The Watt Center for History and the Arts is preparing to bring a program with history about Eastern Ohio Quilts of the 1800s.
Barnesville native and Barnesville High School alumna Terry Tickhill will present the quilt program at 6 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Watt Center. Doors open at 5 p.m.
The Pennyroyal Opera House will host a bluegrass show Friday, October 10th featuring The Farm Hands.
On Tuesday, in support of the Trump Administration’s Make America Beautiful Commission goals, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Denali Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission announced the selection of 25 small and rural communities from across the country that will receive assistance to grow their outdoor recreation economies through the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program.
The Ohio University Eastern Art Gallery will present She Stitches, He Snaps: A Couple’s Creative Journey, an exhibit featuring the artistic talents of Cindy and Dr. Richard W. Greenlee.
Several organizations in Muskingum and Belmont counties are among the recipients of more than $32,000 awarded this year by the African American Community Fund in partnership with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio.
The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival, a tradition loved by area residents, reaches people worldwide, including a couple from Italy who joined the festival Friday evening.
Italy natives Ricardo Zanini and Marta Raffaello, who are key contributors at Pietro Fiorentini in Weirton, WV, traveled to the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival for an evening.
Early Thursday evening, Belmont County Tourism Director Jackee Pugh cut the ribbon to officially open the 61st annual Barnesville Pumpkin Festival. Pugh was joined by pumpkin festival committee members, John Rataiczak, “official voice of the festival”, and the festival royalty, Queen Ella Keller, Festival Princess Maggie Schnegg and Mini Miss Rose Jefferis. WTOV Meteorologist Nathan […]
Wednesday afternoon as activities for the pumpkin festival were gearing up, members and supporters of the Barnesville State Theater Company celebrated achieving a $50,000 fund drive match raising $100,000 in the “100 days of summer” for renovations of the theater.
The 72-page 2025 Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Tab is available online on the festival’s official website.
Where’s the Great Pumpkin? A History Detectives of Belmont County History Hunt is set for the Barnesville Community during next week’s Barnesville Pumpkin Festival.