Camp Brookside Environmental Education Center: A Hub of Activity in Summers County

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Angela Allison Last May marked the opening of the newly restored Camp Brookside Environmental Education Center. This 32-acre island within the New River Gorge National River once provided a summer retreat for the children of Union Carbide’s Alloy plant. From 1946-1993, company employees sent their children to Camp Brookside, where they spent their summers learning…

Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living Receives $611,787 Grant

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The Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living (NWVCIL) has been awarded $611,787 in grant funding from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Program, in partnership with Clear Mountain Bank.  The grant will be used to help fund NWVCIL’s “My Choice, My Home 2017” program, which provides owner-occupied home modifications to ensure…