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Town of Bramwell, WV Year 2019 Town Council Election Results:
By : CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph Jun 12, 2019 BRAMWELL —

Bramwell Mayor Lou Stoker retained her position, and two newcomers will serve on town council. Municipal elections were held Tuesday in the town. Stoker, who has been mayor for 12 years, was challenged by Michelle Cook. Stoker received 78 votes to Cook’s 35. Town Council had five seats up for grabs with eight contenders. Incumbents Kelly Murphy Eller, Kelly Goins and Rufus Morgan were reelected. Eller garnered 79 votes, Goins received 73 and Morgan 50. The two newcomers on council will be Susan Lance Troutner, who received 59 votes, and John Petrulis, with 47 votes. Incumbent Mandy Fink did not retain her seat, getting 44 votes. The other contenders were Michelle Bourdua, who garnered 35 votes, and Cherish Weeks, who received 22 votes. One seat that had to be filled was vacant after a resignation. Town recorder Lara Sitler ran unopposed for that office and she had 82 votes.

BRAMWELL HIGH SCHOOL PURCHASED (March 18, 2013): The new owners of the Bramwell School complex are Julie & Eric Dunham and Bruce & Cristal Hutton. The new owners are repairing and restoring the school for use as the Bramwell High School ATV Lodge.

DATELINE (25 March 2013): Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV: Old high school gets new life as Bramwell ATV lodge: By CHARLES OWENS Bluefield Daily Telegraph. The old Bramwell High School will soon become a refuge for ATV riders and their families. Hoping to address one of the greatest needs facing the Hatfield-McCoy Trail system, plans are now underway to convert the old Bramwell High School into a new ATV resort and lodge. The old school was officially purchased by a group of ATV riders last week. “I’m a part of a group of guys — 10 of us who come down and ride the trail system each year,” Eric Dunham, of the Hedgesville community in the state’s Eastern Panhandle, said. “We had the brainstorm to buy (a structure). We came down to look at some houses and ran across the building.” Dunham said the old school is now being called the Bramwell High School ATV Lodge. “We think our first phase will be concentrated around the high school part and getting some rooms up and ready to go,” Dunham said. “It’s just going to have to be done in steps. As I get one room open I’m going to start filling that room.” Dunham said extensive renovations will be needed to the old high school. But he hopes to have rooms ready for occupancy as quickly as possible. “I would like to have it ready tomorrow, but today is my first day in town,” Dunham said last Thursday. “I just don’t know the extent until I get an electrician up to get the power back on. I would like to think I can have something up and going in two months.” Dunham said the real estate agent told him the old school consists of approximately 85,000 square feet. “But that is all four buildings together — the gym, the office building and the high school together,” he said. The new ATV resort and lodge is urgently needed, Bramwell Mayor Louise Stoker said. Although the seven-county trail system has been a significant success story for southern West Virginia, its growth has been hampered by a lack of lodging facilities for out-of-town ATV riders. Stoker said the new ATV lodge will help. “It will fill a need, and it will be available to people coming here on the first stop from the south,” Stoker said. “This is the first stop on I-77 after Ohio.” Stoker said the old high school last operated as a K-5 school when it was closed in 2004. “We are very excited about the new owners of the building,” Stoker said.

BRAMWELL NEWS FROM BETTY GOINS ( OCT. 2010): At the present time there is only one B&B in town...and that would be Pamela's B&B which is in the Meyer house on Brick Street, across from Dr. Luttrell's house. All of the other B&Bs have closed. There are a couple of apts. on Main Street known as Main Street Suites, but they don't rent in the winter time because of heating issues. These are really nice, though, and they are certainly enjoyed in the Spring, Summer and Fall. Actually, there are 3 apts. in this section of town...2 large bedrooms, large living room and dining room, complete kitchen, and full bath, with the old fashioned claw foot tub. Really nice, but access is by stairs. Also, the apt. over the bank is often rented, but not in the winter. The Bank of Bramwell is now for sale so that property will change if there are new owners.

In March 2010 the "Blue" Bridge on the East end of the Town of Bramwell will be will be dedicated in memory and honor of the Bramwell pioneers Yon and Peraldo families. The "Blue" Bridge crosses the Bluestone River toward Bramwell High School from downtown Bramwell and is presently painted blue. It is one of three bridges in Historic Bramwell that crosses the horseshoe bend in Bluestone River.

Mr. Leo Carl Peraldo, 94, of 127 Bluestone Avenue (PO Box 246), Bramwell, died on Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at his residence. He was born on Oct. 10, 1908, in Italy, he was a son of Mauro and Maurillia Yon Sotta Peraldo. He was the last surviving member of his family. He had been a resident of Bramwell for 89 years and was a member of the Bramwell Presbyterian Church. He was a graduate of Bramwell High School and obtained additional musical training in New York. He was a retired violin teacher.

In 2009 the Duhring Street Bridge bridge at the end of Brick Street (where the brick ends) was named the Kate Hewitt Bridge.

In 2008 the Swinging Bridge to Coopers was named for the famous african american poet, Anne Bethel Spencer (1882-1975) . She lived in Bramwell for sometime during her childhood.

In 2010 the bridge that is at the end of Block Street toward Coopers was named the Phoebe Goodwill Memorial Bridge.

A Great Bramwell Memory:

Hole-in-one reminds me of those great doughnuts that Alfred Craft and his sons Charles and George made and sold in Bramwell years ago. The company was known as Hole-In-One Donuts. Those doughnuts were the standard by which all others should be judged per Wilson Butt, a resident of Bluefield, is a retired Department of Highways official.