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Area School News

Area School News

Students from Union Local High Schools Senior English classes had the opportunity to explore new careers with virtual reality headsets from OhioMeansJobs WDA 16.

Community, School

Area Library News

Area Library News

Barnesville Hutton Memorial Library  Memorials/Donations Week of November 15, 2024 The Ultimate Ohio State Buckeyes Trivia Book by Ray Walker given in memory of Johnny “Bill” Merrill by the Barnesville High School Class of 1967. New Material Week of November 15, 2024 FICTION One Last Promise by Susan May Warren. Inspirational Agnes Sharp And The […]

Community

Area Church and Religious News

Area Church and Religious News

(Salesville UMC Photo: Facebook) Salesville UMC Prepares Operation Christmas Child Gifts “It was a wonderful, noisy, busy night at church as the church and community came together to put together 176 shoe boxes for operation Christmas child at the Salesville United Methodist Church on Veteran’s Day, November 11.” Barnesville First Christian Church Renovation Project (Barnesville […]

Community

Organization News

Organization News

Senior Citizen Newsletter Online. The monthly distributed by the Belmont County Committee on Aging is now available online free of charge to subscribers.  The December edition may be viewed online at         There are four Senior Citizen Centers in western Belmont County: Barnesville – 229 E. Main Street, Kay Driscoll, coordinator, and J.B. Flood, driver […]

Community

Enterprise Album – Lighted Christmas Parade

Enterprise Album – Lighted Christmas Parade

The 2024 Lighted Christmas Parade is just around the corner. Outgoing Mayor Allen J. Phillips was honored by municipal employees on a float recognizing his 13 years as the community’s chief executive in this 1987 parade photo. Earlier that week, Phillips and Mayor-elect Tom Michelli ceremoniously flipped the switch on for one of the huge […]

Community, History

Rebecca Sue Goff

Rebecca Sue Goff

Rebecca Sue Goff, 57, passed away on November 14, 2024 at Wheeling Hospital.  She was born on November 19, 1966 to Ralph “Seth” and Virginia “Sue” (Kirk) Price. Rebecca loved spending time with family and friends.  She enjoyed cooking, reading books and crocheting.  She was a big collector of gnomes.  She loved Halloween, playing trivia […]

Obituaries

John Albert Hickenbottom

John Albert Hickenbottom

John Albert Hickenbottom, 83, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at his home. John was the first baby to be born in Barnesville Hospital on March 24, 1941 to the late Everett and Dorothy (Kern) Hickenbottom. John was a 1959 graduate of Barnesville High School. He was retired from the United […]

Obituaries

Marilyn Rose Perkins

Marilyn Rose Perkins

Marilyn Rose Perkins, 78, of Beallsville, Ohio passed away peacefully on November 12, 2024.  She was born on November 1, 1946, a daughter to the late George and Rose (Argiso) Kulp. Marilyn was a homemaker and a farmer.  She was a devout Catholic who attended the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in […]

Obituaries

Michael Keith Welsh

Michael Keith Welsh

Michael Keith Welsh, 77, of Barnesville, Ohio passed away on Friday, November 8, 2024, at Astoria Place of Barnesville. He was born on April 12, 1947, in Barnesville to the late John M. and Kathlyn “Kay” R. Crum Welsh. Mike was a 1965 graduate of Barnesville High School and received his Bachelors degree from Ohio […]

Obituaries