June 16.The WV-SEBT program will provide short-term grocery benefit assistance to income-eligible households with school-age children during the summer months.[Read More…]
Pull Up A Chair
By: Hettie Basil Lighttower When I was a kid I liked to watch StarTrek with my grandfather. As a matter of fact a good bit of us grandchildren really enjoyed it. The fascinating equipment, fading in and out for transportation, time travel, strange planets, alien beings, fasers, healing machines and[Read More…]