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Farmers markets brighten our area

Whether you are looking to purchase the freshest produce or freshly baked goods, or maybe just trying to find a place to spend a few hours with your family, friends and neighbors, the region’s farmers markets provide a great opportunity. Markets throughout the Tri-State Area offer the chance to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables and enjoy the nutritional benefits that come with them while supporting the men and women who grow them across the region. You’ll also find a wide variety of vendors selling homemade jams and jellies, baked goods, fudge and locally produced honey, as ...

25-Year Club picnic continues tradition

While the once-great facilities of Weirton Steel and its successors appear to be no more, that doesn’t take away from the history and traditions for which they stood. That includes an annual picnic where longtime steelworkers gather to reconnect and relive their experiences as they contributed to the building of America and the rest of the world. For more than 70 years, the Weirton Steel 25-Year Club has organized a picnic for employees and retirees with at least 25 years in the local steel mill. It is a summer tradition which has brought individuals from across the country back ...

Annual event lets Follansbee shine

Whether you live in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia — or just about any part of the Tri-State Area — the second week in July always has held a special place. That’s when the annual Follansbee Community Days event is held. The annual festival, which will be celebrating its 30th year, has become one of the region’s most-anticipated events, and opens its three-day run Friday. As always, the event, which will be centered on the parking lot of the Follansbee Community House behind the Bluewave Center along state Route 2, will feature plenty of activities for people of ...

Taste of Greece set for Weirton

For close to four decades, members of All Saints Greek Orthodox Church have welcomed the community to join them in celebrating their history, their culture, and, especially, their food. While some things have changed during those years, the hospitality offered by Weirton’s Greek community has remained. It will be on display this Friday as the Weirton Greek Festival returns for its 37th rendition, providing area residents with plenty of food, friendship and entertainment. With a menu full of local favorites such as Greek chicken, fish, grape leaves, spanakopita, baklava, and, of ...

Support victims of hate crimes

Over and over, across the country, we are confronted with news that lets us know antisemitism and other hate crimes are not a thing of our past. They are horrifyingly present. But not here, we say to one another. No, that is something happening in other parts of the country. Nothing could be further from the truth. On July 1, the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati discovered 176 gravestones in two Jewish cemeteries had been vandalized, according to a report by WCPO-TV. At the Tifereth Israel Cemetery and the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Cemetery, stones were knocked over and cracked ...

Citizens speaking on Ohio’s districts

Members of Ohio’s Redistricting Commission were served notice on July 1 that ordinary Ohioans have had enough of the mess the commission purposefully made of our voting districts. According to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office, the group Citizens Not Politicians managed to collect more than 731,000 signatures to prove the point. The effort was aimed at getting an amendment to the Ohio Constitution placed on the Nov. 5 general election ballot, which would replace the commission with one made up of citizens rather than politicians. According to a report by the Ohio Capital ...