For The Intelligencer
File Photo by Joselyn King
Wheeling Health Right Executive Director Kathie Brown tells Ohio County commissioners of plans for an addition to the clinic in the coming months.
WASHINGTON West Virginia’s congressional lawmakers for northern and southern West Virginia submitted funding requests for projects through the new earmark system. Meanwhile, the congressman for the middle of the state submitted none.
Through the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, 1st District Congressman David McKinley, R-W.Va., and 3rd District Congresswoman Carol Miller, R-W.Va., submitted projects for the new Community Project Funding (CPF) program, though 2nd District Congressman Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., made no requests.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a 12-week series highlighting fire chiefs in Wetzel and Tyler County. For the Myers family, firefighting is a family affair. New Mar
Foundation of Our Public Library
By Chuck Clegg - | May 5, 2021
New Martinsville Library - Left to right Logan Hassig, Judy Nichols, Sharon Dougherty, Debra Mason, Patricia Ankrom, and Grace Williams
Last week’s column told about the history of the towns library buildings. Structures that grew from 1946 up to the present day.
The first were existing buildings constructed years before they housed their first book. That changed in 1977 when the new building was constructed that we still have today.
But the buildings themselves are far from the whole story of our public library. In fact, the most interesting part of the story is the people who are the foundation.