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3 hrs ago U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks Friday at the Marion County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Wrap Up. Photo by Sarah Marino FAIRMONTÂ â U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said he wants West Virginia to set an example for the nation when it comes to using funds from the American Rescue Plan. âI want West Virginia to be the leader and basically to be the poster child of how you should be responsible for the peopleâs money,â said Manchin, addressing guests at the Marion County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Wrap Up event Friday at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center. ....
2 hrs ago Mayor Tom Mainella presents City Clerk Janet Keller with a proclamation at Tuesday s council meeting ahead of city clerk s week May 2-8. Photo by Sarah Marino FAIRMONT â Members of Fairmont City Council are now up-to-date on a new hospital being built at Middletown Commons. President and CEO of Mon Health David Goldberg told council members Tuesday that Marion Neighborhood Hospital is on target to open by Christmas at the former shopping mall. At a cost of $15 million, the hospital will have eight private emergency rooms and 10 patient beds. âWhatâs important about it is itâs a full service medical hospital. ER patients now have another choice close to the interstate so they donât have to go all the way down south to Bridgeport, Clarksburg or Morgantown,â said Goldberg. ....
4 hrs ago Shae Strait, Fairmontâs city planner, said in a city council work session Tuesday that the city is on track to demolish 15 derelict homes this year. TWV FILE Photo FAIRMONT â Fairmont City Council discussed the cityâs derelict home demolition efforts at a Tuesday evening work session. Council member Barry Bledsoe said heâs been on council for three years and he said since day one council has talked about the demolition issue and nothing has changed. âWeâve got to do something different than weâre doing now. I really appreciate Tom [Mainella] kind of taking the bull by the horns and I think we can do something different than weâre doing now,â said Bledsoe. ....
10 hrs ago Shae Strait, Fairmontâs city planner, said in a city council work session Tuesday that the city is on track to demolish 15 derelict homes this year. TWV FILE Photo FAIRMONT â Fairmont City Council discussed the cityâs derelict home demolition efforts at a Tuesday evening work session. Council member Barry Bledsoe said heâs been on council for three years and he said since day one council has talked about the demolition issue and nothing has changed. âWeâve got to do something different than weâre doing now. I really appreciate Tom [Mainella] kind of taking the bull by the horns and I think we can do something different than weâre doing now,â said Bledsoe. ....
Apr 18, 2021 1 hr ago The Code Enforcement Department within the City of Fairmont needs to get out of its own way so city council can reignite its derelict home demolition program. According to Mayor Tom Mainella, city staff have been taking an inventory of the homes that are abandoned and falling down in local neighborhoods. Itâs now simply time to follow the council membersâ wishes and take action. Under the previous city manager, who left Fairmont in late 2018, the city previously had a robust derelict home demolition program that was funded with around $400,000 each year. The methodology currently used to demolish derelict and abandoned homes by the city is costing too much money and taking too much time. ....