Blog Posts in January, 2017
Posted on Jan 31, 2017 By Steve Novotney
A pro basketball player, that's what CJ Goodwin dreamed of becoming when attending The Linsly School. He didn't even play for Cadet Head Coach B.J. Depew until his senior season, and ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2017 By Steve Novotney
People are still bothered by the consolidations that took place to form Wheeling Park High School. Until the mid-1970s the city of Wheeling possessed three public high schools, one in Warwood, one in ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2017 By Steve Novotney
There were no fewer than 20 abstractors sitting on hard chairs and working on plastic buffet tables on the second floor of the Ohio County Courthouse when I visited the Clerk's Office last week. ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2017 By Howard Monroe
"Wait and see", many said to me about Donald Trump. "Give him time. He isn't even in office yet", they said. Well. He took the oath. Gave a dark and divisive speech and got to ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2017 By The Watchdog
The Watchdog is giving away a two-day trip for 4, to the Inn at Snowshoe Resort. The winner will also receive lift tickets for both days to get you up the slopes. For your chance to win this great ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2017 By Steve Novotney
So what does it actually mean? Great as in when? President-elect Donald Trump was born in 1946, when America was getting the post World War II started, and schools were constructed across the country, ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2017 By Steve Novotney
It's got a ring to it. "Governor Justice." He became the state's 36 th governor this week, and now he will have less than a month to develop his plan to fill that ginormous, $450 ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2017 By Howard Monroe
Although I wasn't there, thanks to the internet I watched both Jim Justice midnight oath at the Greenbrier chapel and his official swearing in on the state Capitol steps. The excitement and ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2017 By Howard Monroe
Government should use business principles but it is not a business. The goal of private enterprise is to make money. The goal of government is to serve its citizens. As WV lawmakers and soon-to-be ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2017 By Steve Novotney
OK, so I was sort of afraid this week to check "the real" Donald Trump's Twitter account while I watched President Barack Obama's "farewell speech" in Chicago Tuesday ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2017 By Howard Monroe
A steep learning curve, deepening budget crisis, and increased partisan divide will set the stage for West Virginia's government this year. As the Mountain State legislature becomes deeper red, ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2017 By Steve Novotney
Many sound like a grandfather clock ticking away time, but yes, there are quieter versions that barely make a sound after initiation. But the one constant is that blinking light, right there on the ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2017 By Steve Novotney
Just as my initial listing of hopes within Part 1 of this mini-series, Part 2 includes a few possibilities that are very much in reach if attempted. That's because, far too often, people compose ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2017 By Steve Novotney
It's a key year in Wheeling and I am certain the city's mayor and council members know it. "Key." "Big." "Huge." "Future factoring." Call it what you ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2017 By Howard Monroe
2016 was a fascinating year. And 2017 presents its own special challenges. A movement to youth and change in Wheeling as a new, social-media-savvy crop of council candidates swept into City Hall this ...
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