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Pulled pork/chicken sandwich dinner VFW Post #5108 will hold a pulled pork/chicken sandwich dinner from 5-7 p.m. Friday at 319 Pike St., Marietta. A meal is $10 per person and includes your choice of a pulled pork or chicken sandwich, french fries and coleslaw. For more information or carry-out, call 740-374-9038. Frontier Alumni Association 1969-1990 annual class reunion The Frontier Alumni Association 1969-1990 will hold its annual class reunion at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The reunion will be held at the American Legion, 718 Wooster St., Marietta. Friday evening will be a ...

PARKERSBURG – Legal Aid of West Virginia has received funding from the city of Parkersburg to prevent homelessness in Wood County. The Parkersburg/Wood County HOME Consortium awarded $145,982 in HOME-American Rescue Plan funds to Legal Aid that will provide eviction prevention legal assistance to eligible individuals and families facing housing instability. The program aims to keep people safely housed and reduce the risk of homelessness throughout the community by helping residents address legal challenges that could lead to eviction. "We are very excited to partner with Legal Aid ...

First Mid-Ohio Valley artist studio tour invites visitors behind the scenes

PARKERSBURG — Art lovers from across the Mid-Ohio Valley will have an opportunity to step inside the creative spaces where local art is made during the inaugural MOV Artist Studio Tour, a collaborative event presented by Marietta Main Street and the Parkersburg Art Center. Taking place on ...

Relay for Life of Wood County holds standoff against cancer

PARKERSBURG — Participants for the 32nd Relay for Life of Wood County met at ‘high noon’ Saturday for the fight against cancer. “We’re already pretty close to our goal,” said event staff member Kim Haase at the beginning of the festivities on Saturday. “We have a raffle, a ...

D-Day paratrooper from Fairchance researched by great-nephew

Special to the Times PARKERSBURG - Brett Hickle’s father loved reading about World War II as a child, so when he’d go to visit extended family it would have been natural for him to ask a family member who served what it was like. But the people who’d seen the kind of combat that would ...