WHEELING The Rotary Club of Wheeling is getting ready to bring its annual fundraising, palate-pleasing extravaganza back to Centre Market, and this year’s beneficiary will be Orchard Park Hospital. The annual Taste of the Market will take place from 5-8 p.m. on May 18. Members of the general public are welcome and encouraged to […]
WHEELING – Orchard Park Hospital has been in “start-up mode” over the past several months in preparation for a highly anticipated grand opening in Wheeling this summer. The facility will serve the region as an acute care center for children and adolescents in need of short-term psychiatric and behavioral health treatment. It is a service […]
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WHEELING The Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Education’s vote earlier this week to reduce funding to the Ohio County Public Library by a third is expected to negatively impact the facility’s ability to continue its outreach programs and provide resources, according to the library’s director.
At Monday’s meeting, the board voted 3-2 to reduce the funding provided to the library for the coming fiscal year from 3 cents per $100 of assessed property value to 2 cents. This will cut the funding to be contributed to the library from about $884,547 a year to $589,698.
Board President David Croft said later that the money saved from that funding reduction will go to filling in where necessary on the $76 million in property improvement projects in progress around the district.
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Ohio County Library Treasurer Greg Marquart speaks before the Ohio County Board of Education, asking them to revisit the funding issue next year.
WHEELING In a tightly contested 3-2 vote, the Ohio County Board of Education voted to lessen payments to the county library by a third.
At Monday evening’s board meeting, the board voted to reduce the funding provided to the Ohio County Public Library from three cents per $100 of assessed county property value, as has been the standard previously. David Croft, Molly Aderholt and Christine Carder voted in favor of reducing the funding to two cents per $100. Grace Nolte and Pete Chacalos voted against the measure.