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Bordas & Bordas Presents $10,000 to Oglebay Foundation’s Access to the Parks Program

September 30, 2019

Bordas & Bordas partner Scott Blass presented the Oglebay Foundation with a $10,000 check today, Monday, Sept. 30, at Oglebay’s Crispin Golf Course. The funds, proceeds from the Bordas & Bordas Amateur ...

Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 3): Park Dances — the ’80s

Katherine Marsh

July 6, 2018

If you’re from the Upper Ohio Valley, you may already be aware that the Wheeling Park Commission held summer dances for local teens during five decades of the 20th century — from the 1950s to the 1990s. The dan...

Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 2): Park Dances — the ’70s

Ellen Brafford McCroskey

July 5, 2018

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Those were the days — the decade of love, disco, equality, environmental awareness. Those of us who came of age in Wheeling in the 1970s remember that era well. One of the teenage rites of passage here in the F...

Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 1): Park Dances — the ’60s

Bill Orkoskey

July 4, 2018

I just heard that they are having a recreation of the teen dances held at the White Palace at Wheeling Park on July 6. It is in honor of the dances from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. Unfortunately, they missed my d...

Oglebay’s Access to the Parks Program Provides Opportunities for Togetherness

Laura Jackson Roberts

July 4, 2018

When we think back to our own childhoods in the Ohio Valley, we likely find our memories are inextricably intertwined with the green hills of Oglebay Park. There are many storied traditions. Some families spend...

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