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JVS launches foundation, Dress for Success initiative to prepare students for future careers

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BLOOMINGDALE — Jefferson County Joint Vocational School leaders are helping students prepare for the future through the creation of the new JVS Education Foundation Fund and a Dress for Success initiative designed to make students job-ready. During the regular school board meeting June 30, Superintendent Ted Gorman announced the formation of the foundation, which will work with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) and the community to provide scholarships for post-secondary education at colleges, trade schools and other training programs. “We are excited to start the JVS ...

Brooke Hills Playhouse fires up the stage

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WELLSBURG — Get ready to sing along and feel the beat of country music's biggest hits when Brooke Hills Playhouse presents "May We All: A New Country Musical," a heartwarming story packed with small-town pride and massive musical energy. Co-written by Troy Britton Johnson, Todd Johnson and ...

Perkins named Brooke board president

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WELLSBURG — Antoinette Perkins truly enjoys being a part of the education system in Brooke County. "I have been very blessed to be here and to have been able to teach so many great students in Brooke County schools during my career," Perkins said Monday evening, shortly after being named as ...

Spartan Car Show coming

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SMITHFIELD — Nostalgia, cars, food and oldies will be on tap for the second Spartan Car Show at Smithfield Stadium, 69 Stadium Road, Smithfield. The show will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and is sponsored by the Smithfield Historical Society. Dash plaques will be given to the first ...

Steubenville Council opts for 'collaborative approach' to opportunity zone application

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STEUBENVILLE — After much discussion, council decided that City Manager Mike Johnson should represent them in discussions pertaining to a “collaborative” application for an opportunity zone designation that could cross municipal boundary lines. Opportunity zones are economically distressed census tracts where private investors “can receive tax incentives for putting capital into local businesses and real estate.” Applications are due this week. All agreed a tract that “essentially covers the majority of the downtown area, as well as the area where Franciscan University is ...