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History in the Hills: A year of Anniversaries

This year is the year of anniversaries. Naturally, the one we are hearing most about is our nation’s 250th anniversary, which is certainly a cause for celebration. I hope to write about that in the coming months. Here locally, it is the 40th anniversary of the founding of Historic Fort Steuben, the 40th anniversary of the Steubenville Murals in downtown and the 20th anniversary of the Summer Concert Series at the fort. We certainly have a year of celebrations ahead. For me personally, it’s a special year as well, as it’s my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. They celebrated that ...

Sermons

• Cadiz Presbyterian Church: "Need a Lift?" • Cove Presbyterian Church: "Are We Devoted to One Another" • Finley Church: "The Essentiality of God's Word" • First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Weirton: "The Gate" • Harmony Church of Mingo Junction: "Joy in Difficult Times" • Memorial Baptist Church: "Whatever Happened to Shalom?" • St. Paul's Church: "Gateway to Heaven" • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church: "I Am the Good Shepherd" • Starkdale Presbyterian Church, Wintersville: "The Hour of Glory" • Two Ridges Presbyterian Church: "Don't Leave ...

Briefs

Author to open book week celebration WEIRTON — West Virginia Children's Author Anna Egan Smucker will open Children's Book Week at Mary H. Weir Public Library at 11 a.m. May 4. Smucker will read her children's book "Outside the Window" (about baby birds) in the library's activity room. Smucker, a Pushcart nominee, is the author of "No Star Nights," her award-winning memoir about growing up in the steel town of Weirton in the 1950s. Published by Knopf, it won the International Reading Association Children's Book Award. Other titles include "A History of West Virginia," "To Keep ...

New sign helps to showcase community pride in New Cumberland

NEW CUMBERLAND – A new type of sign has started sprouting up in communities throughout the Northern Panhandle, thanks to one area legislator, with the newest one making its way to Hancock County. State Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman, R-Ohio, joined New Cumberland city officials and other guests ...

Community Briefs

Camera Club names April winners WINTERSVILLE — The Upper Ohio Valley Camera Club held its April competition Tuesday at Two Ridges Presbyterian Church in Wintersville. The category for the month was "E is for ————". Those placing in this category included: Andy Tindor, first, John Hanish, second, and Gary Churella, third. In the open category, the top finishers were Andy Tindor, first; Barb Momyer, second; and Lisa Carte, third. For the special effect category there was a three-way tie for first place; among Jenny Riegler, Sharon Slokan and Sue Adey; Lisa Carte, second; ...