By J.J. Barrett WV Extension | Agriculture and Natural Resources Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Happy Easter to all! I hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of our spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. Every year at Easter, you will find the ...

Parents have lots of options at their disposal when choosing summer camps for their children. Competition for summer camp can be fierce, as camps only have a limited number of openings, many of which fill up quickly once enrollment begins. So it’s in parents’ and kids’ best interest to ...

Modern seniors are spending a lot of time with their grandchildren, and much of that time is spent providing care for youngsters, which might be helping grandparents in some unique ways. According to the National Poll on Healthy Aging from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare ...

Marietta, Ohio was the first settlement (1788) in the first United States territorial expansion (Northwest Territory 1787) beyond the original thirteen states. You may not know that this complex and risky venture was organized by private enterprise. The Ohio Company of Associates (“Ohio ...

Daniel and Catherine Lang of Lowell announce the engagement of their eldest daughter, Hannah A. Lang, to Kevin J. Argenziano, son of Todd and Lisa Argenziano of Mountain Top, Pa. Lang is a 2018 graduate of George Mason University at Fairfax, Va. Argenziano is a 2017 graduate of Bloomsburg ...

With love and joy, Stephanie Elizabeth Rector and Joey Dean Thomas announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride to be is the daughter of the late Christopher Lowe. She was born and raised in Marietta and is a 2003 graduate of Marietta Senior High School. The prospective ...

Thomas Bean and Amy Bean, and Nina Butcher, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miranda Bean to Hunter Lyons. Miranda is a 2016 graduate of Marietta High School and a graduate of Ohio State where she is currently working as a clinical research coordinator at the Ohio State ...

Zachary and Cassandra Morrow of Lowell are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Gage Alexander Morrow, to Josie Nicole Forester of Stockport. Gage is a graduate of Fort Frye High School and Washington County Career Center and is enrolled in automotive technology at the University ...

Valentine’s Day is often characterized as the most romantic day of the year. Steeped in tradition involving the exchange of tokens of affection like chocolates, roses and gifts, Valentine’s Day also is a popular day to propose marriage. It’s possible to separate popping the question ...

Many things come to mind when couples are planning their wedding. Brides-to-be may envision walking down an aisle decked with beautiful flowers in a space populated with their closest loved ones, while grooms may anticipate the moment they first see their beloved in a beautiful gown. One ...

Couples must make a multitude of decisions when planning a wedding. One of the more significant decisions concerns where to tie the knot. The decision of where to get married was once a given. Indeed, the majority of weddings used to be held in houses of worship. A 2020 report in the Church ...

User-friendly technology and greatly enhanced connectivity has changed the way people approach various tasks. The do-it-yourself home improvement trend is a testament to that shift, as homeowners now have access to professional grade tools and can easily take to social media for inspiration and ...

BELPRE — Jim and Shirley Hartline of Belpre will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on March 29, 2026. They were married in Marietta, Ohio, in 1956. Jim is 92, and Shirley is 90. He was a pharmacist, and she worked in retail and was a homemaker. Jim said he married her because she ...

Bill and Sally Hess of Marietta will celebrate their 60th anniversary on July 18. Their family congratulates them on their diamond anniversary and the love and friendship they’ve shared for six decades.

Neil and Connie Huck will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday, January 16. They were married on January 16, 1965 at St. Bernard Catholic Church, Beverly, OH by the Right Reverend Ambrose Schilling. They are the proud parents of six children. Tamara Haring (friend Darrell ...

Larry E. Brown and B. Diane (Copen) Brown of Marietta, Ohio were married in a candle light ceremony at St. Luke’s Evangelical Luthern Church, Fourth and Scammel St., Marietta, Ohio, on Dec. 26, 1964 by Rev. John Torrance. Larry is the son of the late Harry A. and Elsie (Davis) Brown and ...

By Mark Wilmoth The request came twice in less than one week: “Please, lay hands on them and pray and ask God to send them back.” Both requests came from family members who had just lost a child. That’s the worst kind of loss. Most of us grow up knowing that we will probably lose our ...

Viewpoint Greg Kozera Did you ever wonder if you were too old to do something? I thought skiing was a young person’s sport until a ski trip to Colorado a few years ago. My daughter, Dannielle and I were skiing at Breckenridge. We took a break on top of the mountain for some hot chocolate ...

Early Marietta David B. Baker A Marietta Daily Times writer in 1917 referred to a Marietta bathing spot on the Muskingum River as “Our Coney Island,” referring to the iconic amusement parks on Coney Island in Brooklyn. That comparison was a stretch; there were no carnival rides. But ...

Early Marietta David B. Baker April 7, 1788: 48 skilled craftsmen, surveyors, and excited adventurers arrive by flatboat at Marietta. It’s a misty cloudy morning; all on board strain to see the Muskingum River landing point. They overshoot. No problem; Fort Harmar soldiers rope them to ...

By J.J. Barrett WV Extension | Agriculture and Natural Resources Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Happy Easter to all! I hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of our spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. Every year at Easter, you will find the ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Take two snowballs and call me in the morning? Dr. Sarah Crockett, who specializes in emergency and wilderness medicine, doesn’t explicitly tell her patients at New Hampshire’s Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to swallow snow, but she often prescribes more time ...

By J.J. Barrett Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Happy Halloween! This week trick or treat activities are happening all over the region. Please be aware of the times in your area for the safety of all our little ghouls and goblins. What is America’s favorite Halloween candy? ...

(AP) — There may be a 20-foot-tall skeleton on your next-door neighbor’s lawn and zombies in the yard across the street, but the real horrors often lie in unmarked graves in the gardens of those you least suspect — maybe even your own. I’ll be the first to admit there have been a few ...