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Meetings ¯ Washington County Family & Children First Council will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 16, at the Washington County E.O.C. office, 204 Davis Avenue, Suite C. For more information, call 740-376-7081. ¯ The Washington State College of Ohio Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Sept. 21, in room H108 of the Main Building. ¯ Palmer Township will hold meetings at 7 p.m. Oct. 5, Nov. 2 and Dec. 7, at the Palmer Community Building, 7153 State Route 676, in Palmer Square. ¯ The Belpre Township trustees will meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at 335 ...

Voices of Flight 93 still echo

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SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. — Turning off State Highway 30 near Shanksville, Pa., into the Flight 93 Memorial site does not prepare one for the solemnity of the place or the raw emotions that rise when walking through the visitor’s center. Within that building, visitors can listen to recorded ...

Adamses observe 25th anniversary of Sept. 11

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Twenty-five years have passed since Parkersburg native Mary Lou Hague was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York City. Liza Adams, her mother, remembers everything about the day: speaking to her daughter as she tried to evacuate the building ...

Minnites remember witnessing 9/11 from LaGuardia

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PARKERSBURG –– Kristin and Jason Minnite were seated aboard a U.S. Air commuter plane at LaGuardia Airport, waiting to return home from a trip to New York City, when they saw smoke rising from the World Trade Center. Their plane was fifth in line for takeoff on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, according to an account published the next day in The Parkersburg Sentinel. The Minnites had no way of knowing then that their flight would not leave or that the attack would reshape the nation. The couple had traveled to New York with Jason’s sister, Marlene Colombo, and attended a Michael ...

Summit to focus on Appalachian Ohio development

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MARIETTA – Marietta College will host a summit focused on rural development and the challenges facing Appalachian Ohio from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Sept. 24 on campus. The Center for Appalachian Innovation Summit, titled "Rural Development – The Start of It All" will explore ways to strengthen communities and expand opportunities throughout the region. Topics will include population decline, workforce shortages, aging infrastructure and barrier to attracting investment. Participants will discuss approaches to education, entrepreneurship, workforce development, economic and community ...

Ceremony marks 25 years of Sept. 11, Hague's passing

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Parkersburg High School will hold its annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday at Stadium Field, organizers said. The ceremony, usually held around the flagpole, will be held in the stadium because this year is the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, according to ...