Princeton honors Doug Freeman with Day and bonus
Princeton City Council declares Tuesday August 13 as Douglas Freeman Day and awards city manager Doug Freeman a 5000 dollar bonus from contingency funds. Freeman, a Concord College alum and six year Princeton administrator, earned ICMA credentials and has overseen maintained finances with grants and $13 million in local funds.
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Princeton
Doug Freeman
Dewey Russell
Freeman
Concord College
Russell
International City and County Management Association
ICMA
William Stafford II
Charleston
Stafford
Martha Draper
Ken Clay
Mark Blevins
Bdtonline
Local officials say no sign of senior credit card scam yet
A government news release warns of a telephone scam targeting seniors via a $1.75 monthly prescription discount card. Police say no local complaints. Charleston has reports, but Princeton Mercer County and Bluefield have not seen it. Seniors advised to hang up and call the Consumer Protection Division or local authorities.
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Bluefield
Bob Wise
W.L Harmon
Princeton
Charleston
Harmon
R. Earnest
Mercer County
Attorney General’s
Consumer Protection Division
Mark Blevins
Mblevins
Bdtonline
Passenger in I-77 wreck listed in very serious condition
An accident on I-77 left a passenger in very serious condition. Diane Cowdery and her husband Peter Cowdery were in a 1998 Ford Windstar with two juveniles when Peter lost control and struck a 2002 Acura MDX. Peter Cowdery is in guarded condition at Princeton Community Hospital. Weather was cited as a possible factor.
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Luefield
Eric Earnhart
Carilton Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Diane Cowdery
West Henrietta
N.Y
Peter Cowdery
Peter Appar
Ently
Acura
C.K. Morton
Parkways
West Virginia State Police
Princeton Community Hospital
Carilton Roanoke
Morton
Community outreach aids McDowell flood survivors event
Victoria Weisiger of WindHorse leads a McDowell County outreach program for flood survivors featuring lunch child care and transportation from sponsors including the McDowell County Commission Rural Health Advisory Council and the LongTerm Flood Recovery Committee. The event blends healing arts with talks on flood experiences then shifts to music massage therapist sessions and an artist therapy quiltMaking session. Contact Charles Owens at cowens bottonline.com for details.
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Victoria Weisiger
WindHorse
McDowell County
Weisiger
McDowell County Commission
McDowell County Rural Health Advisory Council
Council of Southern Mountains
Anawalt
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Juveniles Hat Rocks Lee Street House in Blotter Item
Police blotter notes juveniles throwing rocks at a Lee Street house Saturday with no damage. Parents spoken to and advised to stay off the property. they agreed. Officer S S Whitt investigated. A Lee Street property dispute involved residents on Franklin Street dumping trash on vacant property. they were advised to stop and complied. Officer G W Lightfoot. Loud music on Jefferson Street Saturday. subjects advised to turn it down and left area. another report at Tiffany Manor Sunday with no disturbance. Officer H L Harmon investigated.
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Lee Street
S.S. Whitt
Franklin Street
G.W. Lightfoot
Jefferson Street
Tiffany Manor
H.L. Harmon
Area scam suspects sought in elderly Bluefield victim case
Bluefield officials say two female suspects are still at large after allegedly bilking a 75 year old woman of more than 15000 in a pigeon drop scam at a Bluefield Avenue business on June 19. Detective Hinzman said leads are being followed but no arrests yet. He urged anyone with information to contact the Bluefield Police Department.
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Bluefield
R.W. Hinzman
Hinzman
Mark Blevins
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