Martins Ferry and St. Clairsville both have dealt with responding to incidents of disparaging social media posts recently. The results are vastly different.
Martins Ferry City Workers are pulling double duty after the street and sanitation department employees were quarantined following a positive COVID-19 test of one of their workers.
Martins Ferry held the first reading of an ordinance designed to give East Ohio Hospital, LLC a tax break for its facility. But the three-reading rule, expected to be wave, was not voted upon.
Martins Ferry City Council took the first step in approving the tax break, or repayment, to East Ohio Hospital, LLC in order to help facilitate the purchase of needed upgrades for the former East Ohio Regional Hospital.
