The Grapevine

Posted on November 24, 2022

When approaching you friends or neighbors home and the smell of raisins, nuts, orange peel, cinnamon and wine surround...

Posted on November 17, 2022

The good news is that the Progressive Women’s Association will be making their famously delicious Pita Piata for...

Posted on November 10, 2022

Even though the month of November kind of marks the end of Fall and the beginning of winter, there are a lot of things...

Posted on November 03, 2022

On Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, the Harrison County, West Virginia Historical Society will sponsor a book signing by U.S Arm...

Posted on October 27, 2022

The Progressive Women's Association has announced that Michelle Audia Palmer will serve as the Keynote Speak...

Posted on October 20, 2022

The Progressive Women’s Association has announced that the following women will be honored at the annual Celebrate A...

Posted on October 13, 2022

The Young Progressive Women's Association, which is the young women's part of the PWA recently held a fundraiser t...

Posted on October 06, 2022

Just about every month on the calendar emphasizes some special event and some months celebrate more than one. Oc...

Posted on September 29, 2022

The old saying “What goes around comes around” has certainly come true for me. This past week I moved fr...

Posted on September 22, 2022

The last couple of Saturday mornings I have been helping out at the Clarksburg Farmers Market, which is held at the pa...

Posted on September 15, 2022

After last week’s events, I thought that I would follow up with an article on the Italian Festival. But this w...

Posted on September 08, 2022

From the back to the front. This kind of seems backwards, but this is what happened to me this weekend as I sat in f...

Posted on September 01, 2022

A little girls dream comes true. On October 10,1996, Tom and Maria Lucente Bailey welcomed into this wor...

Posted on August 25, 2022

What is the PWA? What does the PWA do? These are two of the most asked questio...

Posted on August 18, 2022

I BET YOU DID NOT KNOW THIS: In 1998 when I was contemplating retiring from the Italian Festival, I wrote a grant to t...

From the Bench: After Nearly 50 Years in...

Back in June of 2018, I wrote about Bridgeport Middle School’s Art Petitto stepping down from the teaching ranks...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: The "Old" Bridgeport Dairy ...

Who remembers when the Dairy Queen was located on the opposite side of Main Street? This is before it became the Brid...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Why Come Home to NCWV fo...

Why come home to North Central West Virginia for Christmas? There is a long list of reasons - and they are all on the...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Missing Library during Th...

Although the Bridgeport Public Library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday beginning on Thursday, November 24t...

Posted by Savanna Draper
ToquiNotes: Recalling Life of Bridgeport...

A few times in this very blog, I have talked about individuals who are responsible for the growth and prosperity the C...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Grapevine: Thanksgiving to Give Way ...

When approaching you friends or neighbors home and the smell of raisins, nuts, orange peel, cinnamon and wine surround...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Why Bridgeport? Introduction to an Occas...

Editor's Note: This is the first of several blog that will show up at random intervals on Connect-Bridgeport that are writ...

Posted by Jon Griffith