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Apr 12, 2021 UP: To Williamstown City Council’s decision to create an animal control position, to build on work already being done by organizations such as the Save a Kitty Feral Cat program. Mayor Paul Jordan is right. “I think we can create a position not only with animal control, but also to fill a void we have never really filled,” he said. That should be a help to more than one city department, and another stepped toward improved quality of life in the community. *** UP: To organizations such as Artsbridge, which continue to adapt to the changes wrought by this pandemic. With its a...

Mar 15, 2021 UP: To the repair and relocation work on the Veterans Memorial in Cairo, which was damaged by flooding last month. Tim Cantwell and his crew from TC Towing and Repair have begun the process to fix water leaks and raise the concrete pad on which the memorial sits, as a new site is being prepped on the land along Main Street by Cairo Masonic Temple #14’s new building (the former Union Bank Building). Some donors have already stepped up, but more are needed to complete the project. Kudos to those who have already done the heavy lifting. UP: To the artists of the Wood County Societ...

Mar 8, 2021 UP: To the Vienna Public Library beginning a home delivery service, which is available to library patrons with senior account status and the Vienna zip code 26105. “We are excited to launch this valuable service to help people who might be anxious to leave their homes, or find it difficult to get to the library for curbside pickup,” said Megan Dowler, adult services coordinator. “We will strive to ensure safe, contactless delivery of all library materials.” That is fantastic news for Vienna book-lovers still trying to stay safe. UP: To the YMCA of Parkersburg and the Unite...

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta As RedState’s streiff reported earlier today (see Eight Democrat Senators Crossed Over to Kill the Economy Killing $15/hr Minimum Wage), the Democrats’ gambit to shove a minimum wage hike into the current COVID relief bill has failed. Aside from being terrible policy, there was no justification at all for including a non-budgetary motion into a reconciliation bill. Nancy Pelosi’s weak, cynical attempt crashed and burned at the hands of eight Democrat crossovers. The roadblock was a little known apparatchik in the US Senate, Ellen McDonough, the Senate Parlia...