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Former Parkersburg Mayor to Seek Job Again

  Former Parkersburg Mayor Jimmy Colombo says he’ll seek his old job following the retirement of Robert Newell.

Colombo tells the Parkersburg News and Sentinel that he plans to apply to become interim mayor because he loves the city.

A Wood County Democratic committee must nominate three potential replacements to Parkersburg’s City Council, which would select a candidate.

Colombo says he’s not assuming that he would be selected.

Colombo served as Parkersburg mayor from 1998 to 2005. The Democrat decided against seeking a third term.

The next election for mayor is in 2016. City attorney Joe Santer has been appointed acting mayor.

Parkersburg Mayor Announces Retirement

Parkersburg Mayor Robert Newell has retired ahead of a hearing on petitions to remove him from office.

Newell announced his retirement at a news conference Wednesday in Parkersburg.

In April the state Supreme Court appointed a three-judge panel to hear separate petitions by Wood County Republican Party chairman Rob Cornelius and Parkersburg City Council member Karen Coram.

The hearing had been scheduled to start Thursday at the Wood County courthouse.

Among the allegations against the 62-year-old Newell in the petition filed by Cornelius were misconduct and neglect of duty.

Newell says his wife was on the hearing’s witness list and he didn’t want to put her through the stress of testifying.

Newell had 18 months left in his term. He says city attorney Joe Santer will be appointed acting mayor.

Parkersburg Mayor Seeks Dismissal of Removal Petitions

  Parkersburg Mayor Robert Newell has asked a court to dismiss two petitions seeking his removal from office.

A motion filed in Wood County Circuit Court says neither petition complies with state law regarding removing an official from office.

Newell’s attorney, Harry Dietzler, says in the motion that one petition lacks the required number of signatures. He says the other doesn’t give specifics of the charges to which the mayor is expected to respond.

Wood County Republican Party chairman Rob Cornelius filed one petition. Dietzler says the second petition was filed by Parkersburg City Council member Karen Coram and others.

A three-judge panel is scheduled to hear the petitions June 4-5.

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports that Cornelius filed a motion seeking Deitzler’s disqualification from the case.

Judges to Hear Petition Against Parkersburg Mayor

The state Supreme Court has appointed a three-judge panel to hear a petition to remove Parkersburg mayor Robert Newell from office.

The court on Friday appointed circuit judges Omar Aboulhosn of Mercer County, Lawrance Miller Jr. of Preston County and Joanna Tabit of Kanawha County to hear the petition filed earlier this week. The petition was filed by Wood County Republican Party chairman Rob Cornelius on behalf of a group of residents.

Among the allegations against Newell in the petition are misconduct and neglect of duty. It seeks Newell’s immediate removal.

The high court set a hearing for June 4 and 5 at the Wood County courthouse in Parkersburg.

Newell didn’t immediately return a telephone message left at his office Friday.

Camden Clark Medical Center to Expand

Camden Clark Medical Center plans to expand its South Tower by more than 100,000 square feet.

The Parkersburg News & Sentinel reports that the city’s downtown business and facade committee recently approved the hospital’s plan to add a wing to the tower. The wing will house a new emergency department and a 30-bed private room inpatient unit.

Construction is expected to begin in the spring.

W.Va. Man Sues DuPont Over Chemical Discharge

A West Virginia man has filed suit against chemical company DuPont for contaminating his home's drinking water.52-year-old Scott Chapman of Letart sued…

A West Virginia man has filed suit against chemical company DuPont for contaminating his home’s drinking water.

52-year-old Scott Chapman of Letart sued DuPont in West Virginia federal court Friday.

Chapman alleges that the company discharged the chemical C8 into waters surrounding its Washington Works Plant west of Parkersburg.

More than 4,000 similar lawsuits have been filed against DuPont in Ohio federal court and Wood County Circuit Court in West Virginia.

A C8 Medical Monitoring Program was created in 2005 under terms of a class-action settlement following a lawsuit claiming that Ohio and West Virginia waters were contaminated with C8.

A separate science panel found probable links between C8, thyroid disease and testicular and kidney cancers.

DuPont uses C8 at Washington Works but plans to stop making it next year.

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