Biden will speak at armory Tuesday evening
The Democratic candidate for vice president will be in Marietta Tuesday evening for a downtown campaign event, officials said Saturday. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware will speak at 7:15 p.m. in an outdoor rally in front of the former Ohio National Guard Armory on Front Street. “We’re the center of the universe, aren’t we?” said Molly Varner, chairwoman of the Democratic Party in Washington County. “There is a guarantee that the vice president will have passed through Marietta, we just don’t know if it will have been the Sunday candidate or the Tuesday candidate.” Biden’s campaign stop in Marietta follows a pass through today by the Republican candidate for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, Sen. John McCain’s running mate. Few details of the Palin bus trip from Huntington to St. Clairesville were available on Saturday, other than speculation she might stop to stretch her legs or go through town without stopping. “What I heard from the campaign as of 3 p.m.
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John McCain’s surprise selection six weeks ago of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket elicited excitement, criticism, confidence and confusion among the electorate.
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Shelli Covell can remember well the dinner six years ago when she had to tell her mother, herself a two-time cancer survivor, that she may have breast cancer.
“She dropped her fork,” said Covell, 53, of Marietta.
Gas prices fall near $3 a gallon
Never in his wildest imagination did Hank Voelker of Marietta think he would be happy to see the price of a gallon of gas dip close to $3.
It happened late this week.
“I’m seeing gas anywhere from $3.29 to $3.
State moves ahead with Solsil package
The proposed location of a new 150,000-square-foot, high-purity silicon production facility in Waterford Township by Solsil Inc. is great news for Janee Pugh of Waterford.
» Full StoryTrick-or-treat dates a dilemma
Halloween is seldom the day municipalities designate for trick-or-treating; the preferred date varies from city to city and person to person.
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