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Homecoming
MITCH CASEY The Marietta Times
Children and adults alike scramble for candy tossed from parade units along Beverly’s main thoroughfare Thursday during the annual Beverly-Waterford Homecoming Parade.
July 3, 2009
BEVERLY — It wasn’t hard for those lining the streets in Beverly and Waterford Thursday evening to spot a familiar face marching by, as the 63rd annual Beverly-Waterford Homecoming kicked off with the traditional parade.
It’s hard not to know most of the people waving and throwing candy along the route, said Dustin Fouss, of Beverly, as he waited on Ohio 60.
“In this area, you know about everyone,” he said.
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Task force makes heroin bust
July 3, 2009
The Major Crimes Task Force recovered $3,000 in black-tar heroin from a Marietta woman arrested Wednesday night.
According to a release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, authorities suspected Stacy R.
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Car crashes into house in Lowell
July 3, 2009
A Waterford man is facing a third-degree felony charge of aggravated vehicular assault after he allegedly drove drunk and injured a passenger in his car when he struck a house in Lowell this mornin.
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Scandal impacts fellow officers
July 3, 2009
Thicker skin has become part of the uniform requirements for area police and fire departments in the wake of a recent sex scandal.
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Spectator sports
Thu, June 11, 2009 @ 2:51PM
If you haven't driven past the Washington Street Bridge renovation project, I'd recommend a drive by. I drove beneath the bridge Wednesday night on Front Street and it's pretty weird. If you look up, the concrete deck is gone. The only thing you see are those huge blue beams. This is going to be an interesting 60-day period, watching the bridge project progress. I noticed some folks on the walking path stop for some bridge gazing, too. Feel free to join in. Fore! I had a chance last week to attend the Friday session of The Memorial Tournament in Columbus. Awesome! I hadn't attended a PGA event since I was 13 or 14, when I went to the All-American Golf Classic at Firestone Country Club in Akron thanks to my best friend's brother, who was a political writer for the Beacon Journal and had access to all kinds of perks. Back then I got to see Jack, Gary and Arnie play and was amazed at their skills. They left a lasting impression with me and infected me with the golfing bug.
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A Plan Coming Together
Tue, June 23, 2009 @ 4:34PM
A plan for “The A-Team” movie is coming together. I loved the show as a kid, and even though it was pretty campy, it still has a special place in my heart. The casting of Liam Neeson (“Taken”) and Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”) is good news, even if they weren't my first choices (more on that later). The only thing that gives me pause is the group behind the camera. Granted, original series creator Stephen Cannell is on board, but director Joe Carnahan also helmed the violent “Smokin' Aces.” Writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas scripted the fantastic remake of “3:10 to Yuma,” as well as “Wanted,” which was even more violent but nowhere near as good. Thing is, even thought the members of the A-Team were soldiers and frequently shot at their enemies, I can't remember anybody getting hit (on camera at least; one episode opened with B.A. suffering from a gunshot wound.
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Bridge project updates
Thu, June 4, 2009 @ 10:35AM
Beginning Monday, traffic will be banned from the Washington Street Bridge while repairs and renovations are made to the aging structure. The project is slated to take 60 days. It's going to be a long hot summer for commuters in the Pioneer City. That's why ODOT and The Marietta Times will offer weekly project updates in our Saturday print edition and online, along with ongoing news coverage of the project. ODOT's District 10 spokesman, David Rose (a former Marietta Times intern) will provide weekly updates that will appear each Saturday in print and online. Sometimes the update will appear on the front page of the printed newspaper, sometimes it will appear on the Local News page, it just depends on the significance of the project news that week. Just look for our bridge update logo which is already posted on our home page at www.MariettaTimes.co.
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Saying goodbye to the King
Fri, June 26, 2009 @ 9:15AM
I must say it was surreal the way I found out about the passage of my childhood icon, Michael Jackson. I work for a news outlet but on this occasion, when the news spread like wildfire over the internet, I was happily tuned out, enjoying my daughter at gymnastics class. I received a phone call from a friend who wanted to chat about goings-on in the town and he said he had something else he wanted to tell me but couldn't think of it right then. Almost as soon as we hung up, I got a text message saying "I remembered. King of Pop has died." I didn't have a clue what that meant. He couldn't possibly mean Michael Jackson? I hadn't seen a TV or heard the radio in a couple hours. I knew Farrah Fawcett had died and Ed McMahon so a third was imminent. But MJ? No way! Then more phone calls: my sister, my dad. My mom was with me. We were floored. I think I am still in shock.
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Jackson news traveled quickly
Thu, June 25, 2009 @ 10:26PM
The news of Michael Jackson’s death Thursday spread like wildfire around the planet. In this day of instant communication it doesn’t take long for major stories to spread from source to consumer. For many, learning the details of a big story come not from conventional media, but from networks of social networking sites, text messages and other non-centralized communication methods. For those old enough to remember other music icons that have died before their time, the news likely came from reading it in a newspaper, seeing it on TV, or hearing it on the radio. I heard about the death of Michael Jackson while visiting Cleveland Thursday. My wife Lori was taking part in the Teaching Institute at the Rock in Roll Hall of Fame and I visited the museum all afternoon Thursday. Along with hundreds of other archives of rock legends, you can find a special collection of things that belonged to the king of po.
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