ST. CLAIRSVILLE ­­– Belmont County Board of Commissioners voiced support Wednesday for the Belmont County Mental Health & Recovery Board Renewal Levy that will be on the Nov. 4 ballot.

During the board’s Wednesday morning meeting, Commissioner J.P. Dutton said that the 1.25 mill renewal levy will not raise taxes and that mental health resources are incredibly crucial to the community.

Commissioner Vince Gianangeli added that virtually everybody has been affected by suicide.

He added that when he was growing up in Bellaire during the 1960s and 1970s, mental health wasn’t talked about. He added that if someone was experiencing a mental health crisis it was kept secret.

“But today, you hear about it every day. I mean, it’s talked about on every street corner,” Gianangeli said. “As history

See Full Page