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Urban Renewal meets Tuesday

Applications for property purchases that were tabled by the Urban Renewal Authority of Parkersburg are on the agenda for Tuesday. The authority will meet following the City Council meeting, which convenes at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers at the municipal building. The tabled motions include separate applications from Steven M. Spiker and Jeremy Lemasters to purchase 813 Dickel Ave. Spiker has offered $500 and intends to use the lot as a side-yard extension with possibly a fence, garden and fruit trees. Lemasters, who offered $1,500, intends to use the lot as a side-yard ...

Historical society to hold final Anti Tea Party

The final Anti-Tea Party celebrating America’s 250th anniversary will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Phelps-Tavenner House at 2401 Camden Ave. in Parkersburg. Sponsored by the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society, which will host the event, the tea parties were organized with assistance of the Wood County Commission and call attention to the not only the Boston Tea Party, but also the 16 other tea parties that played a role in the advent of the Revolutionary War. Other anti tea parties were held at the Cooper Cabin, Henderson Hall, Oakland and the Parkersburg ...

Wood County Democratic Executive Committee announces meeting

PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Democratic Executive Committee will conduct a business meeting at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6 at the Parkersburg Marietta Building & Construction Trades Drug & Education office, 2400 Garfield Ave., Parkersburg. The meeting is open to the public. Democrats who would like to participate are asked to email contact@wcwvdems.com or call 304-236-1100 for information on how to join the meeting.

Wood County to plan for future of ambulance service

PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Commission will look at laying a long-term foundation to be able to provide ambulance service to citizens well into the future. Officials with WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center recently asked the commission to provide $1.7 million to the hospital to support the emergency medical service they provide to the area. Commission President Blair Couch said that requested financial information from the hospital is expected to be provided early next week. Commissioners have reached out and met with people involved in the ambulance business as well as ...