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Weekend concerts strike a chord in downtown Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG — Downtown Parkersburg was full of opportunities for fun Saturday and Sunday. The Parkersburg Art Center (PAC) and the Blennerhassett Hotel and Spa both held events this weekend that offered attendees music, good food and more. The PAC held its annual Tastes and Tunes event and the Blennerhassett hosted its two-day Summer Bash at the Blenny event which featured Nashville recording artist Nick Walker, on Saturday and Sunday as well as live music, shopping, food, beverages and more.
Artsbridge concert series continues Thursday at City Park
PARKERSBURG — The Artsbridge Summer Music Series continues Thursday at City Park. Taking the bandshell stage from 6:30-8 p.m. will be Highway 7 with the show to be opened by local performer P.T. Dabbs. The concert is sponsored by the West Virginia Central Credit Union and the city of...
Federal Valley Resource Center provides a source of health and entertainment
STEWART — Past East State Street and right off from US 50 East in a town not far from Athens city limits, a school from many years ago still stands — Rome-Canaan School, belonging to the Stewart community. In existence since 1897, the school started as just a two-room school building with a bell tower. Throughout the school years, more buildings have been added to it. By 1997, the school building became obsolete as the Federal-Hocking School District formed and shuffled students into new buildings. ...
New Matamoras library host hot air balloon demonstration
NEW MATAMORAS, OH (WTAP) - Debbie Smith is a commercial hot air balloon pilot who came to New Matamoras on Saturday to demonstrate how to inflate a hot air balloon into a crowd of people and how it flies into the air. Debbie said that this was her first time...
Mayor to seek more responses to Belpre lead service line survey
BELPRE — Belpre Mayor Susan Abdella plans to personally hit the streets to drum up more responses to the city’s lead service line survey. The city of Belpre has been mandated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to survey the number of lead service lines in use in the city’s water system with a deadline of Oct. 16.
Parkersburg City Council to consider bond issue for recreation facility, fire station
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg City Council on Tuesday will consider the first reading of an ordinance to fund construction of a recreation facility and fire station with a bond issue for as much as $15 million. After the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m., council members will reconvene as the Urban...
Wood County Commission weighs Health Department options
PARKERSBURG — A proposal to move the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department into the former St. Joseph’s Hospital in Parkersburg will be brought before the health board, a Wood County Commissioner said Monday. The health department offices were closed after Memorial Day when a break in a water line...
Williamstown Senior Center August calendar of events
- 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Senior Vacation Bible School. - 11 a.m. Hawaiian Party (potluck, eat at noon, please sign up by Monday, Aug. 5) Owen County will be joining us. - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Senior commodities, Sherman Full Gospel Assembly. - 1 p.m. - 3 p.m....
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