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Parkersburg’s PODA alcohol zone starts May 24
PARKERSBURG — Starting Friday, patrons of downtown businesses will be able to carry and drink permitted alcoholic beverages in marked cups along a six-and-a-half-block stretch of Market Street at certain times. The City of Parkersburg announced its Private Outdoor Designated Area will officially launch on Friday. Allowed under a...
Belpre City Pool closed for this summer
BELPRE, Ohio (WTAP) - The Belpre City Pool will be closed this summer. According to Belpre Mayor Susan Abdella the reason for this closing has to do with the cost of necessary repairs for the pool. This concern came about during the budgeting process where Street Superintendent Chris Barringer gave...
LISTEN: Kim Richey Has The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
On this week’s premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, you’ll hear performances from Bettye LaVette, Kim Richey, Keller Williams, The Langan Band, and Megan Jean’s Secret Family. This episode was recorded live at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens, Ohio. Our Song of the Week comes from...
Marietta Aquatic Center will open for the season May 25
MARIETTA — The city of Marietta has announced the official opening date of the Marietta Aquatic Center. The city posted on its website Thursday that the MAC will open May 25 at 12 p.m. This announcement is the ending to a saga that started in April where it was uncertain if the MAC would open at all this year.
Meet Buddy! WTAP’s Pet of the Week!
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Meet Buddy! WTAP’s Pet of the Week!. Buddy is a 2 and a half old hound mix from the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley. He has been at HSOV since April of 2024. Buddy is a very energetic and active dog. He is perfect...
Taste of Parkersburg took over Bicentennial Park
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Food and music filled Parkersburg’s Bicentennial Park this evening for the 2024 Taste of Parkersburg. Friends and families showed up in the spectacular weather to socialize while enjoying food and drinks from local businesses. Attendees also listened and danced to Bad Decisions and the Division...
The Taste of Parkersburg is almost here
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Taste of Parkersburg will be held May 18th from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Bicentennial Park. There are more than 70 volunteers helping out to make this an exciting and fantastic day and not to mention all the food!. There will be many local...
Songwriters Series supports the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley
MARIETTA, OH. (WTAP) - A Songwriters Series Fundraiser for the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley is coming to the Lafayette Hotel on Friday, May 17th. Described as a casual get-together for music lovers, Moon Mullen hopes to entertain while helping out his area shelter. Moon Mullen will be the...
Documentary screening part of Berry Day Week in Athens
ATHENS, Ohio — The Mount Zion Black Cultural Center will kick off the Berry Day Week celebration with the screening of WOUB-PBS Public Media’s “The Lincoln School Story” at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Athena Cinema. The documentary follows a group of Hillsboro, Ohio, Black mothers...
An interactive Hymn Sing concert will feature five nationally recognized gospel groups
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - . Rejoice Music is hosting its second concert of the year. Five national award-winning gospel groups will be coming together for an interactive Hymn Sing. The Gospel Music Hymn Sing will be Saturday, May 18th at 6 p.m. at the Blennerhassett Middle School Auditorium. Taj Rohr,...
Elementary schools host end-of-the-year garden parties
Garden parties aren’t always alike. At the Morrison-Gordon Elementary School’s garden party, kids dug in dirt, picked strawberries and played with worms Tuesday evening. Of course, this is a learning garden, created through a partnership between the Athens City School District and Community Food Initiatives. This permanent structure at the school shows elementary school kids the fundamentals of the growing process. Part of the event included the “grand reveal” of...
Antero Foundation donates $10K for Mountwood Park museum expansion
PARKERSBURG — Mountwood Park’s Museum and Visitors’ center will be going through much-needed enhancements thanks in part to a $10,000 donation from the Antero Foundation. Announced during a special check presentation at Mountwood Park Thursday, the donation will support existing visitor experience programming as well as the...
Cunningham-Matheny art on display at downtown Parkersburg WesBanco
PARKERSBURG — Kimberly Cunningham-Matheny was first introduced to art at Hamilton Junior High School by her art teacher Carol Goldstein and continued her art studies at Parkersburg High School with Richard Hackett and Ken Gilbert, both were locally well-known artists and teachers in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The Cunningham-Matheny art...
Backyard Gardener: Colonial ‘kitchen gardens’ offer taste of history
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! This week I want to discuss planting a historical or Colonial Kitchen garden. The Wood County Master Gardeners planted a kitchen garden at Henderson Hall, near Williamstown. This was the home of the Henderson family in Williamstown for five generations. Vegetables and herbs grown in the Heritage Garden were based on letters from the Henderson family researched by Master Gardener volunteers.
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