Field of Green Dreams
IRISH EYES will be smiling a little wider come Saturday. For that is when St. John Central's nomadic football program comes home. The Fighting Irish will play its first-ever “true” home football game this Saturday at noon. The Green will welcome the Cameron Dragons to its new digs in south Bellaire. The game will be the culmination of countless years of vision, labor, money, commitment and faith. In its storied football history, the Fighting Irish have called Bellaire's Nelson Field and Bridgeport's Perkins Field as their primary home fields. But St. John's has also been known to play “home” games at Shadyside's Fleming Field, Wheeling Island Stadium and St. Clairsville. Such will no longer be the case. Rather than bouncing from stadium to stadium, the Fighting Irish will now have the luxury of playing several games a year on their own field. The new complex reflects the spirit and determination of the Irish Nation. St.
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THE VILLAGE of Bridgeport finds itself embroiled in a water dispute.
At issue is whether the village should abolish the current village administrator position and establish a board of public affair.
E-cycling
TRUCKLOADS OF old, unwanted electronic devices were collected by the Jefferson-Belmont Regional Solid Waste Authority in recent week.
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TO WORK at any position for 35 years, two things must be in place. First, you must be good at what you do. Secondly, you must enjoy it as well.
Tonight marks the end of a most impressive run for Richard Melanko.
Wise Move
THE BELMONT County Commissioners should be commended for their decision this past week to throw their collective support behind the county's port authority.
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THE GOLDEN years became a good bit shinier this week for our local senior citizens, courtesy of the Belmont County commissioners.
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