Vintage Bluefield postcard auction at Blake’s New Year event
Bluefield history fans can bid on a vintage postcard collection during Blake Auction Co’s 13th annual New Year’s Day sale at 11 a.m. at the Princeton Elks Lodge. The lot includes views of the Bluefield Inn, Union Park Casino, Altamont Hotel, Judge Johnston home, local hospitals, Raleigh Hotel, and Christ Church Episcopal, with postmarks from 1926 and 1916.
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Bluefield
Blake Auction Co
Princeton Elks Lodge
Scott and
Raleigh Streets
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pocahontas Division
Chambers Host Legislative Point Of View Breakfast
The Greater Bluefield and Princeton Mercer chambers will host the annual Legislative Point of View Breakfast on Friday January 3 2014 at 8 am at the Quality Hotel and Conference Center Bluefield West Virginia. State and local legislators including Senator Phillip Puckett Senator Bill Cole Delegate Will Morefield and others will attend to answer questions from about 100 interested attendees. Reservations are handled by the Bluefield and Princeton chambers via phone or fax.
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Bluefield
Greater
Marc Meachum
Greater Bluefield
Meachum
Virginia
James W
First Community Bank
First Century Bank
New Peoples Bank
McNb Banks
Bluefield Gas Co
AEP Alpha Natural Resources
First Bank and Trust
Princeton Health Care Center
Consol, Energy
Bb&t
City National Bank
Princeton
EarthTalk tips for explaining climate change to kids
The article lists kid friendly resources from EPA NASA UCS and Professor Sneeze to teach about global warming. It highlights A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change with sections Learn the Basics See the Impacts Think like a Scientist Be Part of the Solution and an emissions calculator. It notes NASA Climate Kids with games and the Big Questions guide and Cool It! card game for ages eight and up.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
NASA
Union of Concerned Scientists
UCS
Professor Sneeze
New Year Festivities Highlight Bluefield Princeton Events
Revelers in Bluefield and Princeton ring in 2014 with city events. Bluefield hosts the inaugural lemon drop on Raleigh Street with a DJ, while Princeton stages a ball drop at Dick Copeland Square and Renaissance Theater performances plus a fireworks finale.
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Luefield
Princeton
Bluefield
Mercer County
Dick Copeland
Renaissance Theater
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Bottonline.com
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Pittsburgh
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Randy” Albert
Consol Energy Ince
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Eustace Frederick
Buchanan County
Marcellus Shale Coalition
Virginia Tech
Sanitary Board of Bluefield
Bluefield High School
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Shale Advisory Group LLC
Matoaka
D.B
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Darrell Bailey
Meadows
Bailey
W.va
Charleston
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
West Virginia
Weiss Knob
Tucker County
Williamson Field
Mingo County
Berkeley Springs State Park
Morgan County
New River Gorge
Fayette County
Oakhurst Links
Greenbrier
Webster County
Cameron Pool
Marshall County
Marion County
Jefferson Rock
Jefferson County
Cheat Mountain Club
Randolph County
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Monongalia County
Camp Washington-Carver
Oakes Field
Kanawha County
St. Mary’s
Tazewell County
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Russell Hatfield
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
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Debbie Hatfield
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Bluefield State College
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