COMMUNITY

Keep up with what’s happening across the Mid-Ohio Valley

Chili Cook Off

Mouths were watering last Sunday during the 5th Annual Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cook Off. Hosted by the Mid-Ohio Valley Chamber of Commerce each year, the Chil...

#MightyMisti

Sitting in the lounge at The Blennerhassett, she looks perfectly healthy. Fashionable, slender and sporting a healthy glow from running in the sun, she laughs w...

Ohio River Sternwheel Festival

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year”- for most people that song is about Christmas. But for Marietta, it’s all about the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival. T...

You Can Make A Difference

As a young professional in the Marietta and Parkersburg communities, you have many choices of civic organizations in which to become involved. These worthy orga...

Make Time to Discover Pawpaws

Most of the people living in the Mid-Ohio Valley have never tasted a pawpaw. These egg-shaped fruits have a freckled green skin, and look unassuming enough on t...

Out of the Darkness

Blue, Teal, Purple and Green. Those were the colors of beads I wore at today’s Out of the Darkness (suicide prevention and awareness) Walk. Each color means so...

Corey Shields

It’s difficult to determine whether the songwriter or the storyteller came first, but as Corey relaxes on the couch and talks about his life and his career in m...

Rivers, Trails & Ales

Most people know that Marietta is the first settlement in the Northwest Territory and that every second week of September, Sternwheel boats from across the coun...

Parkersburg Art Center

As a perpetual student, and lover of learning new creative things, I’m over-the-moon happy to have the Parkersburg Art Center right here in my own town. The Par...

Farmers’ Market Tour

The fresh fruit is covered in a thin layer of dirt. Brushing it off, the rich colors of real fruits and vegetables come to the surface. Scents of sweet ripe pea...
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