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Diversity: Marietta College offers varieties of food for students

The Gilman Dining Hall at Marietta College celebrated Black History Month Friday by offering students a “Taste of Diversity” with a range of dishes inspired by prominent Black chefs like Carla Hall, Leah Chase and Lazarus Lynch. “The students really enjoy when we do a change-up and can ...

Frontier gets funding for cameras in school parking lot

NEW MATAMORAS - Frontier Local School District officials recently approved a state funded grant that will provide equipment designed to protect schools. The Tech Linking Safety Grant will install two cameras of each of the district’s three schools. The cameras will scan license plates that enter school grounds and search a database for registered sex offenders. The grant is valued at $29,923.24 and funded through Attorney General Dave Yost’s office. If a registered sex offender is found on the database, school officials and the Sheriff’s Office will be notified via email or ...

Italian Feast to be held at Pleasant Hill Church

WHIPPLE — The annual Italian Feast will be held from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Pleasant Hill Church, 7243 Stanleyville Road (Washington County 42), Whipple. Spaghetti, lasagna, alfredo, salad and dessert will be served. Cost is a donation. Everyone is welcome.

Elpro promotes Heather Smith

Heather Smith of Reno has been promoted to team lead for online sales and customer success for ELPRO Services Inc. in Marietta, which is ELPRO BUCHS-AG’s U.S.-based subsidiary serving the Americas. ELPRO hired Smith in October 2022 as an inside sales representative before she transitioned to the role of customer success representative. Prior to joining ELPRO, she was employed at Zide’s Sport Shop for 21 years, where she worked her way up to manager of the production plant. During her time there, she gained significant customer service experience, which helped prepare her for her ...

Update: Nohe responds to accusations of illegal fundraiser

Washington County sheriff candidate Greg Nohe said earlier this week he would not conduct a fundraising raffle after Sheriff Larry Mincks questioned its legality. His response was inadvertently omitted from the article that appeared in Tuesday’s edition. Mincks sent an email to all employees of the sheriff’s office on Feb. 16, saying he’d sent a letter to Nohe about the planned Feb. 24 fundraiser. In the letter, Mincks said the raffle violates Ohio Revised Code Section 2915.0292, which is a misdemeanor. Because of that, Mincks said he did not want any sheriff’s office employees ...

MC student works at U.S. figure skating championships

In class, Sport Management students learn that it’s nearly impossible for everything to go to plan at an event and the key is making sure those participating or in attendance never know something has gone wrong. Marietta College’s Dylan Risola ‘24 (West Chester, Ohio) learned this ...