Courthouse moves forward in Tazewell County progress
Tazewell County Virginia has issued a certificate of occupancy for its renovated courthouse and launched phase three of the project. Officials say old courthouse vacating begins this week as Brown and Root targets final completion by January 2002. Court offices relocate to the new building now, with Juvenile and Domestic Relations and General District Court offices in place by Oct 9 ahead of a holiday. The project began fall 1998 and is expected to exceed 13 million dollars.
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Tazewell
Rick Kimbrell
Kimbrell
Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
General District Court
Anderson
Mercer County Commission sets coming week's agenda
Mercer County plans a busy agenda for next week's meeting. The panel will consider a $200000 architect fee with a $25000 bonus for on budget completion proposed by Ted Boggess. The 22000 square foot annex will house magistrates and county offices, funded by a 5 percent cable fee.
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Mercer County Commission
Princeton
Commission
E.T. Boggess
Ted Boggess
Corte family among Italian stone-cutters in southern W.Va
Stelio Corte recalls Carswell Hollow as a diverse, friendly community with Italians Poles Hungarians Black and white workers. His father Joe Corte (from Auronzo, Italy) came to America in the early 1900s to work as a stone cutter amid coal industry growth in Central Appalachia. The Cortes stay active in the Sons of Italy and Italian Heritage Festival, which opens with a dinner at the Brushfork National Guard Armory, continuing through Saturday.
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Bluefield
Stelio Corte
Carswell Hollow
Carswell
Stelio
Joe Corte
United States
Auronzo
Italy
Switzerland
America
Central
Appalachian Mountains
Vecellio
Beckley
Pais
Keystone
Betty Corte
Daddy
Rico Vecellio
Cortes
Sons of Italy
National Guard
Brushfork
Oktoberfest 2001 Bramwell Celebrates With Beer Tours Music and Awards
Bramwell Oktoberfest 2001 in Millionaire Row offers a 2 to 4 p.m Beer Tour with light ethnic foods and performances by West Virginia musicians including the Bluegills and Davis Sisters. Outdoor historic tours, a 4 p.m. barbecue, beer judging, People’s Choice award, and concerts by Carpenter Ants and Bluestone Wildcats conclude the day.
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The
West Virginia
Bluegills
Clinton Collins
Adam Cox
Cathy McConnell
Davis Sisters
Bramwell
Ballet
Carpenter Ants
Bluestone Wildcats
Main Street
West Virginia Brewing Company
Morgantown
Blackwater Brewing Company
Davis
North End Tavern
Parkersburg
Richbrau Brewing Company
Richmond
Richlands Band wins at Clinch River Band Festival
Thirteen bands from Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee competed at the 8th annual Clinch River Band Festival hosted by Tazewell High School. Richlands High School Marching Band earned Band of the Day for a Civil War tribute, as Blue Tornado performed a moving taps and tombstone flags moment.
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Virginia
East Tennessee
Tazewell High School
Tazewell Bulldog
Jim French
Raejie Harman
Richlands High School
Blue Tornado
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