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Events & Activities โ€“ 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

Imaginary Horribles – An Artist’s Perspective

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Jefferson County NAACP

African-American Cultural and Heritage Festival Leaves Lasting Mark on Panhandle

September, 2019 Tagged With: civil war, Jefferson County African-American Cultural and Heritage Festival, Jefferson County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Jefferson County NAACP

Jefferson County African-American Cultural and Heritage Festival

If you walked down the 300th block of South Lawrence Street in downtown Charles Town during a recent late August weekend, you might have seen a little bit of the past, present, and future of the Jefferson County African-American community. Read the Full Story >>

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