Love and Light

Posted on June 05, 2025

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

Posted on May 21, 2025

It’s graduation week for many of our high school students. The experience of graduation provides young adults wi...

Posted on May 14, 2025

Rest is best! It has taken me quite some time and a LOT of life to come to this realization. Sleep is now a priority which...

Posted on May 07, 2025

I remember like it was yesterday running my first ever race. It was about ten years ago, and it was the Clarksburg 10k...

Posted on April 16, 2025

A couple years ago, my Martha Stewart friend, Katie, invited me to visit her beautiful field of zinnias. Katie’s...

Posted on April 09, 2025

Habits are important for our health and happiness. What we implement into our regular routine determines what we will cult...

Posted on April 02, 2025

Life is NOT easy. In fact, it’s part of the human experience for life to suck from time to time. Often times, we...

Posted on March 26, 2025

Our words mean so very much! They have the power to change someone’s entire day for the better. They also have t...

Posted on March 19, 2025

Did you know that Wednesday, March 19 is “National Let’s Laugh Day?” They say that laughter is the B...

Posted on March 12, 2025

Why are we all Negative Nellies? What happened to make us all negative beings in our culture and world today? ...

From the Bench: As Coaching Longevity Wa...

For the last time, on Friday, Feb. 20, Bridgeport High School Jan Grisso stood at the edge of the pool serving as the...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Bridgeport High's 2008 Girl...

Bridgeport High School's swimming program has a long and rich history of winning under the guidance of Jan Gris...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Sweet Story of Cornersto...

When the word “chocolatier” comes to mind, I think of Jacques Torres - or Willie Wonka. That was until earlier t...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: City's Connection to Robert ...

Editor's Note I: This blog first ran in October of 2013. With the Feb. 15 passing of Robert Duvall, it seemed appropriate...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Off the Shelf: Work Out Your Body and Mi...

Did you know you can work out your body as well as your mind at the library? We have several free wellness events you...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
The Grapevine: A Local Look at Black His...

As February comes to an end, I wanted to add a few comments about the Black Heritage here in our community since Febru...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen