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Find Your Wild events at St. Marys Marina

The Friends of the Ohio River Islands will hold events Saturday and Sunday at Middle Island in St. Marys as part of its Find Your Wild programs in September. The group from 9-noon Saturday will host another self-guided scavenger hunt for kids and families to explore nature on the trails on Middle Island. Participants will get prizes, snacks and a chance to win a special prize, Mark Krivchenia, president of the Friends of the Ohio River Islands, said. The fourth annual 5K run and walk will start at 1 p.m. at the St. Marys Marina. Participants can run or walk and pets are welcome. The ...

Promise Campaign golf outing raises $35,000

SISTERSVILLE — Memorial Health Foundation’s first Promise Campaign Golf Outing raised nearly $35,000 to support construction of a new Sistersville General Hospital. The event on Sept. 18 at Sistersville Country Club brought together 15 teams of residents from the community, local ...

Picture This: Wood County Board of Education meets

Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Wood County Ashlee Beatty recognizes many schools throughout the district for their general summative assessment results. Read more about the meeting in Thursday's edition of the News and Sentinel or online at newsandsentinel.com. (Photo by Gwen Sour) 

Picture This: Elks 198 volunteers help feed people

Members of Parkersburg Elks lodge 198 on Sept. 19 volunteered to feed people at The Gathering Place at Marietta College. Twenty-eight people received meals. From left, Letha Mason, Christi Shedd, Janet Johnson and Missy Winans.

Blues Society slates Cobbler’s Coffeehouse

MARIETTA - A noted blues and jazz artist will perform in a Cobbler's Coffeehouse show sponsored by the Blues Jazz & Folk Music Society at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Gun Room Restaurant of the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta. Vanessa Collier, an American blues, funk, and soul saxophonist, singer and ...

Residents take the runway for fashion show

MARIETTA – Five residents had the chance to dress up and take a turn on the runway during a fashion show organized to offer a change from their regular activities. Diana Hall, activities and marketing director, said she developed the idea while looking for something different for ...