Joseph Spencer — Dr. Joseph Spencer was born in Conn. in 1750. During the Revolution Dr. Spencer held the title of surgeon. In 1794 Spencer purchased a large tract of land which would become the City of Vienna. He married Deborah Seldon to whom eleven children were born. He died at his ...
Have you ever been over to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District? It stretches from Winchester, Va., in the north down to McDowell, Va., in the south — generally following I-81, except for Cool Springs and McDowell. I have been to parts of it approximately eleventy ...
If you are driving around the streets of Parkersburg next Saturday, you might notice that you see less of the News and Sentinel Half Marathon weaving its way through the city. The race, a Parkersburg tradition during the third weekend in August, is taking a different route this year. ...
The recent decision from the Wood County Circuit Court related to recycling presents some interesting challenges for the City of Parkersburg, for me as mayor and for the City Councilors alike. This effort was initiated by a single resident, Walt Auvil; the ruling invalidates the local ...
In just a few weeks, I will be packing up and leaving West Virginia to go back to college out of state. Like thousands of other students during this time of year, I am excited for what’s next, but I am also leaving the place I have called home my entire life. This problem is not unique to ...
One would think that with the profusion of data centers, the growing need for more electricity for manufacturing, and the need to keep electric rates for residential consumers affordable, we should want energy from all sources: oil, gas, hydro, geothermal, nuclear, wind, and solar. But our ...
