It’s — finally — beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house. Although I had hoped to have everything in order to welcome family and friends to visit a couple of weeks ago, life got in the way. Under the heading of “it never rains but it pours,” Mike and I had car trouble ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Time flies. Fifty years ago, I left my childhood home in Pittsburgh and headed to my first engineering job after college, in Michigan. I was on my own. Dad died suddenly in August leaving Mom with my 5 brothers at home. Mom would be celebrating ...

A simple request for a photograph led me to an interesting and enjoyable evening on Thursday. Vince Gianangeli, a former Belmont County official and past principal of St. John Central Academy, called our office seeking for a staff member to attend the Belmont County NAACP’s Christmas party. ...

“Judge not lest ye be judged.” (Matthew 7:1) Jesus said this over 2,000 years ago. In other words, don’t judge or you will be judged. Jesus went on to say, how you judge others is how you will be judged. Humans have struggled with this for thousands of years. We still do. It is easy to ...

The holiday season is, without a doubt, the most awaited time of the year. When the air turns cold, the day turns dark, Christmas lights start twinkling, and jingle bells are ringing there is no better place than Belmont County to get you into the holiday spirit! From parades to outdoor ...

Remember how magical this time of year seemed when you were little? From the wonder of a jolly old elf who would bring you that toy that you wanted so badly to the delightful scents of cinnamon and sugar as Mom or Grandma baked those traditional cookies that always tasted the same year after ...