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…]
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Evening Storytime at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will be holding an evening storytime with Miss Kim on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. Children will enjoy the story “The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo”, a craft, snacks and fun! Limited spaces available. Call the circulation desk at 304.737.1551 to register or[Read More…]
Brooke County Public Library to Close Early
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. 24 for staff development and training.
Vickie’s Kitchen Delights
By: Vickie Davis Happy Fall you all! Love, love, love this weather! I like the leaves turning colors and falling, the smells in the air and the crisp weather in the mornings. Fall and Winter are my favorite times of year!I finally got my house decorated inside and outside. As[Read More…]
Northern Panhandle Men Indicted for Sex Offenses
Harry Fred Wells, 53, of Follansbee, was one of four men from the Northern Panhandle indicted by a federal grand jury last week for federal sex offenses.Wells was charged with enticement of a minor for sex using a computer, transfer of obscene material to a minor and possession of child[Read More…]
Weirton to Receive $22.47 Million for Water System Upgrades
The City of Weirton will receive $22.47 million to increase the city’s water system treatment capacity from 4 million gallons per day (MGD) to 8 MGD to allow for growth and economic development.U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a member of[Read More…]
Water System Improvements Get Boost
Water system improvements along Rt. 2 in Beech Bottom got a boost from the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council last week.The project, which is expected to cost $2 million, was one of five projects which received approval of a technical review and request to pursue funding.The approval of[Read More…]
Bethany College Receives $2.2 Million Federal Grant
In a groundbreaking achievement, Bethany College has been awarded a significant federal grant of $2,200,154, titled the 2023 Title III Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) grant. This grant aims to propel Bethany College towards a future of enhanced student success, academic excellence, and streamlined student services.Bethany College’s, “Building Connections for Student[Read More…]
October is Pedestrian Safety Awareness Month
At some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.Whether you walk your child to school or walk from your vehicle’s parking lot to the office, each of us walk where vehicles travel.In 2021 there were 7,388 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes, a 12.5 percent increase from the 6,565 pedestrians’[Read More…]
Brooke County DEC to Meet
The Brooke County Democratic Executive Committee will hold its monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Brooke County library in Wellsburg.Teresa Toriseva, vice chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party, will serve as the guest.