Fenton Glass orders going up
By Keri Brown
kbrown@wvpubcast.org
In August, Fenton Glass announced that it’s closing operations at its Wood County plant. Since then, there has been a resurgence of interest in the glass. And that has sparked hope among company officials to find a way to keep making glass in Williamstown.While the future of Fenton remains uncertain, this much we do know. It’s played an important part of the states glassmaking heritage for more than 100 years. Keri Brown takes us ona tour. A television version of this story ran Oct. 4, 2007, on Outlook. Here’s the radio version.
