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Traditions come from repeating something year after year, and Jefferson County Schools leaders say they’re grateful for the back-to-school tradition started by American Public University System back in 2009. This August marked the fourth straight year that the Charles Town-based university has delivered thousands of pounds of school supplies to area schools, including Page Jackson [...]
Continue reading …Traffic officials on Monday will hold an informational meeting at the Charles Town Library regarding a West Virginia Department of Transportation proposal to install a traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. 340 and Bakerton Road. Public input will be sought starting at 7 p.m. Questions should be directed to Matt Mullenax at 304-263-1743.
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Yasmeen Alkordi was taken by her father to live for a time in Damascus, Syria so she could learn the language and culture of his native country. Now, Alkordi, an art student at Shepherd University, is raising funds for refugees fleeing the conflict there by selling pieces of her art at a downtown Charles Town [...]
Continue reading …MARTINSBURG – With the West Virginia Air National Guard hosting the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show here this weekend, officials warn that traffic will be affected both Saturday and Sunday. Highway officials say drivers not headed to the air show should use the alternate travel route of Interstate 81 to [...]
Continue reading …Workers with the Charles Town Utility Board will flush the water system in Charles Town, Ranson and other parts of Jefferson County starting Monday. Field crews will be opening and operating fire hydrants to scour and clean the inside of the water mains through Sept. 19. Officials say the work is necessary to maintain water [...]
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‘Even grief recedes with time and grace’ – Excerpts from remarks delivered by President George W. Bush to Congress on Sept. 20, 2001: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President Pro Tempore, members of Congress, and fellow Americans: In the normal course of events, presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the Union. Tonight, [...]
Continue reading …Limited government is the way to freedom I write to the Spirit in response to the editorial posted by Sean O’Leary on Aug. 29. Although I understand his knee-jerk desire to pigeonhole the Tea Party into a neatly biased box as liberals are subject to do. I prefer, as a Tea Party supporter, to define [...]
Continue reading …— from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Jan. 6, 1860, ‘Speech at Salem’ Mr. Chairman: I have been struck with one fact, that the best orators who have added their praise to his fame,— and I need not go out of this house to find the purest eloquencein the country,— have one rival who comes off a [...]
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