Copper Leaf Interiors of Marietta has been named a winner of the 41st Annual Qualified Remodeler Master Design Awards Contest. Copper Leaf Interiors, a 23-year-old interior design and project management firm, earned the Gold award in the Exterior Facelift Category of this contest. Along with ...

With the retirement of three employees, filling a vacated instructor’s position and the need for a school nurse, the Washington County Career Center administration was busy this past summer making transitions from within and hiring new employees before the new school year. Alicia Miller ...

Local photographer Keri Seevers with MoniKeri Imaging recently hosted Project Beauty, a fundraising photoshoot and gallery show celebrating the natural beauty of local young women. Project Beauty promotes a young woman’s natural beauty by creating portraits without makeup. Nineteen hundred ...

The Galley, a popular casual-fine dining restaurant in Historic Marietta, is pleased to announce that Katie Radabaugh has joined its staff as catering and marketing manager. “Katie comes to us with a wealth of catering and marketing knowledge as well as a passion for quality and excellent ...

Signality Sign and Graphics Specialists is pleased to announce that Hope Sayre has joined the company as general manager. “Hailing from Pleasant City, Ohio, and a graduate of Shenandoah High School and Wright State University, Hope and her family now live in Beverly,” said John Walsh, ...

Local design firm honors employee Local Marietta company, Copper Leaf Interior Design Studio, announces the anniversary of Office Manager Beth Colombini. Beth joined the Copper Leaf team twelve years ago and since then, her work has enhanced the growth of the company. Along with staff and ...

BELPRE — Riverview Credit Union announced the recent hiring of three new associates, as the credit union continues to grow its lending team. Milt Haynes joined Riverview on Sept. 3 as a Commercial Credit Analyst. In this role, Haynes is responsible for evaluating all member business loan ...

My brother, Jack, and I spent a week in Tobago off the coast of Venezuela in 1998. Every meal of the Caribbean cuisine was impressive and delicious. Some of the fantastic food I enjoyed included flying fish with butter and wine sauce, salmon, kingfish, pumpkin soup, and rotis, an Indian dish ...

R.O. Wetz Transportation and Wetz Warehousing recently celebrated 80 years of service with a company picnic held at Masonic Park. Employees and their families were treated to a catered dinner, activities for the kids, doorprize drawings and gifts for each employee. Employees with significant ...

I once knew a supervisor whose right thumb was missing. I asked him about his mishap and he explained a frightening tale. In his younger days as a section foreman, one of his roof bolter’s machines was malfunctioning. The roof bolting machine is designed to capture the dust created in the ...

The Washington State Community College (WSCC) Workforce Development program is changing the way employers train incumbent workers. Businesses can now work directly with the college to design a tailor-made training program that develops worker competencies specific to their industry. The ...

The 2019 Riverfront Roar is over and in the books. However, for powerboat fans everywhere, television coverage of the event will air on AT&T Sport Net Pittsburgh on Aug. 15 at 11:30 a.m., Aug. 18 at noon, and Aug. 23 at 11:30 a.m., and then on MAV-TV on Sept. 4 and 11 at 5:30 p.m. The ...

During the time I worked in the coal mine as a supervisor, I was taking classes in guidance and counseling in conjunction with my masters degree. Several classes were focused on listening. When back on shift, I was ferrying one of my crew members, Rick, to weld a broken rail. In transit, we had ...

Out of more than 4,500 submissions from 27 countries, Stonewall Group has been recognized by the 2019 Summit Creative Award competition for its creative work for client Shale Crescent USA. “Stonewall Group takes great pride in developing strategically integrated marketing campaigns, in ...

David Deem recently completed 15 years of employment with Solvay Specialty Polymers. David joined Solvay in 2004 as a laborer and is now a mechanic. He resides in, Elizabeth, WV, with his wife, Jan. Steve Cunningham recently completed five years of employment with Solvay Specialty Polymers. ...

From June 1990 till June 2000, I served as the director of the Institute for Education and Training for Business in Marietta College’s McDonough Center for Leadership and Business. In March of 1996, the admiral’s staff of the United States Coast Guard requested a presentation on Leaders of ...

My dad occasionally made things to keep his three boys busy and to enhance our enjoyment of summer. When we moved to a new house, dad climbed the biggest tree and proceeded to attach a homemade rope to a strong limb. The rope-making required two people. First, we found a pile of binder ...

For the third consecutive year, Morrison, Inc. has been recognized for its commitment to excellence with a spot in the coveted Circle of Champions by Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems. Morrison is one of only 13 dealers in the state of Ohio to achieve this status and in the top three percent ...

The Board of Building Standards adopted an update to the Residential Code of Ohio (RCO) based on the 2018 International Residential Code with Ohio changes effective July 1 including adoption of the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for 1-, 2- and 3-Family Dwellings. The board ...

Ensuring Southeastern Ohio is both economically competitive and attractive to prospective industrial or manufacturing companies requires a steady and available pool of highly-trained technicians in industrial maintenance. The Washington County Career Center, Adult Technical Training, in ...