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PARKERSBURG Officials with the Lubeck Public Service District are worried about the laying of broadband fiber cable over its water and sewer lines.
Lubeck PSD Manager Rocky McConnell and Board Member David Lawson appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to express those concerns and to look for help in addressing it with state officials.
The PSD representatives showed the commission plans from the Zayo Group to lay lines of fiber cable through the Lubeck area along W.Va. 892 and across the Blennerhassett Bridge into Ohio. The project ties into other line work being done throughout the area.
bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com Todd Boggess, of E.T. Boggess Architects of Princeton, discusses ideas Thursday with the Wood County Commission for a new 911 Center that would be built on the grounds of the old county jail in downtown Parkersburg. The commission met with three firms Thursday to discuss ideas. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) Architect Greg Martin, of Williamson Shriver Architects of Charleston, interviewed with the Wood County Commission on Thursday. The commission is interviewing different firms this week and next Monday to design and build the new Wood County 911 Center in downtown Parkersburg. The building would also house the county maintenance department and more. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)
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Mark Lewis, president and CEO of the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to discuss the decline in the hotel/motel tax over the last year as a result of the pandemic and plans on how to market the area as people will begin traveling again soon. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)
PARKERSBURG Wood County has seen fewer tourism dollars coming in over the last year as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has impacted local attractions who receive a portion of the hotel/motel tax.
Mark Lewis, president and CEO of the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to discuss the decline in the hotel/motel tax over the last year as a result of the pandemic.
bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com Wood County Sheriff’s Chief Tax Deputy Denise Schuck, Chief Law Enforcement Deputy R.G. Sims and Wood County Sheriff Steve Stephens appeared before the Wood County Commission on Monday to discuss their budget requests along with the other county department heads. The sheriff is asking for money to be able to hire three additional deputies. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) Wood County Assessor David Nohe talks to the commission Monday about his needs in the 2021-22 budget along with other elected officials. Many officials wanted to give their employees a raise after all the work done over the last year in dealing with the operations of their offices during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)
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Sharon Kesselring, executive director of the American Red Cross of Northwestern West Virginia, appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to discuss what the Red Cross has been doing with the commission approving a proclamation declaring March 2021 as Red Cross Month. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)
PARKERSBURG The Wood County Commission approved a proclamation declaring March 2021 as Red Cross Month.
Sharon Kesselring, executive director of the American Red Cross of the Ohio River Valley (formerly Northwestern West Virginia), appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to discuss what the Red Cross has been doing and how it has continued to operate during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.