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CHARLES TOWN – We at the Charles Town Library have been busily planning programs for children and adults for late March and the month of April. Mark your calendars and come enjoy. We know how essential early literacy activities are in getting children excited about books and reading and to encourage the development of pre-reading skills. [...]
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Scholarship available: Applications are being accepted for the 2013 Woman’s Club of Harpers Ferry Carrie Schilling College Scholarship. The scholarship is for $1,000 and is open to students at Washington or Jefferson high schools who plan a college major in the arts and humanities, environmental studies or public service fields. Applications must be postmarked by [...]
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Concert to help West Africa water project Leonard Cohen, the Montreal-born singer-songwriter whose music has been admired for more than four decades, may not play a show here anytime soon, but a benefit concert set for next week offers his fans the next best thing. The show – called “Little Wild Bouquet,” a phrase taken [...]
Continue reading …The Spiritof Jefferson welcomes readers’ news about engagements, weddings and landmark anniversaries. Read our policy on how to submit your news. If you have additional questions, call Life Editor Christine Miller Ford in the newsroom at 304-725-2046, ext. 35 or email her at christine@spiritofjefferson.com. The newspaper will print at no charge wedding articles along with [...]
Continue reading …Now you see him: Mario Orsini to bring his magic to area alumni fundraiser
March 13, 2013 No Comment
INWOOD – Mario Orsini once made Marshall University basketball head coach Donnie Jones appear “out of thin air.” Orsini, 31, said the trick marked a turning point in his dabbling in illusionism and magic — what had once been a casual hobby soon became a career pursuit, which he’s parlayed into appearances at the Greenbrier [...]
Continue reading …CHARLES TOWN – Charles Town author Bob O’Connor’s ninth book – his third non-fiction work – traces the roots of the Mountain State and makes its debut as West Virginia marks its 150th birthday this year. In “Countdown to West Virginia Statehood,” O’Connnor chronicles the struggles of the residents of western Virginia ahead of West [...]
Continue reading …Retirees meeting: The Jefferson County Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at noon today at Billie’s Restaurant in Ranson. Revival: House of Prayer Church of God in Charles Town is hosting a revival today through Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. each day. Field trip: The Potomac Valley Audubon Society [...]
Continue reading …Theater’s latest The Old Opera House Theater offers up its latest, “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel,” starting Friday at the theater in Charles Town. The show continues next weekend at the theater at 204 N. George St. The play, written by Mitch Albom of “Tuesdays With Morrie” fame, tells the story of two bumbling Alabama brothers [...]
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