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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 […] ....
Staff Writer 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. ....
For The Times Leader Photo by Alan Olson 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. ....