On your mark. Get set. Go! In just a few days, the Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend will take over the streets of Wheeling, marking what has become the unofficial start of summer in the Ohio Valley. What started out decades ago as a 20K foot race has evolved into a two-day series of events ...

CJ is our oldest grandchild. He was born when I was only in my 30s. Many of my friends were still having children of their own and I was a “grandfather.” I didn’t like the word because I remember my grandparents, sitting in a rocking chair, shuffling with a cane, resting from their labors ...

“My mother is someone who shows me how to live,” said Cathy Daigle, Grade 4, St. Joseph’s School, Maine. Say “mother,” “mom,” “momma” to a roomful of people and you’re likely to call forth a roomful of images. Today’s mother may be a homemaker, an executive, a doctor, ...

Happy Mother’s Day, Eastern Ohio! It is still hard for me to believe, but it has been almost seven years since my mother, Grace Compston, died. Mother’s Day has been difficult for me after that, but it gets a little easier every year. Looking back now, I am not stricken with sadness each ...

A few years ago, we were in New York City for the National Speakers Association’s annual convention. It was my first time in NYC. I was fascinated by the tall buildings and couldn’t help looking up at the skyscrapers. We had a free evening and were going to do some site seeing. Kay, part ...

May 7-13 marks the 40th annual National Travel and Tourism Week. Established in 1983, to celebrate the U.S. travel community and travel’s essential role in stimulating economic growth, cultivating vibrant communities, creating quality job opportunities, inspiring new businesses and ...