Grantsville Hosts National Pike Festival Across Four States
Grantsville kicks off a month long National Pike festival spanning four states along a 200 mile stretch from Hagerstown to St. Clair. Wagons, markets, music and crafts mark events from Grantsville to Brownsville and beyond, celebrating the historic route now U.S. 40. Local blacksmith Jody Best Smoky shared her craft at Spruce Forest Artisan Village as the community welcomes visitors and honors the road’s early federal origins established by Jefferson era legislation.
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Jody Beet
Grantsville
Jody Best
Ms. Best
Tiny Grantsville
America
Baltimore
Vandalia
Hagerstown
Grantville
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Panhandle
St. le
Ohio
Mississippi River
Jack
Thomas Jefferson
Harry Truman
Caruthers
Brownsville
West Alexandria
Belmont County
Muskingum County
Alan King
National Road Museum
Norwich
Spruce Forest
Blacksmith Best
Davis and Elkins College
Jay
Cumberland
Water Buoy Lesson On Miles River With Students And Teachers
ST. MICHAELS AP Pete Smbrle guides eight Wicomica middle and high school students and two teachers aboard the John C. Widener to set regulatory buoys around St. Michaels. The field study, sixth of nine trips, shows how math and science apply to marine work aboard a 70-foot buoy tender. The crew demonstrates buoy maintenance, measurements, and navigation while analyzing salinity temperature and acidity onboard.
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ST. Michaels
Pete Smbrle
Smirie
Wicomica
Miles River
Maritime Museum
John C. Widener
St. Mary’s County
Widener
Angie Gel
Doug Outten
Wee Jerry Tolobsiecki
Appalachian Trail officials fear surge in through hikers
Portland Maine AP reports a 10 to 17 percent rise in spring through-hikers from Georgia to Maine, the steepest in nine years. Trail officials consider making the trail more primitive, painting blazes, and adding tent sites to ease overcrowding while diverting hikers to parallel northbound routes.
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Portland
Maine
Georgia
Brian King
Harpers Ferry
W.va
King
David Field
Appalachian Trail Conference
Neels Gap
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Springer Mountain
Mount Katahdin
National Geographic Magazine
Mr. King
Field
Mr. Bing
Maine Appalachian Trail Club
Paul Johnson
Brownville Junction
Mourners condemn random kidnapping murder of Alicia Reynolds
At a memorial in Harrisonburg Virginia 1200 mourners heard Alicia Reynolds a doctoral student abducted March 2 and slain was targeted by a man who stalked women along US 29 by flashing headlights to signal car trouble. Speakers urged calm while lamenting betrayal and seeking faith and resilience.
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Harrisonburg
Alicia Reynolds
Shirley Showalter
Edward Stortgfus
Alicia
US 29
Northcentral
Virginia
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Washington County
Garrett County
Wheeling
Orthopaedic Associates
Frederick Drs. Nisenfeld
Chilton & Goodman
Appalachian Trail
Lmalonaee
Asta Se Financial Services Wan Ao
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Citizens Nursing Home
Frederick County
Avings! Am
Frederick Towne Mall
Francis Scott Key Mall
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