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Oglebay Institute Celebrates National Honeybee Day

WHEELING — Honeybees may be small, but their impact on our environment is enormous. Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center invites families, nature lovers, gardeners and aspiring beekeepers to celebrate these remarkable pollinators during National Honeybee Day from ...

Community Yard Sale Coming to Highlands Sports Complex

TRIADELPHIA – The Highlands Sports Complex is inviting the Ohio Valley community to shop local and discover unique treasures during The Great HSC Community Yard & Vendor Sale, taking place Aug. 22-23 at the Highlands Sports Complex in Triadelphia. The indoor event will feature a variety of local sellers, small businesses, crafters, vendors and community members offering everything from household items and collectibles to handmade goods and specialty products. Vendor spaces are still available for individuals and businesses interested in participating. The sale will be held at ...

OES Chapter to Hold Regular Meeting

WHEELING – Miriam Chapter No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Shrine Center, Monument Place, Elm Grove. School of Instruction will be held, and annual reports will be given. August birthdays will be celebrated. Members are asked to bring their choice of ramen noodles, fruit cups, pudding cups or Jello cups for the backpack project. Refreshments will be served by Mary Frohme following the meeting. Patty Vermillion, Worthy Matron, and Jim Shannon, Worthy Patron, will preside.

Library's Next Program Features Local Author

WHEELING – The Ohio County Public Library's next Lunch With Books program will feature “tHe (A Novel) with author David Weimer. The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the library in downtown Wheeling. Looking through the wrong end of a telescope, the reader sees an eye looking up. An orphan raised in the Michigan foster care system fulfills his childhood desire of melting into the ocean of human companionship — sailing into a future of family, loss and love. A reader will accompany the narrator of “tHe” through the ripples, layers and echoes of a ...

What's Going On This Weekend

Saturday, Aug. 15-Sunday, Aug. 16 SATURDAY FOOD & DRINK WHEELING FARMERS’ MARKET — 8 a.m.-noon, St. Michael’s Parish Church parking lot, 1225 National Road, Wheeling. Buy fresh, local food and products from area farmers and entrepreneurs. Free. MOUNTAINEER BREWFEST — VIP entry 3 p.m., general admission 4 p.m.-10 p.m., Wheeling Heritage Port, 1201 Water St., Wheeling. Features West Virginia craft beer and live music. General admission is $45 and VIP admission is $80. Must be 21 or older with valid photo ID. Rain or shine. MUSIC & ART SATURDAYS AT THE MARKET — Noon-2 p.m., ...