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CHARLES TOWN – Friday night’s performance here by The Wailers offers a positive interaction with the Bob Marley legacy, unlike the showdown that embroiled a Jefferson County business last year. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The [...]
Continue reading …‘Gratified’ Edward Jones: Financial-services firm Edward Jones has been awarded the highest ranking in investor satisfaction among full-service brokerage firms, according to a new J.D. Power and Associates investor satisfaction study. John E. Williams is the manager of the Edward Jones office at 120 W. Washington St. in Charles Town. “We are gratified that our [...]
Continue reading …CHRISTINE MILLER FORD Spirit Staff SHEPHERDSTOWN – Dr. Phil Maffetone may be best known as the physician who helped transform Mark Allen into a six-time winner of the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon with some surprising advice: “Slow down.” Maffetone takes a holistic, low-stress approach to endurance sports, helping athletes train to go slower so they [...]
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An auto body repair shop and environmentally friendly practices are usually thought of as a contradiction. But Scott Stewart, owner of Scott’s Auto Body in Ranson, has successfully melded clean practices in his auto body repair business. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, [...]
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SHARPSBURG, Md. — The installation of historical markers along the communities that line the C&O Canal neared its completion last week with the placement of the sixth one at Snyder’s Landing in Maryland. The new wayside exhibit invites visitors to bike the mile-and-a-half route into Sharpsburg along Snyder’s Landing Road to explore the town and [...]
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SHEPHERDSTOWN – Heather Morgan McIntyre’s plan to add some Hollywood-style flair to the annual tradition of thanking secretaries, administrative assistants and other office workers proved a Hollywood-style hit. McIntyre, the executive director of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, said she wanted to do more than just the standard Right Hands Day. “We didn’t want [...]
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CHARLES TOWN – The new 19,000 square foot Tractor Supply outlet off of U.S. 340 in Charles Town held it’s grand opening ceremony on Saturday, attended by local and state politicians along with officials from the Chamber of Commerce. Store Manager Gerald Michaels said the new location is already seeing great business prospects in the [...]
Continue reading …A ‘Main Street’ for Charles Town? CHARLES TOWN – Leaders with the Discover Downtown Charles Town group spent part of Thursday morning working with a consultant on the possibility of bringing a Main Street organization here. Main Street Martinsburg last weekend scored big with its appearance by West Virginia sports legend Jerry West at the city’s [...]
Continue reading …Jacques honored: Set to retire next month as dean of the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s Eastern Division, Dr. C.H. Mitch Jacques was honored recently for establishing the popular Mini-Medical School community health education programs in the Eastern Panhandle. Jacques was presented with a plaque by Carol Joseph, physician and community education coordinator for [...]
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A high-tech fish farm outside of Shepherdstown has become a world innovator in the development of new techniques and technologies for the commercial production of fish. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this article [...]
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