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Marietta Main Street’s Spring Shop Hop

It’s time again for the Spring Shop Hop in downtown Marietta, coordinated by Marietta Main Street and held Saturday from 11 am – 4 pm. This triannual event has become a favorite of the community and a fun way to support Marietta’s many small independent shops and restaurants. Participating businesses will be highlighted with balloons outside their doors, and every purchase at those businesses will earn a raffle ticket for a large prize basket. The basket will be filled with gift cards and items donated by the businesses and the winner will be drawn after all the tickets are ...

Drivers wanted: Helping hands for veterans

Mid-Ohio Valley residents can help veterans in many ways and among those is by driving. The Washington County Veterans Service Commission offers transportation help to veterans for medical appointments authorized by the VA that are not in Wood or Washington counties. These appointments do ...

Public meeting to be held next week

COOLVILLE— A public meeting on K&H Injection Well Waste Migration will be held at 7 p.m. March 27 at the Coolville Elementary School gym. Residents of Torch and Coolville have posed questions regarding what is happening at the K&H frack waste injection wells in Troy Township. The Ohio Division of Oil and Gas ordered injection to cease operations at the K&H Wells in June 2023, due to migration of toxic, radioactive waste from the wells to gas production wells more than a mile away. According to the Ohio Division of Oil and Gas, the June order stated that the continued ...

O’Neill Center Schedule

Tuesday 10 a.m. – Gentle Yoga 10 a.m. – Book Club 1 p.m. – Bridge 1 p.m. – Sit & Knit 2 p.m. – Bird Seed Ornaments with Emily 5:30 p.m. – Zumba Wednesday 9 a.m. – Quilting Group 1 p.m. – Euchre 1:30 p.m. – In-Depth with Brain Health, Dementia, and Caregiving 1:30 p.m. – Beginner Tai Chi 2 p.m. – Advanced Tai Chi 5:30 p.m. – Zumba Thursday 8 a.m. – Blood Pressure Screening 9:30 a.m. – Bingo 1 p.m. – Hand & Foot Cards 5:30 p.m. – Zumba Friday 9:30 a.m. – Muffins with Maude Collins 1 p.m. – Games 1 ...

Local Events

Meetings ¯ The Reno Area Water and Sewer District Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Reno Water Office, 170 Mount Tom Road. The public is welcome. ¯ An OVESC Board Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Lori’s Restaurant in Caldwell. Events ¯ St. Mary Catholic School Lenten Fish Fry will be held from 5-7 p.m. every Friday. Dine in, carry out and drive through options available. ¯ VFW Post 5108, 319 Pike St., Marietta, will hold a baked steak dinner, from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday. A meal is $12 per person. For more information or carryout, call 740-374-9038. ¯ An ...

Picture This: Distinguished West Virginians

Gov. Jim Justice, right, applauds after presenting Calhoun County students Charter Cottrell, left, and Lauren Lovejoy with Distinguished West Virginian awards while visiting Calhoun Middle/High School Monday. The students were recognized for their actions following a school bus wreck on March ...