When Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris in 1927 it made the front pages of newspapers all over the world, including The Marietta Times and The Parkersburg News. The headline of the May 21 edition of The Times said it all LINDBERGH IS SIGHTED OVER IRELAND – Ocean spanned by flying ...
Most of us understand and follow the rules when it comes to keeping our phones out of our hands and remaining focused when we drive. But those little devices can distract us at other potentially dangerous times, too. How many times have you been puttering through a parking lot, only to have to slam on your brakes when a person with their eyes buried in their cell phones walks in front of you? Or, how many times have you been asked to watch pets or children — perhaps at a park — and gotten sucked into scrolling on your phone only to be jolted back to reality just in time to prevent ...
Sometimes it seems easy to criticize and find fault with those who fill leadership roles. I think it’s important to stop and smell the roses from time to time. I’m grateful for all the efforts that Mayor Schlicher and Steve Wetz have done to manage our resources and get us back on track in Marietta. One of the things that our mayor promised was to work to make our town more presentable. If you stop and reflect on Marietta today you will find cleaner streets, fewer blighted homes, and grass being maintained on city properties. One glaring example of this transformation can be seen ...
U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, signed on last week to be a cosponsor of a bill that would recognize May as National Foster Care Month. That resolution later passed. He was not alone, of course, in addition to sponsors Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., there were 14 cosponsors for the bill. It’s a sign of how important most senators understand our foster care system is. “Loving foster families offer stability and guidance when kids may need it most. My parents adopted me from foster care. I’ve seen how transformational a child’s first years of life can ...
We often talk about the skills our students are gaining in school, and the real-world advantages they provide. But it is not often we get a chance to see those skills put to good use for the rest of us while students are still in school. For a group of Belpre High School students, that is exactly what has happened. A “culvert buggy” made by senior Christopher Boso, sophomore Jayden Haynes, senior Adrick McLaughlin and junior Keegan Marsh, will be put to service to help inspect some of Washington County’s more than 13,000 culverts. All that because of engagement made possible ...
During last week’s National Public Works Week observations, Marietta seized the opportunity to recognize some of its public workers for their hard work and dedication. These are the folks who do the kinds of jobs most of us don’t think much about — until something goes wrong or those jobs aren’t getting done. They are incredibly important to the everyday function of the city in fields such as streets, bridges, water and sewer systems. Think for a moment about how much would fall apart (perhaps literally), if these workers weren’t so good at what they do. Because of their ...
