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 ...
Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action (MOVCA) was proud to take part for the first time this year in the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation鈥檚 Give Local MOV annual day of giving. Our organization received $8,655 from 22 donors to whom we express our deepest and most sincere gratitude and ...
