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Times begins 17th decade: Newspaper has reflected Marietta since 1864

When Walter Hood published the first edition of The Marietta Times on Sept. 24, 1864, he started a business that has continued for 160 years, making it one of the oldest businesses in town. The Times has been a window for Marietta area residents to view the important stories of the day through more than 40,000 editions. Spanning 16 decades, The Times has employed hundreds of people over the years to report news as it happened, print it and deliver to homes throughout the area. As the paper moves into a 17th decade, we celebrate the fact that for generations we have been a part of ...

Goal oriented: Parkersburg South junior finds joy in soccer, classic cars

PARKERSBURG — Keigan Mattern likes working with his hands whether he is working on cars or being the goalie on the soccer field. The 16-year-old junior at Parkersburg South High School has been playing soccer and been around cars since he was 4 years old. “I’m going to be playing ...

Lawn management during drought conditions

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! As the drought continues here in the Valley we have endured near record daytime temperatures this week (over 100 degrees F) but Thank Goodness we also have received some much needed rain. As our heat loving summer vegetable such as tomatoes and sweetcorn finish up I hope many of you plant a cover crop on your garden. Winter wheat, rye as well as legumes such as hairy vetch and clover are seeded to keep the soil covered this winter as well as building organic matter. As dry conditions persist in the Valley homeowners are asking if they ...

“Come to me you who are weary and burdened”

In this election season every community is worried because the old ways do not work anymore. And in their anxiety, communities are tempted to all kinds of controlling regulations and figure out ways to be exclusive in order to keep out the “others.” Fear is all around us, a fear that keeps being fed by the fearful. Fear of the weather, of terrorism, of losing our nation as we know it. We fear for our kids’ futures, our health. All kinds of manipulating fears turn us into a worried, even paranoid society. But the Christian church speaks another word in such an environment. It is ...

The many lives of the school on the hill

The large brick school located on the hill beyond the end of Putnam Street has had many lives in its 98-year history as a key part of the Marietta School System. Ground was broken for the “new” high school on Nov. 6, 1924, for the structure that would replace a smaller school on Scammel Street. If you view old photos of the location, there was once a knoll that was removed during construction. The dirt was taken down the hill to the Cisler Brick Yard, where it was fired into brick and sent back up the hill to build the school. Construction of the school would take nearly two ...

Shipbuilding in Marietta

They built ocean-going vessels here, 600 miles away from any ocean. How could that be? It’s what I call a Marietta-ism: a combination of amazing skills, creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and river access. Ships were built here, floated down to the Gulf of Mexico and sailed out into the ...