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Bridgeport High School Fine Arts Festival Set For May 6

BRIDGEPORT — Bridgeport High School art teacher Mindy Sears doesn’t just want to teach her students how to make art — she wants to show them how to make a living. That’s why last year she and members of the school’s art club decided to hold an art fair where students can see how ...

People’s University Explores Japanese Culture

WHEELING — Starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, and continuing for five consecutive Thursday evenings, the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling will partner with The Japan Outreach Initiative (J.O.I.) at West Liberty University to present classes about Japanese culture. The Japanese ...

All Dressed Up

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — It’s deep in the heart of prom season, spring weddings are looming, and Carol Barlow’s downtown Custom Fashions is aflutter with bits of whisper-thin mesh, lace and yards of silk that rustle at every touch. And, don’t forget the sequins. They are everywhere. Barlow, who’s been altering clothing casually for 40 years and specializing professionally in formalwear for about four, said they are particularly plentiful on this year’s crop of prom formals. It’s the same for glitter and the kind of plunging necklines that would have horrified her mother back ...

When Lightningbirds Strike

By NORA EDINGER For the Sunday News-Register WHEELING — The whopper trophy the Wheeling Lightningbirds brought home on March 19 — after winning the East Coast Women’s Hockey League championship in their inaugural season — has been there and done all that in recent weeks. “On the ...

Seeing And Believing

WHEELING — There are people who live with priceless paintings — so deep is their love for art, a certain artist or both. There are people who live with valuable baseballs signed by Babe Ruth — so deep is their love for the sport. And, there are people whose office decor includes what ...

Matzo: More Than Just a Cracker

WHEELING — Matzo boards are to Passover as leftover turkey, cranberry sauce and stuffing are to Thanksgiving. The snacking twists on such holiday standards are simply endless. Rabbi Joshua Lief of Temple Shalom — a cook skilled enough to have won a throw-down competition for charoset, a ...