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Momentum Refresh to enhance events in community for mobility challenged

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Spring and summer bring warmer weather and a full schedule of fairs, festivals and fun outdoor events. For most it’s simply a matter of making plans and getting there. For people with unique personal care needs, it can be a bit more complicated. That is why the Belmont County Board of Developmental Disabilities applied for and received a grant to bring Momentum Refresh, America’s first fully accessible mobile restroom, to a variety of community events across the Ohio Valley this year. “This service provides dignity for people with disabilities whose personal ...

Bridgeport’s bulldog logo to have a uniform look

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BRIDGEPORT — The blue bulldog is getting a standardized look and one of Bridgeport Exempted Village School District’s own students is in charge. Maddie Matusik, a senior and member of the interactive media class, is tackling the district’s new branding campaign to ensure the school’s ...

35th wedding anniversary

Anniversaries

Ross “Beans” and Carol Campbell of Shadyside recently celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary, enjoying a Caribbean cruise with friends. Ross was employed by Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Martins Ferry plant, and Carol was a registered nurse at East Ohio Regional Hospital at Martins Ferry. ...

If you can’t travel to Japan, make authentic ramen at home

Living

TOKYO (AP) — Ramen noodles are so popular they have become one reason to visit Japan. But ramen can easily be cooked at home too, especially if you can find the necessary ingredients at your neighborhood Asian grocery store. A Japanese cookbook author who goes by one name, Rii, believes food should be more than delicious — it must be easy to make. Her book, “Lunches Children Love,” is about making cute bento lunches filled with laughing faces and animals made out of food. And she shares recipes for adults on her Instagram account (only in Japanese), including healthy ...

More than just a bowl of noodles

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TOKYO (AP) — Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food. In Tokyo, long lines circle around blocks, and waiting an hour for your ramen is normal. What awaits might be just a dive, but a hot bowl of ramen rarely fails to hit the spot. Often cooked right ...

‘Mamma Mia!’ set for May 3-5

Living

The Wheeling Park High School Park Players will perform the iconic musical “Mamma Mia!” on May 3-5 in the J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center at WPHS. You can catch the show at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. The musical, which features some of ABBA’s greatest hits, follows a mom and daughter, Donna and Sophie, leading up to Sophie’s wedding day. While Donna, with the help of two friends, is trying to get wedding details in order, Sophie decides to write letters to three men from her mother’s past, hoping one of them is her real dad and will walk her ...