by Christiane Marshall | Aug 17, 2015 | Beyond Marietta, Travel
During the past 30 days, we’ve made two visits to The Wilds! Not too far from Marietta, The Wilds is a conservation center in Cumberland, Ohio, based on a 10,000-acre reserve donated by AEP after reclaiming the strip-mined area. The organization has ties...
by Laura Seeber | Aug 12, 2015 | Beyond Marietta, Travel, Way Beyond Marietta
In last week’s blog post, I described a few localities in Ohio where someone could look for and possibly find some amazing fossils. Well, based on the feedback I received following that post, I decided to go ahead and share some of my favorite locales for West...
by Laura Seeber | Aug 6, 2015 | Beyond Marietta
It may sound quite nerdy, but one of my favorite pastimes as a child growing up in the western Pennsylvania and southeastern Ohio areas was to go rock hounding and fossil hunting with my friends. Something about the chance to discover something “new” (as in a newly...
by Christiane Marshall | Jul 12, 2015 | Washington County
Many years ago in the town where I grew up, there was a train track behind our home. My parents bought that house because it has an extra-long yard for planting a large garden. My father cleared out brush and poison ivy in his speedo. (Not kidding.) It was the closest...
by Marietta City School District | Jul 1, 2015 | Education, Marietta City School District, Schools, Washington County
The Marietta Noon Lions Club has been an influential service club in Marietta for over 90 years, and in March 2015 the group sponsored a new high school service club called the MHS Leo Club. Any high school student is eligible for membership. Projects are chosen and...
by Marietta City School District | Jun 12, 2015 | Washington County
Putnam Elementary School has a Little Free Library, #23699. This little library was built by Cub Scout Pack 231 so that students and community residents could have access to books all summer long. So far, the children of Putnam have enjoyed bringing their unwanted...
