Two of the big acts this year at the Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival are from Kentucky and Canada, an organizer of the annual event said. The 29th Multi-Cultural Festival opens Friday for a three-day run at Civitan Park in Belpre, a move made last year when construction on the new ...
ATHENS – A novel by an author from Athens has been published by a leading Australian firm and was released last week. “NATCH!” by Tim Pfaff is about who and what will live in Antarctica after it melts. The book centers on the climate crisis, he said. “I started playing around with ...
Meetings ¯ The Washington County Family & Children First Council meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. today at the Washington County E.O.C. office, 204 Davis Avenue, Suite C. For more information, call 740-376-7081. ¯ The Buckeye Hills Regional Advisory Council will meet at 10 a.m. June 24, at the Buckeye Hills office, 2585 Glendale Road, Marietta. Questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Janie Collins, program development coordinator at jcollins@buckeyehills.org or 740-376-1039. To learn more about Buckeye Hills Regional Council, visit www.buckeyehills.org, call 740-374-9436 ...
Slots available for summer history camp Some spaces remain available for The Castle’s summer history camp program, with the deadline to sign up on Friday. The five-day history camp is slated for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 6-10 at The Castle, the Victorian house museum on Fourth Street in Marietta. This year’s theme is “Expansion and Change, 1820-1840.” It will explore the local, state, national and global events of the period, from the construction of Ohio’s canals and the rise of early industry to social movements for abolition, temperance and education. Activities for campers ...
CHARLESTON – Monday’s series of legislative interim meetings began with Republican lawmakers questioning the benefits of two proposed electric transmission line projects and ended with Democratic lawmakers calling for changes to West Virginia’s data center district law. Members of the ...
CHARLESTON – Financial officials from four county school systems once again warned West Virginia lawmakers that the funding formula that sends state dollars into classrooms is too reliant on enrollment and not providing enough funding for students with special needs. Financial officers with ...
