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9th annual Jerry’s Walk illuminates suicide awareness

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Illuminating Suicide Awareness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention and awareness, will be hosting its ninth annual Suicide Awareness Walk on April 27 at the St. Clairsville-Richland Township Memorial Park. The cost of the event is $20 per person; there is no cost for military veterans or children under 12 years of age. Those interested in participating can register online at jerryswalk.org. Walk-up registration the day of the walk will begin at 2 p.m.; the walk itself will begin at 3 p.m. All proceeds from the walk will be used for suicide ...

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SUNDAY, APRIL 20, Pastor Aaron Szloboda of East Richland Friends Church will be sharing on Easter Sunday at a Sunrise Service at 6 a.m. at Memorial Park in St. Clairsville. Then at 9 or 11:15 a.m. at the Ickes Family Life Center, 67880 Friends Church Road, St. Clairsville, across from the main church building, the public is invited and can join online at erfriends.com or on Facebook.com/EastRichland. Child care will be available for 3rd grade and younger. No other services, youth or adults classes will be held. No evening Youth study. THE FIFTH Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors ...

Passover begins soon amid anxieties and divisions

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(AP) — Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. It is considered the most widely observed of any Jewish holiday, symbolizing freedom and the birth of a Jewish nation. This year, the celebrations again occur amid anxieties and divisions among many Jews related to the unresolved Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and the specter of widespread antisemitism. When is Passover this year? Passover — known as Pesach in Hebrew — begins at sunset on ...

Martins Ferry Senior Association aims to close gap left by hospital

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MARTINS FERRY — Martins Ferry Senior Center’s Senior Association will be hosting primary care providers from both WVU Medicine and Trinity Health System to inform residents of all ages about the services they offer. “East Ohio Regional Hospital shut down, and that left a lot of ...