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- Belpre BOE OKs make-up days
The Belpre City Schools District Board of Education Monday approved days for students and staff to make up calamity days.
- C8 tests still going
A sampling of 800 adults who participated in the C8 Health Project and consented to follow-up blood tests are being contacted now as part of the ongoing C8 Science Panel's efforts to determine whether a probable link exists between C8 and human disease.
- Area museum planning presentation
The Belpre Historical Society Farmer's Castle Museum and Education Center will open its doors to Ohio's Hill Country Heritage Area at "Roamin' the Hills - Destination Belpre" on March 20.
- Learning about veggies: Extension S.....
When: 1-2 p.m. March 19 at the New Matamoras branch of the Washington County Public Library, 2-3 p.m. March 26 at the Belpre library and 3-4 p.m. March 31 at the Beverly library Cost: Free, open to the public, no registration required Linda Lockhart attends the Ohio State University Extension's food and nutrition program nearly every month but ...
- Warm temperatures offer winter resp.....
Temperatures far above freezing and bright sunshine brought people out of doors Saturday to get exercise and wash vehicles.
- ABCs & 123s: Candidates for 2010-11.....
Most Washington County schools require students to turn 5 by Aug. 1 to enter kindergarten.
- Group marks Black History Month wit.....
People of all races and religions joined forces Saturday for the 12th annual Whitman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Black History Luncheon at the Rockland United Methodist Church on Washington Boulevard.
- Showboat' production remembered
It didn't take the Becky Thatcher long to make its mark in Marietta. Less than a year after arriving in the Pioneer City as a United States bicentennial project, the showboat served as a unique stage for a Mid-Ohio Valley Players production of - what else? - "Showboat." For three weekends in July 1976, the Becky Thatcher's three decks were a ...
- Making Up Snow Days
Students in three Washington County school districts will have longer days in the classroom to make up snow days.
- Schools make plans to make up snow days
Kindergarten through eighth grade: June 4, 7, 8 and 9. High school: June 4, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- Belpre man faces murder conspiracy .....
A Belpre father upset over his daughter's possible prison sentence allegedly made plans to kill her probation officer and the officer's family, according to court documents.
- Final Day For Petitions
Thursday was the last day to file a petition for any candidate who wants to get on this year's ballot in Ohio.
- Alcohol sales big in Belpre
Napoli's Italian Feast is hiring more workers less than two weeks after Prohibition ended in part of Belpre.
- LaTray jailed on fugitive warrant
A person of interest in the Belpre Peoples Bank robbery in December was captured Wednesday evening in Upshur County, W.Va., officials said.
- The Right Path: Local youth group b.....
When: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Who: Open to anyone. Cost: $5 per person; all proceeds go to drug abuse prevention programs and Right Path activities.
- Say when it's so, Joe - and get dis.....
When you think of the Cincinnati Reds, names like Joe Morgan, Barry Larkin, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, and Sparky Anderson come to mind.
- The Cost Of Winter
A winter with a lot of snowfall is a strain on government budgets. Belpre Mayor Mike Lorentz says workers spent several hours both Friday and Saturday clearing snow...and expect to do it again through Thursday.
- Local sites mark area's ties with Underground Railroad's history
ZANESVILLE -- It is easy to imagine the life of a traveling salesman as he treks from door to door peddling his wares.
- Winter storm arrives
The Fort Frye district joined a majority of Washington County schools that sent students home early Friday in anticipation of a storm initially projected to dump up to 10 inches of snow on the area over the weekend.
City DescriptionBelpre is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,660 at the 2000 census.
The city was also the second settlement in the Northwest Territory after Marietta, located just upriver and today the county seat of Washington County. The town was originally named Belle Prairie or "Beautiful Prairie."
The Steven Soderbergh film Bubble, released in 2006, was filmed in Belpre and Parkersburg using an all-local cast.
total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km), of which, 3.5 square miles (9.1 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) of it (0.85%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,660 people, 3,058 households, and 1,923 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,889.6 people per square mile (730.5/km²). There were 3,283 housing units at an average density of 931.5/sq mi (360.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.01% White, 2.10% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 1.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.48% of the population.
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