January 20, 2010: Tired of being in the house? Want to learn something new? Well Shinnston is the place to do just that! Lowe Public Library is offering basic knitting classes Wednesday evenings at 6:30 PM. Bring a pair of #7 or #8 knitting needles and a skein of yarn. No prior knitting knowledge needed [...]
December 22, 2009: We got hit with a lot of snow December 18 & 19, somewhere between 15 and 18 inches, but the streets of Shinnston were clear for traffic Saturday. Public Works started plowing Friday and kept up with the snow all day Saturday. At 11 PM Saturday night they were loading that plowed snow into [...]
December 19, 2009: Cross-country skiing anyone? We are having one of our rare “big” snows! We actually have enough snow on the trail for cross-country skiing! And the span is in, with railings, across the washout. It is supposed to snow into Sunday with snow showers after that! We may have our first White Christmas [...]
December 18, 2009: Shinnston area’s Lincoln High School has one of two Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp Units in the State of West Virginia. In early December Commander Paul Kast took his team to the annual NJROTC Area 3 Rifle Meet at Camp Perry, Ohio. The team placed third, missing second place by only [...]
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December 6, 2009: Yesterday we had snow! Big fluffy flakes of snow created a blanket of white for our Christmas Parade and Concert. Thanks to the help of City workers “Elmo” and Dustin the Christmas tree at the junction of WV Rt 131 and US Rt 19 got its Christmas adornment. The festive baskets on [...]
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November 8, 2009:On Friday, November 6 I had the privilege to attend a West Virginia Humanities Program at the Bice-Ferguson Memorial Museum in Shinnston. The program was Becky Park portraying Colonel Ruby Bradley in the year 1958 shortly after she received her “Bird” Colonel rank. She was Colonel Bradley and it was 1958. She spoke [...]
November 6, 2009: We have a new store in town. I stopped in this afternoon to welcome them to Shinnston. The new business is Home Style at 411 Pike Street and the phone number is 304-592-3443 and their hours are Wednesday 10 to 6 and Thursday thru Saturday 10 to 5. Melissa will be holding [...]
October 17, 2009: November is a month that West Virginia honors Veterans. I received the following message from Maxine Weser, Director of the Bice-Ferguson Memorial Museum in Shinnston: On Friday November 6th, we will have a West Virginia Humanities program at 7 pm. The portrayal will be of Col. Ruby Bradley of Spencer, WV…the most decorated [...]
October 13, 2009: In the 18th Century most cabins were one room with a loft for the children to sleep in and a fireplace on the back wall for cooking/warmth etc. The chimney was built outside the cabin because chimneys were prone to catching fire so were built to be knocked down away from the [...]
The Levi Shinn Log House framed by Fall leaves October 12, 2009: Today some Shinn descendents visited Shinnston. The Gillum House is able to take our guests inside the log house that was built circa 1778. This is the original house on the original site. It is not a re-creation. It is estimated that [...]
September 25, 2009: Frontier Days is literally in my front yard! As it is every year, the Skee Ball game is directly in front of my front porch. The street to my driveway is blocked off for pedestrian traffic only with the Kiddie Rides across the street from our side yard and the Big Kid [...]
August 28. 2009: There have been a lot of questions about the Miss Frontier Days Pageant so I am going to post some of the rules. Full rules and entry forms are available at City Hall 40 Main Street, Shinnston. The deadline for entry is September 18, 2009. There is also a Junior Miss Frontier Days [...]
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August 24, 2009: We had a great Shinnston Community Band Concert Saturday (our guests enjoyed it immensely) with over 40 musicians performing for over 200 people. Next Concert is in December. Shinnston did not get to do the Fireworks in July due to RAIN that would not go away. So the City of Shinnston is [...]
August 19, 2009: The Shinnston Community Band is going to blow their horns Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 6 PM at the big pavilion at City Park. Directions: Come into Shinnston from I-79 and turn right onto US Rt 19. Once you are on US Rt 19 (or if on Rt 19), turn right at [...]
July 7, 2009: The Shinnston Farmers Market will open on July 8, 2009 at 7 AM at the Trailhead of the West Fork River Rail-Trail on US Rt 19. This will be the second year and I have been told we will have great participation from the local farmers again this year. All items being [...]