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For 10 years, long ago, there was an elk outside my bedroom window. It never moved. The life-sized bronze statue stood on a pedestal in front of the Elks Lodge in downtown Portsmouth. I lived across from 93 Pleasant St. I was so fascinated by the giant metal deer that I never paid much attention to the three-story brick building that loomed behind.  I didn’t know it had been a private home and a hotel, and I didn’t believe the rumor that George Washington slept there. Until last week, I didn’t know its official name is the Treadwell-Jenness House. When I read about a proposal to conv...

Board Chairman Dexter Legg called the proposed project at 93 Pleasant St. by developer Mark McNabb “terrific.” “I’m really excited about it, I think we all are,” Legg said. He also referenced a comment that Gov. Chris Sununu made recently during a State of the State address to the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. “I’ll paraphrase him: ‘You can’t say you support business if you don’t support affordable housing’ and this is so necessary for Portsmouth and for the workers who work in Portsmouth,” Legg said during Thursday night’s Planning Board Zoom video c...

wscott@heraldstaronline.com The Brooke High School SkillsUSA Chapter has thanked the community for supporting the most successful food drive among those spearheaded by SkillsUSA chapters throughout West Virginia. The group also was recognized for its “sculpture” of much the food into a small Christmas tree and fireplace, complete with donated socks for Christmas stockings. With the food are, from left, Kendrick Fish, vice president; Madison Ely, club reporter; Jason Polgar, president; and Krysten Myers. -- Contributed WELLSBURG — With support from the community, the Brooke High Sc...