Lifestyle

Westwood Place was the scene of some well-decorated pumpkins as its annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest began last week.

Ohio Hills Health Center-Woodsfield welcomed U.S. Congressman Bill Johnson for a visit Thursday, Oct. 6.

Monroe County seniors Dan and Gwen Roberts had “senior moment” while listening to the music of Ben Tharp recently at the Monroe County Senior Center.

A Sardis man recently hit a milestone for blood donation.

Monroe County residents got the opportunity to put faces to some of the names on the upcoming General Election ballot during the Monroe County Library’s Meet the Candidate event Wednesday, Sept. 21 in Woodsfield.

The Woodsfield Elementary School eighthgrade class went to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the Flight 93 Memorial for an overnight trip in May.

45 years ago, Charlie Kozlesky, Dave McWilliams and Mitch Toto decided to run from Woodsfield to Pittsburgh to raise money for Children’s Hospital.

Hessie of the Hills, a hillbilly comedy, was performed on Saturday, Sept. 10 at Midway Community Center Dinner Theater to an overflow crowd causing us to set up additional tables and chairs for the delicious spaghetti dinner prepared by Mary Ann Williams and the Midway kitchen crew.

The Monroe County Beacon visited Fort Myers Beacon, Florida with 10-year-old Noah Ridley and 2-year-old Emsley Ridley this past summer.