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Hi Parkersburg! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Want your recipe featured in Parkersburg's 72nd holiday cookbook?
• How a WVU Parkersburg teen is already publishing fantasy novels
• See inside Parkersburg's 1878 Chancellor House now up for sale

Also on today's calendar: Divorce Care Support Group and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 64. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Submissions open for annual cookbook contest (mariettatimes.com) — Home cooks in Parkersburg and nearby communities are invited to enter the News and Sentinel and Marietta Times holiday cookbook contest, built around a Fall Foodies theme. You can submit up to 15 recipes by Oct. 2, with finalists presenting dishes at an Oct. 21 tasting party at Artsbridge on Seventh Street and winners featured in the November cookbook.
   

• Breen communicates ideas through speaking and writing (newsandsentinel.com) — A Washington, W.Va., teen with strong ties to Parkersburg is blending college classes at WVU Parkersburg, leadership in Wood County 4-H, and service at South Parkersburg Baptist Church as he prepares for an accounting career. Alongside his studies, he's already self-published a fantasy novel and is drafting a West Virginia–set mystery, crediting homeschooling and 4-H with sharpening his communication and leadership skills.
   

• Historic Victorian Mansion-Loved By the Same Family Since 1878-Hits Market for $695K: 'It Just Needs To Be Loved' (beaumontenterprise.com) — A landmark Victorian known as the Chancellor House in Parkersburg is on the market for the first time since 1878, listed at $695,000. The 16-room, 5,827-square-foot home built by former Mayor William Nelson Chancellor still showcases original woodwork, stained details, and river views, while offering updated kitchens and baths for a new owner ready to lovingly maintain a local treasure.
   

📸 Around Parkersburg

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Parkersburg

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 8
• Blennerhassett Island →
  Parkersburg

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Other local events

Tuesday September 8
• Cross Country - Blennerhassett Island
  Hamilton Middle School Parkersburg, WV 26104
  6:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Wood County Schools 1210 13th St, Parkersburg, WV 26101, USA
  6:00 pm
• Divorce Care Support Group →
  Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1710 23rd St, Parkersburg
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Tennis @ Marietta
  Hamilton Middle School Parkersburg, WV 26104
  4:15 pm
• Volleyball vs. Williamstown
  Hamilton Middle School 3501 Cadillac Dr, Parkersburg, WV 26104, USA
  4:30 pm
• Football vs. Blennerhassett @ JMS
  Hamilton Middle School Parkersburg, WV 26104
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• YMCA Welcoming Week →
  Parkersburg WV
  5:00 am
Friday September 11
• Parkersburg Paddlefest 2026 →
  Point Park, 113 Ann Street, Parkersburg
• PMBTC Meeting →
  2400 Garfield Avenue, Parkersburg
  10:00 am
• Brent @ The Blennerhassett Hotel & Spa →
  Parkersburg WV
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Rec Matches →
  City Park Tennis Courts, 1920 Park Avenue, Parkersburg
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Customer Service in Parkersburg. Apply here.
• Phenom People posted a job opening for Customer Service Part Time in Parkersburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Parkersburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

Williamstown

• Prep football roundup: Calhoun off to 2-0 start (newsandsentinel.com)

Ravenswood

• WOWK High School Football 2026: Week 3 (wowktv.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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