MARIETTA - Marietta College on Saturday will celebrate the reopening of the upgraded Anderson Hancock Planetarium. A Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony and community open house will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The project ...
MARIETTA - For Barbara Smith, the story of her father’s military service has never been confined to a single document or moment in time. Instead, it has unfolded piece by piece — through memory, community connections, and, in one meaningful case, a decades-old newspaper clipping. Smith, a ...
PARKERSBURG – The Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg has submitted an Intent to Apply for 21st Century Community Learning Center funding. They propose to serve students and families in Wood County (Parkersburg and Mineral Wells). An announcement from the organization says they look forward to community, school and parent collaboration to support student academic success and well-being through a broad range of services including academic enrichment, STEM, life and workforce readiness, social-emotional well-being, nutrition and physical activity, both during the school year and summer. ...
PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg City Council approved a resolution authorizing proposed budget revisions totaling $901,185 in the general fund, including money to the street infrastructure and capital reserve funds during a regular council meeting Tuesday. Prior to the meeting, the budget ...
MARIETTA - Energy development, environmental impact and the future of workforce training in Appalachia were the focus of a symposium hosted Tuesday by Marietta College’s Center for Earth, Energy and Environment. Industry leaders, policymakers and educators discussed how evolving energy ...
A local writer has taken his experiences from real life and the make-believe world in role-playing games to write his first book intended for teens and young adults. “Defenders of Zzzodd” by Ty Evan Smith, a 2000 graduate of Parkersburg South High School, is the story about 15-year-old ...
