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November 30 Deadline for Public Comment On Ranson Planning Map

Events & Activities – November 2023

Jefferson County Commission Misses Grant Deadlines

Commissioners Attempt To Repeal Part Of County Zoning Ordinance

Jefferson County Lights Up For Halloween

Red Summer 1919 – An Instrumental Opera

Cryptid Cave Escape Room

A Crash Course In Bird Feathers

Salute To Veterans

Two Commissioners Refuse To Meet

Local Woman Plays For USA Team In Amputee Soccer Tournament

Shepherdstown Day Care Center Celebrates 50 Years

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Halloween

Jefferson County Lights Up For Halloween

October, 2023 Tagged With: Halloween, In Print Nov 2023

Keriann Rusiniak decorates for Halloween 2023

2023 Halloween events in Jefferson County WV Read the Full Story >>

Cryptid Cave Escape Room

October, 2023 Tagged With: cryptids, Halloween, In Print Nov 2023, Shepherd University Theater

mothman at Shepherd University theater

Shepherd University theater students present a cryptid cave escape room for Halloween. Read the Full Story >>

Halloween Fun In Jefferson County

September, 2023 Tagged With: events and activities roundup, Halloween, In Print Oct 2023

halloween scarecrow

2023 Halloween events in Jefferson County Read the Full Story >>

Jefferson County Shows Its Halloween Spirits

October, 2022 Tagged With: Halloween

Local businesses & residences brighten the night with creative Halloween displays Read the Full Story >>

Weaving In Anticipation

October, 2021 Tagged With: Court Appointed Special Advocates of the Eastern Panhandle, editor's note, Freedom's Run, Halloween, Shepherd University

A spiderweb backlit by sunlight on German Street in Shepherdstown.

The fall equinox really did signal a change of season this year, sending us to the closet looking for sweaters for an evening walk with the dogs. Orb-weaver spiders (above) seem to be in unusual abundance this year too — perhaps they want to get back to normalcy and just hang out like everyone else. Read the Full Story >>

History & Hauntings — Local Ghost Tours

September, 2021 Tagged With: Charles Town Ghost Tours, Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry, Ghost Tours of Martinsburg, Halloween, Shepherdstown Ghost Tours, Shepherdstown Mystery Walks

If you're looking for a spooky way to spend an evening this October, try one of the many ghost tours in and around Jefferson County. Read the Full Story >>

Halloween Hike – OCT 22

September, 2021 Tagged With: Cool Spring Nature Preserve, Halloween, hiking, Potomac Valley Audubon Society

The “Trail of Bones'' hike is a family-friendly event hosted by the Potomac Valley Audubon Society at the Cool Springs Nature Preserve. Read the Full Story >>

The Flatwoods Monster Comes Alive Again

October, 2018 Tagged With: cryptids, film, Halloween, urban legend

Braxton County’s tourism is getting a jump start with a new documentary that delves deeper into the fabled Flatwoods Monster of West Virginia. Seth Breedlove’s 45-minute “The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear” premiered in Braxton County at the Elk Theater in Sutton (WV) back on April 7, 2018, and aired as part of a double feature on monsters just last month. Read the Full Story >>

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