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NEW MARTINSVILLE — ArtsLink’s 2024 Coffeehouse Series continues Tuesday with Talan Chambers. The free 6:30 p.m. concert, sponsored by First Mutual Bank, will be held on the performance deck at the Francis Creative Arts Center at the corner of Maple Avenue and Washington Street in ...

Program features mapping the first landowners of Belmont County

BARNESVILLE — Mapping the First Landowners of Belmont County and What We’ve Learned, will be presented by Crystal Lorimor, Jason Garczyk and Anthony Atkins at the Watt Center on Thursday. The center is located at 511 Watt Ave., Barnesville, and the program begins at 7 p.m. Lorimor, ...

Not your average flower shop

COLERAIN — A business with an unusual twist on purchasing flowers is opening its doors on July 27 in Colerain. Red Bird Flower Farm is a growing operation that allows customers the opportunity to literally pick and choose the flowers they want. The business is located on a farm with a ...

Candidates to compete in OVAC Queen of Queens

WHEELING — The OVAC Queen of Queens will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 18 at the J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center on the Wheeling Park High School campus due to renovations taking place at the Capitol Theatre. The queen will be crowned at the OVAC Football Game on Saturday, ...

Farm bureau sets annual meeting

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Farm Bureau’s annual meeting of members will be held Aug. 13 at The Market at Ebbert Farms, 68101 Ebbert North Road, St. Clairsville. Doors open at 5 p.m. with time to visit sponsor displays. The dinner and meeting will start at 6 p.m., and the meal will be catered by Two Stack Bar-B-Que. Voting on proposed policies and code of regulations, along with electing Board of Trustees members and delegates to Ohio Farm Bureau Federation 2025 Annual Meeting will take place. Belmont County Farm Bureau President Mike Burkhart encourages all members to ...

People’s University Program Kicks Off

WHEELING — This year marks the 250th anniversary of Dunmore’s War, seen by many historians as the last conflict of America’s colonial period. But some pay it little attention or misinterpret its historical significance. Set against the backdrop of the deepening constitutional crisis ...