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Community Resource Fair helps connect people and services

MARIETTA – Residents Sunday connected with the local services available at the GoPacks' fifth annual Community Resource Fair held in Marietta. Around 40 non-profit organizations set up informational tables in the ballroom of the Lafayette Hotel and met with residents to explain the ...

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Marietta City School BOE meeting The Marietta City School District Board of Education will hold its regular August Board of Education meeting at 6 p.m. on today at 111 Academy Drive. The Village of Lower Salem will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Village Hall. For questions, call Janet Kidd at 740-525-4027. Fort Frye BOE meeting The date of the regular August board meeting of the Fort Frye Board of Education has been changed to 6 p.m. Thursday at Fort Frye High School, 420 Fifth Street, Beverly. Steak fry A steak fry will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the VFW ...

Oliverio named to WVU Parkersburg post

PARKERSBURG - A Pleasants County woman has been named the director of teacher education at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. Paula Oliverio has had a long career with Pleasants County Schools and recently left as interventionist at Belmont Elementary School. She brings more than 40 ...

Nearly $157,000 in Marietta employee payments questioned

MARIETTA — Nearly $157,000 in employee vacation and holiday payments is being questioned in an active state investigation, while a former Marietta finance chairman is warning a notice sent to the city’s surety company could increase bonding costs or jeopardize future coverage. Letters from City Council leaders identified $156,881.50 in alleged overpayments. The figure does not include uncalculated amounts related to vacation proration or questions about $68,186.37 in overtime paid to one employee. During an Aug. 6 Marietta City Council meeting, former Councilman and Finance ...

Belpre school board advances new 6-12 building design

BELPRE — The Belpre City Schools Board of Education advanced plans for a new school for grades 6-12 on Thursday, authorizing the project’s design team to begin preparing construction documents. The unanimous vote approved design development submissions to the state and authorized the ...