Belpre
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Why This Gorgeous Appalachian Town In Ohio Keeps Getting Attention From Retirees
Would you believe one riverside town has a 2,000-year-old earthen mound with a staircase you can climb?. Bonus points for the cemetery around it. It holds more Revolutionary War officers than any other burial ground. Fun fact: the town took its name from Marie Antoinette. Leave it to early settlers...
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
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High Points of the Valley
* The Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated with yet another successful annual dinner last week -- this time with the theme being "Survivor." As attendees made connections, learned from panelists ... perhaps got ejected from their islands ... and more, it was clear the chamber board and Executive Director Karen Waller understood how to make the event just another way in which the chamber fulfills its mission. "It's designed to share ideas, to get together socially, give us a chance to make some awards and review the year," Waller said. But, "We try to make it fun. We try to make a combination of fun and some business content." The event WAS fun -- even if the News and Sentinel's table maintains it was cheated in the puzzle race -- as well as educational and a wonderful opportunity to trade ideas. Congratulations to everyone involved on putting together yet another fantastic event.
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Marietta College cites costs, deterioration in Dorothy Webster Hall demolition plan
MARIETTA -- Marietta College says structural deterioration and renovation costs warrant demolishing Dorothy Webster Hall, while some alumni are urging preservation of the former home that became the college's first residence hall for women. The planned demolition is part of a campus redevelopment supported by Joe and Linda Chlapaty's $55...
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North central West Virginia remembers the life of I.L. ‘Ike’ Morris
On Monday, West Virginia businessman and philanthropist I.L. "Ike" Morris passed away at the age of 88. Over the following days, those in the community have joined various local leaders to share their condolences to the Morris family.