Area Business News

Riesbeck’s Reaches Century Mark

A two-day sale on Friday and Saturday officially marked the 100^th anniversary of the opening of the first Riesbeck’s Market.

Margaret Schumacher Riesbeck, a widower, opened the first store, a corner grocery, in Woodsfield in 1925. Seven years later, the first Riesbeck’s Market was opened on Lewisville Road in the Monroe County seat, the first supermarket for the chain that today operates 17 stores throughout eastern Ohio and the West Virginia northern panhandle.    

Riesbeck’s first market in Barnesville was located at 141 East Main Street. It was in operation during the 1940s and 1950s before closing.

The firm returned to Barnesville in 1972 when the current store opened at 1000 East Main Street. Since that time, the store has been expanded once.   

Bait Shop Open for Season

The Old Barn Bait Shop at 66527 Hendrysburg Road in the Kirkwood Township community of Hendrysburg is open for the season. The shop features Bass and Crappie minnows, nightcrawlers, wax worms and meal worms.

Save the Date

Trent and Brooke Brownfield, owners of Barnesville’s newest event venue, The Shady Lane Vent Center, 94 Shady Lane, will host a public “Open House” at the center on Saturday, April 19 from 4:00 -7:00. Local vendors will also be present that evening.    

Thanks to our Recent Donors

The volunteer leadership of Barnesville Area News thanks the following new individuals and organizations for financially supporting our efforts in the month of February:

Barnesville Kiwanis Club, Bret Preston, Fredreick & Jean Cooper, Jane Burkhart, John Roe, Kristen & John Wolfe, Legenia Guindon, Mary Jane Wood and Robert & Judy Hannahs.

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Commercial Building Available

The building across the street from Convenient Food Mart at 302 South Chestnut Street that most recently housed a physical therapy clinic, is available for rent. The metal structure, 40’ x 50’ in size, is handicapped accessible. It consists of three offices and a warehouse.