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Neighborhood News

Are you ready, kids? Spongebob coming to stage

PARKERSBURG – “The SpongeBob Musical Youth Edition” will open at 7 p.m. Friday at the Actors Guild of Parkersburg. Nine performances are scheduled through Jan. 28. Shows, in addition to the Friday opening, are 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, Jan. 20, Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, ...

Commissioners discuss electric aggregation

Washington County Commissioners discussed Washington County’s electric aggregation program on Wednesday. Commissioner James Booth said he has received calls from residents about the energy aggregate program, so he wanted to share information about it with Washington County residents. ...

Region braces for potential high winds, flooding

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County area saw some high water and other concerns Tuesday as the area braces for potential high winds and flooding. In a related issue, Belpre Elementary School is back in session today following the completion of repair’s to the school’s heating system which ...

Williamstown bridge to close briefly on Jan. 16

WILLIAMSTOWN — As part of the city-wide replacement of traffic lights, on Tuesday Jan. 16, the Williamstown Bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 10:30 a.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m. The pedestrian walkway will remain open. Interstate bridges will be the detour route to West ...

Matamoras traffic signal being removed

MATAMORAS — The traffic signal at Ohio 7/Main Street in the Village of Matamoras will be removed Thursday. It was determined last year that the signal equipment and supports are in need of replacement, at an estimated cost of $150,000-$200,000 to the village. The Ohio Department of ...

Local businessman interested in state GOP chairmanship

PARKERSBURG — A businessman from Parkersburg is running for chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party. Matthew Herridge is a co-owner of the Qdoba Mexican Eats restaurants in Athens, Marietta and Vienna, the newest restaurant in the local franchises. His company, Charton Management, ...