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Caring for the People of the ‘Purple City’

Martins Ferry has built up a reputation over the years.

2020 – Turning Pain into Power

I am feeling as if my spirit is ready to release a sigh, as if it's been holding its breath for a very long time. New Year's resolutions aren't really my thing, but I do like to acknowledge the closing of one chapter and beginning of another.

Our Valley’s Decade

It was reported during the 1990s that the people of the Upper Ohio Valley would have to experience a change from being an industrial region to a service industry, but no one told anyone it would mean the additional of a second job to survive.

You Count. We All Count.

Each county in West Virginia has hard-to-count areas and committees are being formed statewide to make sure that every West Virginian is counted. The census data determines an allocation of over $6 billion for the state of West Virginia.

The Gift of Power and Privilege

What I've come to realize, especially as my kids and their wants get bigger and more expensive this time of year, is that love is what fills the gaps of Christmas.

Our Christmas Traditions

(Photos archived by James Thornton) It is a process here in the Upper Ohio Valley, and the residents adhere to the traditions long ago adopted...

Give Your Child the Greatest Gift

An investment in a Linsly education may be the greatest gift you ever give your child. Benjamin Franklin reminded us: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

Huge Christmas Problem Solution

The Christmas season is upon us again, and that means children all over the planet have busily made out their Christmas wish lists for Santa.

Enough for Christmas

I am convinced that my mom, and probably every other mom in the 1970s, was the inspiration for the ever-so-popular "Elf on the Shelf."...