Warren Scott
Because Brooke County Schools have been closed since November because of the pandemic, students at Brooke High School and Brooke Middle School weren’t able to hold their regular nonperishable food drives and toy collections for local charities. But staff at the two schools organized a toy and food drive on Thursday and received many donations outside the high school’s wellness center. Lee Weppler, right, principal of Brooke High School, presented the donations to Salvation Army Lt. Gene Hunt, who said they will be distributed through the Salvation Army’s Wellsburg Service Center. Hunt said there are still angel trees, bearing gift wishes of local children in need, at the Weirton Wal-Mart, and the Salvation Army welcomes volunteers and monetary donations for its Christmas kettle campaign, which will continue up to 3 p.m. Dec. 24 outside several local stores.
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HOLIDAY SHOPPING â Brynna Jackson of Wellsburg assists her mother, Amy, during the Hometown Holiday Market held by the Downtown Wellsburg group last weekend outside the Wellsburg Fire Departmentâs banquet hall. Warren Scott
WELLSBURG In a year when most fairs and festivals were curtailed by COVID-19, volunteers with the Downtown Wellsburg group managed to organize a small street fair on Dec. 12 in an effort to lift spirits and boost small businesses that have suffered during the pandemic.
“With the pandemic going on and local businesses hurting, I thought it would be really nice to do a Christmas event,” said Angela Staffileno, a Brooke High School graduate who had written a thesis on small businesses while earning a master’s degree in business management at Duquesne University.
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SPECIAL VISIT Children along Charles Street waved to Santa Claus made a special visit to Wellsburg with the help of the Wellsburg Fire Department and Downtown Wellsburg, a volunteer group that held a Christmas market outside the fire department’s banquet hall. (Photo by Warren Scott)
WELLSBURG In a year when most fairs and festivals were curtailed by COVID-19, volunteers with the Downtown Wellsburg group managed to organize a small street fair on Dec. 12 in an effort to lift spirits and boost small businesses that have suffered during the pandemic.
“With the pandemic going on and local businesses hurting, I thought it would be really nice to do a Christmas event,” said Angela Staffileno, a Brooke High School graduate who had written a thesis on small businesses while earning a master’s degree in business management at Duquesne University.
Food, toy drive set
WELLSBURG Brooke High School and Brooke Middle School will team to hold a nonperishable food and toy drive for residents in need outside the high school’s wellness center from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Cross Creek Road delays expected
WELLSBURG The West Virginia Division of Highways advises that from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. Monday, county Road 7, Cross Creek Road, will have possible delays.
The delays will occur approximately 0.10 mile from the intersection with count Road 16, Grisby Tent Church Road, and are necessary for First Energy to make repairs to overhead powerlines.
Traffic will be controlled by flaggers.