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BB2C brings career learning to Marietta classrooms

MARIETTA – Marietta City Schools educators learned how local businesses and community organizations can help bring career-focused experiences into classrooms during a districtwide professional development session led by Building Bridges to Careers. Jenna Stewart, BB2C…

Meet Me on Market returns Friday

PARKERSBURG — Downtown businesses and organizations will offer live music, art, food and family activities Friday during Meet Me on…

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Liver and onions dinner Aug. 23 A liver and onions dinner will be from 4-6 p.m. Aug. 23, at VFW…

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Local Sports

Kerry Patrick column: Streak intact, Browning runs 38th Parkersburg half marathon

Last man standing. The 38th running of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile Road Race came to a close Saturday in downtown Parkersburg. Of the countless number of entries, one familiar name kept his streak intact as Steve Browning crossed the finish line for the half marathon portion of the event…

Editorials

Avoid the risks of leaving kids unvaccinated

Need another reason to be sure your child is up to date on vaccinations, including measles? It won’t just keep them healthier (maybe even save their lives), it will keep them in school. A Cleveland.com story focusing on northeast Ohio noted nearly 1 in 8 Geauga County kindergarten students have an exemption for the…

Business

Is Jared Kushner an effective envoy/adviser for the Trump administration?

Local Columns

The Way I See It: Newsroom legend Jim Bartholow left his mark on newspaper

Generations of young journalists got their start working in the newsroom of The Marietta Times, including me. For 46 years Jim Bartholow helped to gently guide them along. He knew what was going on in their heads because he had been in their exact same spot. Jim started at The Times directly out of…

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Local events

Meetings ¯ Palmer Township will hold meetings at 7 p.m. Sept. 10, Oct. 5, Nov. 2 and Dec. 7, at the Palmer Community Building, 7153 State Route 676, in Palmer Square. ¯ The Belpre Township trustees will meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at 335 Baker Road, Little Hocking, plus…

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