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Meetings - The Wolf Creek Board of Education has changed the regular July meeting from July 20 to July 27. The meeting will take place at Waterford High School Library at 6:30 pm. ¯ The operations committee of the Warren Local Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m July 22, at Warren Elementary School, 60 Warrior Drive, Vincent. ¯ The regular meeting of the Warren Local Board of Education will be at 6 p.m. July 22, at Warren Elementary School, 60 Warrior Drive, Vincent. ¯ Palmer Township will hold meetings at 7 p.m. Aug. 3, Sept. 10, Oct. 5, Nov. 2 and Dec. 7, at the Palmer ...

Around Town for July 16

Wolf Creek BOE meeting change The Wolf Creek Board of Education has changed the regular July meeting from July 20 to July 27. The meeting will take place at Waterford High School Library at 6:30 pm. Rosenlieb reunion July 26 The 88th annual August and Theresia (Miller) Rosenlieb reunion will be July 26 at the Midway Community Center, approximately 6 miles North of Fly, Ohio, on SR 800. There will be a covered dish lunch at 12:30 p.m. followed by visiting and a short business meeting. Any questions please call reunion secretary, Charlotte (Rosenlieb) Wells at 740-865-3502. First ...

Power Struggle: Comcast and Appalachian Power fight again over broadband pole attachment charges

CHARLESTON – Once again, a major telecommunications company is taking on one of West Virginia’s two electric utilities over the issue of unfair charges for attaching new broadband to poles. Attorneys for Comcast Cable Communications last week filed a pole attachment complaint against Appalachian Power with the Federal Communications Commission. The dispute centers on pole attachment fees, with Comcast alleging that Appalachian Power is flouting a prior 2026 FCC order by charging arbitrary percentages for infrastructure replacements. Comcast argues that it should only be ...

Waterford FFA members attend leadership camp

CARROLLTON — Waterford FFA members Elijah Rexroad and Derrick Wheeler recently attended FFA Camp Muskingum, where they participated in agriculture education programs, leadership activities and outdoor recreation, according to a release from the organization. During the camp, Rexroad and ...

‘One Vote!’ premieres Friday in Marietta

MARIETTA – An original musical about the founding of Marietta and its influence on the new United States opens at 7 p.m. Friday in the Friederich Theatre at the Hermann Fine Arts Center of Marietta College. Written by singer-songwriters Larry Groce and Todd Burge and directed by Jack ...

Contributions exceed $100K in three local campaigns

Three candidates for the West Virginia Legislature from Wood and Pleasants counties have exceeded $100,000 in campaign contributions for the year so far, according to the second quarter campaign financial reports filed with the secretary of state. Second quarter reports cover the period from April 27 to June 30 and were due July 7. In the 3rd Senatorial District, Republican Incumbent Republican Mike Azinger defeated Delegate Bob Fehrenbacher for the party's nomination. Democrat Caci Petrehn ran unopposed. Fehrenbacher reported year-to-date contributions of $130,279 and expenditures of ...