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Lions Club setting up Flags for Heroes on Saturday

The Williamstown Lions Club will be setting up Flags for Heroes on Saturday with a noon dedication ceremony at Tomlinson Park where all the names of heroes will be read. Flags will be flown until July 11. Also scheduled is the annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast that will feature caricature artist J.D. Williamson to do caricatures from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Breakfast is by donation and is open from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Conservation District slates free program

The Washington Soil & Water Conservation District and the Ohio River Valley Woodland Owner Group will present "Maximizing Native Habitat for Game Species" starting with dinner at 5:30 p.m. July 9 at the Washington County Career Center, 21740 State Route 676, Marietta. The program begins at 6 p.m. and will cover topics including deer browse/bedding, white oak management and invasive species. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at 740-373-4857 extension 3.

Parkersburg City Council rejects appeal of sanitation petition rejection

PARKERSBURG – Members of Parkersburg City Council rejected - by one vote - an appeal of the determination that a petition for a referendum on the city’s proposed sanitation contract was insufficient. “You can vote for sufficiency, and let's get this over with,” said Edward Escandon, ...

Rain didn’t stop the 49th annual Safetytown at Phillips Elementary

MARIETTA - The 49th year of Safetytown at Phillips Elementary looked a little different for day six due to the intermittent rain storms on Monday. The usual outdoor activities were brought inside but the kindergartens didn’t seem to mind. Safetytown at Phillips began June 15 and will ...

Program providing free children’s beds adds Wood to counties served

PARKERSBURG – Wood County is the latest county in West Virginia reached by a statewide group that distributes complete beds for qualifying households. The Bed for Every Head program through Riverstone Community Services, part of the West Virginia State Hospital Initiative Inc., last week ...