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Flying Dreams Provides New Perspective on Ohio Valley Life

MARTINS FERRY — From several hundred feet up, the Ohio Valley communities we call home are a much different place. Just ask Jeremy Lewis, owner of Flying Dreams Aerial Imaging Services in Martins Ferry. When Lewis considers who we are as a community of towns and small cities, he’s ...

Barkcamp a Place for Exercising, Picnics, More

By CRAIG CAMPBELL Staff Writer BELMONT — As they were basking in the warm sunshine on an unusual winter day, Randy and Judy Britton, who live along the Morristown-Flushing Road, stopped from their daily 30-minute walk through Barkcamp State Park to talk about how this “hidden gem” in ...

Oglebay Plans Improvements

By JANET METZNER Staff Writer WHEELING — Don’t worry. Missing one leap to an inflatible lilypad doesn’t involve any danger — just an improvised plunge into the clear, cool waters of the Oglebay Park swimming pool. Huge, climbable and jumpable, bouncy water things, including ...

Tourism Poised for More Growth in Ohio Valley

By LINDA COMINS Staff Writer Tourism remains steady on both sides of the Ohio River, with a strong potential for growth in the industry throughout the region. Frank O’Brien, executive director of the Wheeling Convention and Visitors Bureau, said, “We are absolutely on target to ...

Groups Welcome Members, Share Interests

By JANET METZNER Staff Writer Finding a group to hang out with isn’t as difficult as it used to be. That’s because apps such as Facebook, Meetup and Instagram have become hubs of some of the latest and most active social groups in the Ohio Valley. Group contacts, calendars and ...

Youth Services System, Schools Build Healthy Students

WHEELING — While YSS— Youth Services System, Inc. — began its work with youth through its emergency shelters—Samaritan House and Helinski Shelter—Ron Mulholland, the founding YSS director recognized that youth, and their families, had a complex range of needs beyond shelter during a ...