In order to support local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce created the MACC Member Business Relief Fund that provided grants to qualifying chamber member businesses. These funds were deployed from MACC’s Marietta Community Foundation Fund, which ...

Peoples Bank Foundation, Inc. announced that it donated $25,000 to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) to be used in response to the effects of COVID-19 through the Appalachian Ohio Emergency Response Fund. “In these difficult times, Peoples Bank is doing everything it can to help ...

PARKERSBURG — The owners of local Wendy’s franchises on Monday donated $110,000 to a total of 27 organizations in the communities they serve. Wendpark owners Kim and Ray Blackburn donated $10,000 for each of their 11 Wendy’s locations across Wood, Pleasants and Wetzel counties in West ...

Stonewall hires VP, Director of Web Development Leslie Crooks, President of Stonewall Group, a strategic marketing services firm headquartered in Marietta, has announced the hire of Eric Griffiths to the position of Vice President, Director of Web Development. Griffiths will be responsible ...

In May of, 2004, my brother Jack and I and our wives visited our childhood home. It had been almost twenty years since we had been there together. In 1962, when Mom and Dad took teaching jobs at Beallsville, they purchased this 60 acre farm just north of the little Ohio town of Malaga to keep ...

The last few months have been a tough time for all of us. As a tight knit small business community, we have missed the opportunity to visit and shop local. Now that restrictions are easing, it’s time for local businesses to get the word out that they are OPEN. — The Marietta Times can help. ...

- Jerry Howery recently completed 25 years of employment with Solvay Specialty Polymers. Jerry joined Solvay in 1995 as a Chemical Operator and is now a Material Handler. Jerry resides in Ripley with his wife, Angela. - Howard Jacobsen recently completed 25 years of employment with Solvay ...

WILLIAMSTOWN – Williamstown Bank begins a new chapter as it welcomes a new president and chief executive officer. Sharon K. Anderson will succeed E.K. Sleeth, whose retirement is effective May 1, the board of directors announced. “I have been preparing for retirement over the last year. ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — The Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport is among the airports in West Virginia that received grants through the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation announced. Grants were announced for 23 airports in the state, about $9 million ...

Twice a year when I was a child, the Diehl’s Clothing store in Woodsfield had a sale. It was a sale my mother, my brothers, and I never missed. On the appointed day right after school, Mom made sure we attended this event, which occurred in early spring and late summer. There were sweaters, ...

APPLY FOR GRANT HERE From local reports Local businesses can now apply for a grant to help them recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Ogden Newspapers Inc., the parent company of The Marietta Times, has established a $1 million fund to help local businesses get back to ...

BELPRE — While many scramble to get food on the grocery store shelves, carryout restaurants and fast-food remain available to feed a family. But there’s a branch out there that is still at the public’s service many might not think of – food trucks. Bill Richardson, owner of Q Wagon ...

People and businesses in Marietta are doing what they can to adjust to the staggering increase in unemployment brought on by business closures in relation to containing the COVID-19 virus. As of the end of last week, more than 3 million new claims for unemployment insurance had been filed ...

One of the most essential services Americans have is package delivery, whether it be by the U.S. Postal Service, UPS or FedEx. While others are asked to stay home, carriers are still required to deliver mail and packages, despite adverse conditions. T.J. Dowler, a postal carrier in Marietta, ...

When Brandon Moore got into Lowe's Monday morning, he was greeted with a small set of supplies, now being used to help keep local health care workers safe. "We'd gotten in a shipment overnight and my night stocking and paint managers brought these masks to me, asking what we should do with ...

In the 1970s, superstition and fear of women in the coal mines was a combination of macho pride and old-fashioned sexist notions of the role of women in society. Many miners believed having women underground would take the men’s minds off their work, resulting in careless and unsafe work on ...

Copper Leaf Interiors recently marked the three-year anniversary of Kristen Lord, who has recently been promoted to Interior Designer. Originally from Marietta, she is currently an Ambassador with the Marietta Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Art and Design Director, Children’s Programs ...

When I was nine years old, I started and then quit 4-H. Dad had suggested I join and wasn’t too happy when I quit. He didn’t say much but I knew he was disappointed. Not joining 4-H would have been acceptable to him but quitting was not. The next year, I rejoined and stayed for seven ...

Jeff Cunningham recently completed 20 years of employment with Solvay Specialty Polymers. Jeff joined Solvay in 1999 as a chemical operator. Jeff resides in Williamstown, W.Va. with his wife, Jennifer.

Copper Leaf Interiors recently earned five top design awards for a variety of residential spaces. The design competition was held through the Ohio South/Kentucky chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). The ASID is the oldest and largest professional association for the ...