City Board Votes to Let Greenbrier Street Residents Pay for Steps
Bluefield board will finance a steps project by assessing abutting property owners, not at city cost, for the Greenbrier Street connection. A guardrail work was approved at city expense. Public debate over costs and location prompted council discussion and calls for safer access.
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Greenbrier Street
Bluefield Board of Directors
Fred Burton
Milton Anthony
J. Spencer Thompson
Cumberland Road
Burton
Thompson
Anthony
Paul Cole
Joe Walker
Richardson
Walker
Bluefield Cable Systems
Ben Paine
John Feuchtenberger
Feuchtenberger
Cole
Cablesystems
Harry Dorr
Paul Oliver
John Wilkinson
Bluefield
Oliver
Mercer County Courthouse to Close for Holiday Break
The Mercer County courthouse will close Friday and reopen Monday. The Mercer County Commission plans a special session today at 10 a.m. in the second floor conference room to discuss a commercial and industrial revenue bond issue for William Eros. Bluefield city offices close Friday for Christmas with Monday garbage pickup. similar schedule for New Year’s. The last witchcraft execution dates cited as 1716 in England and 1722 in Scotland.
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Commission
William Eros
Bluefield
Fred Burton
England
Scotland
Bowman couple awarded 2500 in mall blasting case
Mercer County jurors deliberated about 55 minutes and awarded Dan R. Bowman and Doris Bowman $2,500 in damages from Mercer Mall Co and S. J. Groves for blasting during site preparation in 1979 1980 that cracked floors and damaged a shop. They sought $50,000.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer Mall
Dan R
Doris Bowman
John Frazier
Free Christmas Dinner Planned by Princeton Churches
More than 400 people are expected to attend a free 3 pm Christmas dinner at Liberty Baptist Church near Glenwood Park in Princeton. Rev. Steve Lilly said churches and the West Virginia Department of Welfare sponsor the event as aid to families in need, with transportation and toys provided. Call 425-6760 or 487-1051 to attend or donate.
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Princeton
Liberty Baptist Church
Glenwood Park
Steve Lilly
Lilly
Liberty Baptist
West Virginia
Department of Welfare
Women of Liberty Baptist Church
Local Murder Trial To Begin On March 1
Mercer County Circuit Judge John Frazier set March 1 as the trial date for Curtis Manns and Darnell Bryant, both 19, in the February 20 1981 Wolfe shooting death of Elmer Hutchens during a robbery. Ronald Collins, 22, also charged, has a Jan 20 trial. Manns and Bryant, juveniles at the time, were transferred from Juvenile Court to Circuit Court. defense seeks separate trials. Claudia Moore pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was placed on three years probation with $1,227 restitution. Assistant Prosecutor Edwin Wiley represented the state.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Wolfe
Mercer County
John Frazier
Curtis Jerome Manns
Darnell Bryant
Ronald Lynn Collins
Manns
Bryant
Collins
Elmer M. Hutchens
Hutchens
Frazier
Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office
West Virginia Supreme Court
J. Peter Richardson
Charles Pace
Bruce Ambrose
John Anderson
Claudia V. Moore
Mrs. Moore
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Mike Lilly
Edwin Wiley
Bowmans Suit Over Blasting Damages Heads to Jan. 4
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports defense and plaintiff attorneys clash over property blasting damage. Steve Goad and David Burton for the Bowmans argue there is evidence of blasting harm, while the other side maintains the activity was reasonable. Jurors were excused until Tuesday, Jan. 4.
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Davis
Steve Goad
David Burton
The
Bowmans
Burton
Fendants
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Mercer County Commission
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Cumberland Rd
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William Davis
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Sen
Lawton Chiles
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Byrd
Chiles
Center
WVU
University of Florida
Kerosun
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mercer Mall Co
Patary
Sylvania
Waruck Furniture
New Parks Bldg
Raleigh St
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