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Chili heats up the waterfront as cookoff returns to Wheeling’s Heritage Port

WHEELING — Excitement is simmering ahead of the annual Wheeling Feeling Chili Cookoff, set for Saturday, June 6, at Heritage Port. The event begins at noon and will feature chili cooks from across the country competing for a chance to advance to an international championship later this fall. ...

Wheeling YMCA Dedicates Gymnasium To Robert And Jodi Contraguerro

Robert Contraguerro remembers the day he fell in love with the YMCA. As a child, he would walk from his East Wheeling home to Ohio Valley General Hospital to visit his father when he was ill. One day, his friends asked him to come along with them to the downtown YMCA to swim and play in the ...

Local Briefs

UMWA Local #1304 to meet HOPEDALE — UMWA Local #1304 will hold its regular meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Hopedale American Legion, 48225 Rabbit Road, Hopedale. Breakfast will be served at 9:30 a.m. Martins Ferry Council meeting set MARTINS FERRY — The Martins Ferry City ...

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SATURDAY MARKET AT THE PIKE — The Pike 40 in Morristown hosts a farmers market every Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon beginning April 4 and continuing through the season. BACKWOODS BASH FESTIVAL — SlapNasty Entertainment will host the Backwoods Bash May 29-31 at Holistic Acres Event Center in ...

‘Freedom isn’t free’

WINTERSVILLE — Mike Petrella offered a reminder of what Memorial Day stands for. "We always remember that freedom isn't free, and we honor our fallen heroes. Today is not a day off from work, it's not a day about a barbecue, it's not a day to go swimming. It is a day to remember why you are ...