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New photography exhibit Black-and-white images taken by Jefferson County photographers will go on display this weekend as the latest exhibit debuts at Charles Town’s Fire Hall Gallery. A kickoff reception for the Jefferson County Photography Project, organized by Shepherd University professor Benita Keller, happens from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the gallery at 108 [...]
Continue reading …Top citizen nominations: The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for this year’s Citizen of the Year through June 5. The winner will be announced June 26 at the Chamber’s annual awards banquet at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. The Spirit of Jefferson sponsors the Citizen of the Year award, which dates [...]
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‘Honus and Me’ starts Friday CHARLES TOWN — Starting Friday, baseball fans and theater lovers alike can come to the Old Opera House Theatre here to catch a timely baseball-oriented play, “Honus and Me.” Five additional performances are scheduled through May 5. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest [...]
Continue reading …Celebrate Earth Day Saturday’s Panhandle Earth Day Celebration will include live bands, craft projects and other activities for kids, a farmers market, demonstrations and information booths from a slew of green-minded vendors and activists, and more. The free event begins at noon at Morgan’s Grove Park, located along W.Va. 480 on the corner of Kearneysville [...]
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This weekend brings the 58th annual House and Garden Tour of Historic Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. The tours, happening from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, include eight sites in Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown and Martinsburg. For adults, the cost for the complete tour is $20 or $6 for admission to a [...]
Continue reading …Books needed: The Friends of Shepherdstown Library is currently seeking book donations for its Mother’s Day weekend book sale fundraising event. Books should be delivered to the War Memorial Building in Shepherdstown between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. May 8, 9 and 10. New and used adult fiction and nonfiction books, DVDs, children’s books and [...]
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Putting a meal on the table for a husband and 10 kids during the Great Depression gave my grandmother an up close and personal view of the adage: Waste not; want not. OK, so it was a recession, not a depression that we just went through, but a lousy economy is a lousy economy and [...]
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Remedy for spring fever? Explore Cedar Lawn, other stops on Home and Garden Tour CHARLES TOWN – Cedar Lawn, the newly renovated Washington family home that dates to 1825, is among the highlights of next weekend’s House and Garden Tour of Historic Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. Organized by members of community garden clubs through the [...]
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CHARLES TOWN – Eight history-rich destinations, half in Jefferson County and half in Berkeley, compose the lineup for next weekend’s 58th annual House and Garden Tour. A look at the tour’s stops in Jefferson: Cedar Lawn Located at 1303 Earle Road in Charles Town, the Greek Revival brick structure first occupied by John T.A. [...]
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