FELDHEIM, Germany (AP) — Europeans are opening their energy bills with trepidation these days, bracing for hefty price hikes as utility companies pass on the surging cost of natural gas, oil and electricity tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Many are trying to conserve by turning down the ...
It wouldn’t have been unusual for a woman of Sarita Oglebay’s marriage-eligible age and uppercrust station to be dreaming up the details of an elaborate household of her own. But, a small collection of recipes assembled in the early 1900s by the daughter of shipping magnate Earl Oglebay ...
Photo provided At Grace Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, are from left, Terry Stratton, Kari Cooper, Willa Wilkins and Kerri Dagan. The dinner will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 16 at the fellowship hall, located at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets, Martins Ferry. The dinner ...
AVELLA, Pa. — Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, part of the Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center’s family of museums, will host its Taffy Pull & Fall Finale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22. A day of fall-themed activities for the whole family, the Taffy Pull & Fall Finale will take visitors back in time to experience life in early Western Pennsylvania. Visitors can enjoy cooking demonstrations in the Hamilton Log House, cornhusk crafting in the 18th-century frontier area, and test their skills with the atlatl — a spear-thrower used by prehistoric ...
ON LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so gently the stalks sprung right back up. On a mid-September morning, no breeze ruffled the eagle ...
MOUNDSVILLE — A spiritual journey into ancient local history is what one will get at the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library book talk at 6:30 p.m. Monday. “Tasach Speaks: Whispers from Grave Creek” by Michael Burk will be presented followed by Q & A with the author. This program is aimed at adults — definitely for the curious and those drawn to mysticism and historical conundrums. Burk, a retired Marshall County educator, wrote and published “Tasach Speaks: Whispers from Grave Creek” in 2021. He previously released “Grave Creek Tablet Vindication: Risk of ...
