By LINDA COMINS Staff Writer WHEELING — After 43 years of dedicated service at the Ohio County Public Library, Gail Bender’s career is officially “in the books.” Bender, 62, retired from her position as a library clerk and shelver at the end of December. The Martins Ferry resident ...

Editor’s Note: Each month, Artworks Around Town will tell us about its member artists. This month will feature artist Greg Siegwart. WHEELING — Greg Siegwart was 10 years old when his parents gave him his first set of oil paints. It was the beginning of a lifetime of joy and discovery as ...

Newcomers Club The Wheeling Newcomers Club will hold a meeting and luncheon at Belmont Hills Country Club, St. Clairsville, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The program will feature Nicole Snodgrass, owner of the Restore Yoga +Wellness business in St. Clairsville. She will discuss and demonstrate ...

World traveler and noted artist Janet Wang will appear in the Studio Gallery at Artworks Around Town on Friday, Jan. 3. A free public reception from 5:30-8 p.m. will open the show for the month of January. Wang will present pieces in all three of her favorite mediums, oil, pastel and ...

Jan. 1 — NEW YEAR’S DAY. Jan. 1-31 — Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center, Oglebay Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Jan. 1-31 — Good Zoo, Oglebay Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 1-31 — Oglebay Institute’s Mansion Museum, Oglebay Park, Jan. 1: ...

By HEATHER ZIEGLER Life Editor It’s four days before Christmas, a day celebrated by Christians throughout the world. Are you ready? Everywhere we turn, we have reminders to shop for this or that. The malls have been busy. If you are like me, you have fretted over the perfect gifts for ...