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Small Bites for Great Futures fundraiser to benefit Boys and Girls Club of Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG — A local financial adviser is partnering with the Boys and Girls Club of Parkersburg to host a fundraising and networking event July 30. Small Bites for Great Futures will be 6 to 8 p.m. at the Parkersburg Art Center on Market Street. Proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Club and its programs for area children and families. David Lyle, a financial adviser with Equitable Advisors, organized the event after recently moving to the area from Pittsburgh. Lyle said he wanted to partner with a local nonprofit and create an event where residents and business leaders could ...

Picture This: Elks hold benefit breakfasts

Volunteers from the Parkersburg Elks Lodge 198 served 20 people on July 18 and 78 people on July 3 at the Latrobe Street Mission in Parkersburg. Community service is part of the Elks' core principles of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. The Elks Lodge also held its monthly benefit ...

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Mardel in Vienna closing

VIENNA - One Vienna restaurant has closed and another Grand Central Avenue business is headed in that direction. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen at 311 Grand Central Ave. closed recently with no further information available as of Tuesday. The restaurant was boarded up and all online contact ...

Picture This: End of the Road

PARKERSBURG - A worker uses a concrete saw to trim the end of the bridge of the Little Kanawha River at the point where it once connected to the ramp that lead to Juliana Street. Traffic has been re-routed onto the Ann Street ramp while the ramp is replaced. The project will take two years to complete.

‘The River’ exhibition returns to Parkersburg Art Center

PARKERSBURG – The Parkersburg Art Center will hold the opening reception this week for “The River,” its biennial exhibition featuring professional and semi-professional artists from West Virginia and Ohio. The reception 5-7 p.m. Friday at the center, 725 Market St., as part of Art After ...