ToquiNotes

Posted on June 14, 2025

The stretch of highway between Route 50’s exit and entrance onto Interstate 79 and the exit and entrance onto th...

Posted on June 08, 2025

It has been years, probably decades, since I last dined at the restaurant that is the topic of this week’s blog. And...

Posted on May 31, 2025

Calling a community home your entire life is generally not a bad thing. Taking care of others in and around that same...

Posted on May 24, 2025

All things being standard, Landen Jaggie would have been walking for graduation with the Robert C. Byrd High School Cl...

Posted on May 17, 2025

Editor’s Note: This is a slightly modified version of my blog that has ran every year on graduation weekend. Please SH...

Posted on May 10, 2025

Not everyone that makes a difference in the lives of thousands of people ends up seeing their names regularly in the m...

Posted on May 03, 2025

My first meeting with Tom Fogg? My age and, subsequently, my memory do not give me a clear picture. Here...

Posted on April 26, 2025

It was one of probably thousands of conversations Dr. Kelly Nelson and his wife Debra have had during their many years of...

Posted on April 19, 2025

For those who believe you can hear a smile, let me tell you about exhibit A. That exhibit would be a phone call I made...

Posted on April 13, 2025

I still remember going there. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. It was located in Clarksburg, in the area where Sheetz is...

Posted on April 05, 2025

You may know him. And if you’ve been at a sporting event or even a news-related event in Bridgeport, Harrison County a...

Posted on March 29, 2025

Those jokes about listening to your in-laws probably are not all grounded in truth. If you know the story of Doyle Sic...

Posted on March 22, 2025

There is an old wives’ tale that death arrives in related groups of three. In the last couple of weeks, it proved to...

Posted on March 15, 2025

In my years of dealing with Bridgeport Police Chiefs, going back to Jack Clayton and to today with Mark Rogers, I have...

Posted on March 08, 2025

Forgive me, this week, if my memory is a bit off base when it comes to another old-school flashback to a restaurant, o...

From the Bench: After First Year, BHS Va...

Bridgeport High School Athletic Director Tom Sears is in the midst of a coaching search for the head position of one o...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Car Trouble "in" Maple Lake...

The perpetrator of the car in Maple Lake is also the same person submitting the photo. Tim Flint, then 3, bumpe...

Posted by Dick Duez
Outside the Tribe: A Look Back at Some o...

This weekend the high school sports season will wrap up this weekend with the state baseball tournament in Charleston....

Posted by Chris Johnson
It's Happening: Direct Flight from Bridg...

If you haven’t taken advantage of the direct flights from North Central West Virginia Airpor...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: Section of I-79 Between Brid...

The stretch of highway between Route 50’s exit and entrance onto Interstate 79 and the exit and entrance onto th...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Grapevine: PWA Stepping Up to Provid...

The Progressive Women’s Association has taken a step further in expanding its services through its foo...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Love and Light: Sweet Honeysuckle

One of the simple pleasures of living in Bridgeport, West Virginia is tasting the little drop of nectar inside the rip...

Posted by Leigha Randolph
Crisis Chronicles: It Takes a Village

Around 5 p.m. on Friday, May 30th, my phone started buzzing with weather alerts. This spring has been particularly int...

Posted by Tim Curry