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Staff Writer T-L Photo/SHELLEY HANSON SHOWN HERE is the South 10th Street house in Martins Ferry where a fire occurred Saturday. A spaghetti dinner benefit for the woman who lived there and lost everything is scheduled for May 23 at the Martins Ferry Rec Center. MARTINS FERRY A fundraiser dinner is being organized to help a victim of a recent house fire in Martins Ferry. Gary Rettig, his fellow Gas Guys Garage of Martins Ferry co-workers and his wife Colleen Rettig, have been collecting donations of clothes and other items for fire victim Cheryl Green, whose South 10th Street home was heavily damaged last Saturday by a fire. ....
Staff Writer T-L Photo/SHELLEY HANSON MARTINS FERRY Councilman Tom Burns, foreground, reads a statement Wednesday from his wife, Pat Burns, who expressed concern about a dog in her neighborhood being dangerous after she was bitten by it. MARTINS FERRY The city’s safety forces received high praise from city officials during Wednesday’s regular Martins Ferry City Council meeting. The accolades for the police, fire and EMS personnel come on the heels of two police officers Steve Veltri and Vince West saving two women from burning structures on Saturday. Jack Regis Jr., firefighter and safety director for the city, said the officers were the first on the scene of the fire. After the officers saved the women from the burning houses, EMS personnel treated them. He said civilians in the neighborhood also came to their aid. ....