Glenwood parents oppose split to Bluefield Princeton middle schools
More than 100 Glenwood area parents urged the Mercer County Board of Education to keep Glenwood sixth to eighth graders in local schools. A petition with 1,033 signatures protested the plan to move students to Princeton and Bluefield middle schools. Parents urged building a new Glenwood middle school instead, citing growth and local academics.
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Glenwood
Mercer County Board of Education
State School Building Authority
Glenwood Area
Bluefield
Princeton
Glenwood Pto
Robbie Harman
Accident inquiry continues at Falls Mills wood plant
A Woodtech Plant in Falls Mills Virginia remains closed as investigators probe the weekend death of 20 year old Jason Ray Richardson of Princeton. OSHA official Richard Rouse from Abingdon checked the scene Sunday and the plant is not expected to reopen until Wednesday. Funeral services for Richardson are set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Princeton.
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Falls Mills
Tazewell County
Jason Ray Richardson
Princeton
Woodtech
Route 102
Ing
Richard Rouse
Abingdon
Office of Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Maggie Asbury
Woodtech Human Resources
Asbury
Richardson
George W. Seaver
Seaver Funeral Home
Northforkers pay for sewer line not yet built
Northfork residents such as 81 year old Gladys Porterfield pay a $10 monthly sewer fee though the town lacks a sewer system. Raw sewage from homes and businesses is dumped into the Elkhorn River. McDowell County towns Keystone Kimball Maybeury Elkhorn and Annwalt also lack systems. The fee funds a federal court ordered new sewage system with no timetable.
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Northfork
Gladys Porterfield
Porterfield
Elkhorn
McDowell County
Keystone
Kimball
Maybeury
Annwalt
Barker Street
Nick Mason
Domestic violence cycle highlighted at Princeton church
Barbara Hawkins reports Shannon May from Radford VA says domestic violence is a devastating cycle. She notes abuse harms spiritually and emotionally and cites that 75 percent of boys who witness mothers being battered become abusive husbands. May urges awareness at the Desserts and Carols event.
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Rinceton
United States
Radford, Va
Women’s Resource Center
Princeton Presbyterian
Shannon May
Frinceton
May
PSHS
Pam Hawkins
Community Christmas Tree campaign tops $2000 in 1999 drive
The Community Christmas Tree fundraiser has raised 2170 with Sunday gifts of 375, bringing the yearly total well past 2100. The campaign supports local children who might not experience Christmas. A Dec 23 party at Bluefield City Auditorium will run from 12 30 p.m. to about 3 p.m. with Santa, tree workers, entertainers and volunteers distributing gifts.
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Bluefield City Auditorium
Stadium Drive
Jimmie
Concord students lead walk for classmate with brain tumor
Concord College students Emily Allie and Michael Strickland organized a walkathon at the Princeton Health and Fitness Center to support Kandace Pritt, a 19 year old Beckley resident and Appalachian Bible College student diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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Princeton Health & Fitness Center
Beckley
Concord College
Emily Allie
Michael Strickland
Walkathon
Kandace Pritt
Appalachian Bible College
Kandace
Rita Pritt
Tanner
Marlena Gill
Princeton
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