At 10:00 am, on Thursday, December 8, 2011, Town of Leesburg officials will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop at 11 Catoctin Circle NE. Leesburg Mayor Kristen C. Umstattd will officiate. Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shops was founded in 1983 by 19-year-old Jimmy John Liautaud in a [...]
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – Repairs to the boat ramp at Moulton Park on the Shenandoah River in Jefferson County are completed, according to Bret Preston, assistant chief of the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR). “The concrete ramp was damaged and it was difficult to launch boats,†Preston said. [...]
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was recently awarded a blanket purchase agreement to provide information technology support services to the U.S. Coast Guard Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM). The agreement has a ceiling value of $11 million over a five-year period. General Dynamics will provide FORCECOM with information technology [...]
Crews from John H. Enders Fire Company and Rescue Squad were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident early Sunday morning. The accident occurred on Old Charlestown Road near Wadesville Road and was reported at approximately 12:30 AM. Dispatchers warned responders of icy conditions on roads near the incident which may have been [...]
A three-vehicle crash on Route 9 on December 24, 2010 has taken the life of a second victim. Timothy D. Doane, 49, of Harpers Ferry, WV succumbed to injuries he sustained in the Christmas Eve crash. David Doane, 76, of Tennessee also lost his life in his crash. A third motorist remains listed in critical [...]
A massive blaze has completely destroyed three barns at Charles Town Races. As many as 2 dozen horses may have been killed. The fire broke out at approx. 5:00AM Monday morning. The stables that burned are not owned by Charles Town Races. Firefighters remained on the scene this morning applying foam and water to the [...]
