Meetings
¯ Marietta Amateur Radio Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Club House, 618 Hartline Road, off of Stanleyville Road, Washington County 42. The meeting will be conducted following COVID-19 indoor meeting restrictions. For more information, call 740-373-4191 or 740-374-3823.
¯ Reno Water and Sewer District will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. May 18 in Reno Water Office Building, 170 Mount Tom Road. Public is welcome. Safe distancing will be practiced and masks are requested due to COVID.
¯ Liberty Township will hold 2021 regular monthly meetings at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month.
¯ Decatur Township will hold its monthly public meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at the township building on Welch Road in Cutler.
Jan 29, 2021
The Castle Historic House Museum will present Virtual History Camp: Divided & United: 1860-1870s the weeks of Feb. 2-26. Activities will cover various topics related to the era of 1860-1870s, primarily the Civil War, with expert presenters from the region.
According to Kyle Yoho, Education Director at The Castle, “Over the past few years The Castle has received numerous requests to make our renowned History Camp classes accessible beyond our 3rd-6th grade audience. Given our recent foray into a virtual camp in 2020, we are happy to finally provide a History Camp for all ages.” Yoho added, “This year’s ‘All Ages History Camp’ will be a little different than a traditional camp. For the convenience of our ‘campers’ we have broken the camp into just a couple classes a week over four weeks. Each week will feature two classes with bonus classes offered some weeks.”
Dec 14, 2020
The Castle Historic House Museum announced today that the annual Winter Solstice Sunset Watch from Marietta’s “Sacra Via” will be presented virtually from 4:15-5 p.m. Dec. 21.
Castle archaeologist, Wes Clarke, will discuss the astronomical alignments of Marietta’s earthworks, used to track the passage of seasons in ancient times.
The annual event will be presented live via Zoom out of an abundance of caution due to recent increases in COVID-19 cases, stated Kyle Yoho, Education Director of The Castle.
This virtual presentation is free.
According to Clarke, “One function of the large earthwork complexes, such as the one found at Marietta, was to track the passage of seasons through astronomical observations. Aligned along the parallel walls of “Sacra Via” is the winter solstice sunset.”