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Local Columns

Through Jesus, we have ability to be joyful, loving, peaceful

The expression, “He’s (she’s) living on borrowed time” is completely true. All our days are on loan to us from God, our Creator. He alone is in charge of time. When a survivor of a serious illness or accident unexpectedly recovers, it is easy to see the idea of borrowed ...

Whipple contributed to nation, Marietta

As the nation pauses on Tuesday to celebrate the birth of our nation, it is important to remember that many of those who fought for our freedom later settled down to live their lives in Marietta. Many of those men’s final resting places are in Marietta and the surrounding communities. Around ...

God has blessed America; our citizenship is in Heaven

God has blessed America from the beginning. The idea that thirteen small colonies could band together and defeat the British Empire was preposterous. But God blessed and a new nation was born. It was hard to believe that people from up and down the east coast could agree on a form of ...

Fourth of July in 1858

In 1858, to honor the national anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Marietta, held not one, but two complementary celebrations. The July 6 edition of the Marietta Intelligencer reported a detailed story of one event hosted by the “Americans” and the other organized by German ...

A drive through the county traces communal family tree

When Washington County implemented a 911 system years ago there was a need to rename most of the roads in the county that had up to that point, simply had a number associated with it. Many also had box numbers that gave first responders very little information other than where a person was on a ...

Breaking sound barrier

Roger Dyar was born in Lowell to Dwight and Marie (Barnhart) Dyar. Graduating from Lowell High School, Roger attended Ohio State for two years before joining the Army Air Corps in April 1941. Receiving his pilot’s wings before the Pearl Harbor attack, he and his fellow pilots flew air patrols ...