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 ...
By Mark Wilmoth More than 300 years before Christ, the Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Anybody can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy!” Society bears the scars from anger expressed at the wrong time and in the wrong degree. For example, the U.S. Department of Justice reports that only 21% of murders are committed by strangers, while friends and acquaintances are responsible 54.3% of the time, and 24.8% of all murders are committed by family ...
The Way I See It Art Smith One of the worst floods in Parkersburg history came not from the rivers, but from a hilltop overlooking the city. Today there is a quiet park at the top of Quincy Street. It can be reached by car, or you can take the stairs. Nearly 200 of them will ...
By Gina Mannarino Antarctica, known as the South Pole, is the coldest, windiest and most remote of the seven continents. Its name comes from the Greek meaning “opposite to the bear.” It has no native peoples and no polar bears but is home to about five million penguins. Whales, seals and sea birds are important parts of the ecosystem. In the 1770s, Captain James Cook was the first person to circumnavigate the continent. Later expeditions were searching for commercial opportunities, hunting for seals or whales. In the early 20th Century, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen 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 ...
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 ...
