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SHENANDOAH JUNCTION – They’re the support workers who make teaching in Jefferson County’s classrooms possible. They’re the cooks and custodians, the secretaries and bus drivers.
HARPERS FERRY – The Harpers Ferry Town Council voted 4-3 to end its efforts to contest the legality of Senate Bill 657, a state law enacted in March that gave state officials oversight over the proposed and long wrangled-over redevelopment of the Hill Top House Hotel property in town.
BOLIVAR — Bolivar residents could have a deputy assigned as their full-time police officer as early as next month, according to Jefferson County Sheriff Pete Dougherty.
CHARLES TOWN—A major fundraising event and performances continue at the Old Opera House Theatre Company and Arts Centre (OOH) despite the pandemic.
CHARLES TOWN—Life lessons, as well as a taste of history, are all part of a new children’s book that addresses issues that are still around today.
CHARLES TOWN – The same week Jefferson County Schools’ conducted a virtual learning technology drill in case schools were forced to close classrooms again during the pandemic, the school system’s COVID operating status was downgraded two notches.
The Jefferson County Health Department released general guidelines for families looking to safely engage in trick-or-treating for Halloween.
CHARLES TOWN – The Tabb family of Leetown will continue to farm 17 acres of undeveloped county land next spring that the family has leased since 1967.
CHARLES TOWN – Two Jefferson County school board candidates have been each charged with failing to file financial statements for their June 9 primary election campaigns.
The Shepherdstown Public Library’s Board of Trustees announced the selection of two nationally recognized contractors for site work and building construction for the new Shepherdstown Public Library.
The following is a list of vendors for the Charles Town Farmers Market. The first category, 'VENDORS' represents merchants who are frequently at the market each week. 'OTHER VENDORS' represent merchants who have participated in the past and plan to be at the market in the future. "NONFOOD" …
CHARLES TOWN — A costume-making space, a new delicatessen and routine office spaces are the three proposals offered by local groups and businesses that have submitted bids to purchase the former Charles Town police headquarters building on West Liberty Street.
HARPERS FERRY – Budding negotiations over whether the neighboring towns of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar might return to sharing costs for police service are continuing.
RANSON – Prompted by a complaint filed by a Jefferson County-based environmental group, four public officials and others opposing the Rockwool factory, a nongovernmental Danish mediation organization has agreed to open a preliminary investigation into whether Rockwool followed European guide…
MARTINSBURG – A Mountaineer Gas Co. construction crew punctured a pipeline while installing a replacement pipeline Monday, causing a blast that spread natural gas fumes through a Martinsburg neighborhood for nearly three hours.
RANSON – As many as 300 shipping containers are stacked outside Rockwool’s new 460,000-square-foot factory and another 100 containers are scheduled to arrive in the near future.
It was interesting to read an update sent out to all Jefferson County Schools employees on Sept. 14 that warned that the Spirit of Jefferson had requested the salary information of every single employee of the Jefferson County Schools System and would soon publish them.
Who doesn’t like to go out to eat for dinner?
CHARLES TOWN — What has been a traditional, season-ending, rivalry game has been moved up to this Friday.
George Burke’s passion for youth baseball is unmistakable.
Manning Lee Smith, 77, of Mountain Lake Park, MD, died peacefully from complications of vascular dementia on Sunday, October 4, 2020, surrounded by family at his home.
Don Miller, 84, of Shepherdstown passed away Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 at his residence under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle.
Kelli Jean Woodward, 43, of Harpers Ferry, WV passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
Seth Michael Scarlett, 23, of Charles Town, WV passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020.
Paul W. “Bill” Eisenhart, 70, of Kearneysville passed away Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020 at the VA Medical Center, Martinsburg.
A memorial service for David A. Hartman will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, 256 Halltown Road, Harpers Ferry, WV.
Dominic Francis Valeri, 93, a loving, giving, happy and always smiling father and grandfather of Ranson passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020 at his residence under the care of his loving wife and caregiver.
