14 Creative Kid-Friendly Ways to Overcome the Winter Blues in Marion
January 3, 2023 3:45 pm Leave your thoughtsThe winter season can be a magical time of merriment and a hot mess. Picture children laughing, running around in... View Article
Tag Archive: Fairmont
Spend a Day Enjoying the Sights, Sounds, and Feel of Valley Falls State Park
July 14, 2022 11:34 am Leave your thoughtsOne of Marion’s most magnificent marvels isn’t just a sight to see but something to explore. Valley Falls State Park is more... View Article
5 Ways to Find Your Bliss All Summer Long With Yoga in Marion
May 17, 2022 12:41 pm Leave your thoughtsWhether you live here, want to come to visit or you’re just passing through, we all need peaceful moments, sunshine,... View Article
Insider’s Guide to Navigating The Rambling Root Like a Local
April 25, 2022 2:08 pm Leave your thoughtsram·ble /ˈrambəl/ verb 1. walk for pleasure, typically without a definite route. It’s not just a verb, folks! Get to... View Article
15 Ways to be Business Chic in Marion
February 16, 2022 9:45 am Leave your thoughtsMaintaining an air and atmosphere of professionalism is important out there in the working world. Here in Marion County, we... View Article
2021 Festival Cucina Recipes
December 15, 2021 1:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Feast of the Seven Fishes Festival is a reunion of sorts. Italian or not, everyone is treated like family.... View Article
Celebrating Fairmont’s 200+ Years of History
July 27, 2021 2:39 pm Leave your thoughtsWoodlawn Cemetery is celebrating Fairmont‘s 200+ years of history with two events on Friday, September 3rd. Remembering Clarence E. “Ned”... View Article
West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls
May 25, 2021 12:51 pm Leave your thoughts
Legends & Lore of Marion County
February 25, 2021 12:34 pm Leave your thoughtsMarion County is full of interesting people, places, and events! From celebrated sports figures and world-renowned artists to iconic recipes... View Article
Italian Heritage in the Middle of Everywhere
January 11, 2021 1:36 pm Leave your thoughtsDid you know every time you enjoy a pepperoni roll, you’re having a taste of Marion County history? The arrival... View Article
2020 Festival Cucina Recipes
December 11, 2020 11:09 am Leave your thoughtsThe Feast of the Seven Fishes Festival is a reunion of sorts. Italian or not, everyone is treated like family.... View Article
Celebrate a Colonial Christmas
November 20, 2020 11:44 am Leave your thoughtsHistory comes to life at Pricketts Fort State Park in Fairmont, and this holiday season, see how our ancestors celebrated this time... View Article
Civil War Itinerary
November 19, 2020 10:18 am Leave your thoughtsLearn about Marion County’s connection to the Civil War and its role in West Virginia’s statehood path. Take a self-guided... View Article
Holiday Remix
November 17, 2020 9:47 am Leave your thoughts“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was... View Article
History of the Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
October 19, 2020 11:59 am Leave your thoughtsJacobs-Hutchinson Block, also known as Peoples’ National Bank and Friendly Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located in downtown... View Article
History of the Million Dollar Bridge
September 24, 2020 2:16 pm Leave your thoughtsEarly in 1916, Manufacturers Record announced that Fairmont was about to promote a $400,000 bond issue to be used for... View Article
History of Woodlawn Cemetery
September 23, 2020 2:55 pm Leave your thoughtsWoodlawn Cemetery was established in the early spring of 1875. The story has it that Joseph R. Hamilton was climbing... View Article
Fitlife Nutrition New To Fairmont
July 27, 2020 11:44 am Leave your thoughtsWe are over halfway through 2020, so I’m here to check in on how those new years’ resolutions are going.... View Article
Marion on the Mon
June 30, 2020 3:29 pm Leave your thoughtsSummertime is finally here and with it comes the sun and good times! A stellar way to enjoy the great... View Article
Marion Makes Murals
June 26, 2020 2:35 pm Leave your thoughtsBig things are happening at Palatine Park! Now along with summer fun, visitors can now enjoy a beautiful depiction of... View Article
Meet Marion’s Medicinal Maven
March 5, 2020 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsIt was Hippocrates, the famous Greek scholar, who said, “Let food be thy medicine.” But do we? “Years ago, I... View Article
Mike Makes Movies
February 25, 2020 9:45 am Leave your thoughtsMike Carunchia grew up outside. Well, he grew up at the drive-ins. “Drive-ins were way, way, way better at that... View Article
Mmmm Marion
February 20, 2020 10:11 am Leave your thoughts“I actually remember when Linda was at her mall location – when the Middletown Mall was in its heyday –... View Article
A Marion Marvel
February 17, 2020 11:04 am Leave your thoughts“The part I enjoy the most is when somebody new comes in, and they don’t exactly know what they want.... View Article
Marion Makes Meatballs
February 13, 2020 10:26 am Leave your thoughts“I like the grind of it. You know there’s always something to do. There’s not a lot of standing around.... View Article
Marion Meets Miles
February 6, 2020 1:05 pm Leave your thoughtsMountain Creative is a quintessential Marion date night, girls night, kids night and all-around artsy time. Miles Holbert started the... View Article
Marion Makes Mead
February 5, 2020 9:57 am Leave your thoughtsHistorical and heritage tourism are surfacing and gaining in popularity. From civil war to museums to food and now… Mead... View Article
Valentine Roulette ❤️
January 23, 2020 12:46 pm Leave your thoughts❤️ Valentine’s Day is a day rich with history, love, and chocolate. And by sheer coincidence, so is Marion County! ... View Article
Hashtag Hashrun
January 21, 2020 10:11 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s West Virginia, so it’s no surprise that hunting is a thing around these here parts. What you might be... View Article
New Decade. Who dis?
December 23, 2019 12:21 pm Leave your thoughtsIt. Is. 2020. The beginning of a new year always calls for reinvention, change, transformation. I’m not talking about those... View Article
A Perfect Day In December
December 4, 2019 11:20 am Leave your thoughtsThis is the last of the Perfect Day blogs, the last of the Perfect Days in 2019! Of the decade!... View Article
How to Christmas Part II: Holiday Fun
November 20, 2019 11:12 am Leave your thoughtsIn a previous blog, we came to the startling realization that not only is it already November, it is practically... View Article
The Holiday Rush
November 18, 2019 3:16 pm Leave your thoughtsAs if Americans weren’t already busy enough, it’s the holiday season. Anywhere else this time of year would mean the... View Article
A Perfect November Day in Marion
November 12, 2019 11:17 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s another month and another perfect day in the making in Marion. Unfortunately, the day I picked to have my... View Article
How to Christmas: Part I
November 4, 2019 2:51 pm Leave your thoughtsHold onto your hats! The temperatures are dropping fast, making us all question (and hope for) global warming. The laws... View Article
SAD Season/Happy Marion
October 28, 2019 3:16 pm Leave your thoughtsI’m sure you’ve all heard already: it’s fall! And though that means local pumpkin spice, local candy, and local scarves,... View Article
The Great Pumpkin Trail
October 3, 2019 11:31 am Leave your thoughtsNever in the history of the planet has a gourd so dominated a nation as the pumpkin has the United... View Article
October’s Perfect Day(s)
October 1, 2019 4:07 pm Leave your thoughtsWe’ve gone through quite a few seasons this year with our Perfect Days. And it’s time for another one! It’s... View Article
A Perfect September Day
August 22, 2019 11:03 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s September, and that means we’re about to have our ninth perfect day in Marion County! Last month, we traversed... View Article
New Grade, New You
August 13, 2019 10:06 am Leave your thoughtsI have good news and bad news… The bad news? A new grade or a new school can be daunting,... View Article
Prep (for) School
August 7, 2019 2:51 pm Leave your thoughtsEvery beautiful West Virginia summer must come to an end eventually, and summer’s end is coming ‘round that mountain pretty... View Article
The Last Hoorah
August 5, 2019 3:23 pm Leave your thoughtsAlthough the school year is about to start, there’s still time for one last hoorah! What constitutes a final hoorah ... View Article
A Perfect Day in August
August 1, 2019 9:24 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s a new month and that means it’s time for another Perfect Day in Marion. If you haven’t been following... View Article
Night Shift
July 19, 2019 12:23 pm Leave your thoughtsNo matter how you slice it – and you can slice Marion in multiple ways, from Colasessano’s to OIP to... View Article
How To Have A Perfect July Day
July 1, 2019 11:30 am Leave your thoughtsFreedom. Fireworks. Food. Family. A perfect July Day requires all-American activities and foods of which Marion County has plenty! Because... View Article
It’s Picnic Season in Marion!
June 7, 2019 12:22 pm Leave your thoughtsThe sun is here! And with the sunny sunshine comes a new season: picnic season. This time of year is... View Article
Drink It All In
May 28, 2019 8:28 am Leave your thoughtsDrink on. Drink up. Drink local. Drink Marion. If you say drink enough times, it starts to sound like a... View Article
Marion County Fun: Spring Edition
April 26, 2019 10:17 am Leave your thoughtsMarion County has plenty of fun spring activities to get into this season! Springtime calls for new experiences, which Marion... View Article
10 Being Inducted Into the WV Country Music Hall of Fame
April 11, 2019 2:14 pm Leave your thoughtsSagebrush Round-Up is in constant country motion in preparation for the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame Inductions this... View Article
How To Properly Enjoy A Pepperoni Roll
March 15, 2019 12:30 pm Leave your thoughtsEating really isn’t a difficult task. But… Eating at a fancy restaurant isn’t easy. Eating spaghetti politely isn’t easy. And... View Article