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Events for Dec. 1-8, 2023

jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Pictured at the 2019 MVBW Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner are Glen Miller, left, with Jack Haessly. (Photo courtesy of the Muskingum Valley Beverly Waterford Chamber of Commerce) A former Washington County Commissioner and county businessman’s death was mourned Monday by past politicians and the business community of the county. “I got a phone call early this morning that he’d passed and have been in calls with several of the directors of the chamber since, letting them know,” said Rick Walters, also a former commissioner and a present director for the ...

jpatterson@mariettatimes.com The Monday announcement of longtime Ohio delegate Sen. Rob Portman retiring from national public life saw public commendation mixed with some local disappointment. “This doesn’t mean I’m leaving now,” said the 65-year-old Cincinnati native who has served predominately in Washington, D.C., since 1993. “I still have two more years in my term and I intend to use that time to get a lot done. I will be the top Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and I have a number of oversight projects and legislative initiatives I’m ea...

Jan 16, 2021 Last month’s announcement that authorization had finally been received to transfer the federally owned historic Joseph Barker Jr. house into the hands of a local nonprofit was welcome, indeed. But perhaps more important was the reminder of the kind of teamwork it took to make such a move possible. Back in 2013, the Newport Township house was being considered for removal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979, but being on the register does not necessarily protect properties in the future. A 2017 public meeting ...

jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Graphic illustration compiled by Janelle Patterson 1: Elevation drawing of the south facade, facing the Ohio River, of the Joseph Barker Jr. Home. Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District “A Comparative Architectural and Historical Study of the 19th Century Brick and Frame Dwelling in Washington County, Ohio by Ronald C. Carlisle and Ronald L. Michael” published Nov. 18, 1981. 2: Senator Rob Portman, right, listens to Wes Clarke, left, describe the history of the Barker house during Portman’s visit in September 2018. (Photo by Janel...