Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! We were a little on the dry side but that has all changed this week. Continual downpours since Sunday have brought several inches of rain and even flooding in areas around the valley. The forecast for the next few days is dry and sunny so we can ...
I have always been intrigued by the sight of a train engine pulling a long string of freight cars bound for one of the many industrial customers in our area. There was a time when the trains traveling along Ohio 7, or up through Vienna and through Williamstown would be trailed by a caboose, ...
鈥淣o one's normal. It just looks that way from across the street.鈥� *** Until a few years ago, I enjoyed the title 鈥測oung.鈥� Sure, as the years ticked by, that word got stretched out, mumbled and modified, but the word hung on. I could use it with relative confidence that it moderately ...
PARKERSBURG LOST TO THE BROOKLYNS Though the Locals Made a Good Showing 鈥� Against the Husky Aggregation from the East 鈥� Local Boys had Stage Fright in the Early Innings 鈥� But They Soon Braced Up and Played Good Ball. Eighteen hundred people witnessed the ball game at historic ...
After the recent primary election period, I think we could all use a break from politics for a bit. This is when I traditionally republish a Memorial Day column with some minor changes from year to year to keep the column relevant. In that piece, I write about the Memorial Day parade in my ...
I鈥檓 as guilty as anyone of thinking about Memorial Day as a happy occasion. There will be an extra day off work; swimming pools will open; there will be good food, parades 鈥� festive things. It鈥檚 the unofficial start of summer. Students are graduating high school or college and moving on ...
