Jefferson County

economic development. Strengths Jefferson County has many strengths that should be considered when thinking about economic development. For starters is the easternmost county in West Virginia, which places it within the Washington DC Metro area, as well as being bordered by Maryland and Virginia (JCDA, 2016). This gives Jefferson County a very distinctive location for tourism as well as commuting opportunities for residents to larger cities. This gives Jefferson County a highly competitive workforce

Inar Nasraddinov Prof: Michael Crowder English 480 2.6.18 Summary of the article “The Resegregation of Jefferson County.” In Nikole Hannah-Jones’ “The Resegregation of Jefferson County” shows the event that recently happened in Gardendale, Alabama where the group of parents named itself FOCUS (Future of Our Community Utilizing School) try to separate Gardendale’s schools from Jefferson County school district. One of the Focus creator, David Salters, explained that the primary goal of operation for

visit was a bit different. Excited by the opportunity of this visit, a bit nervous, questioning my preparation, but determined to gain knowledge and the hope to chronicle stories about Jefferson County, and the Poplar Hill Plantation. Amazingly, I fell in love with this place in the backwoods of Jefferson County, it would

Jefferson County has been without local access to healthcare for decades. Over 10 years ago the county commissioners agreed that a local hospital is in the best interest of the people of Jefferson County and, therefore, began a fund to achieve this goal. As of today, the fund is worth $25 million, but to build and equip an adequately sized hospital, the county needs an additional $75 million. The commissioners appointed a committee to discuss the issue and determine the best plan of action going

Jefferson City, TN- The Jefferson County Patriots, comeback from eleven-points down in the third set to sweep the South Doyle Cherokees 25-21, 28-26, 25-23, on Thursday night at the Patriot Academy. “We feel good after the win.” Coach Kylie Whaley said, “We have worked on playing together as a team, we’ve struggled with that in some areas throughout the season, so I think we’re finally getting to the point where that’s all coming together.” Just because and so they definitely did that. I think

The book "The Jefferson County Egan Murders" is about the three Egan's who were murdered on New Year's Eve in 1964. Barbara (age 24), Peter (age 27), and Gerald (age 19, and younger brother of Peter) Egan were criminals. All of Jefferson County knew about them. The Egan's were burglars. They were well known to the police, especially in Watertown. At this time, they were under investigation for a string of burglaries. The police knew it was them, but knowing is not proving. Peter was wanted for 13

The House on Veteran’s Boulevard I lived in a house on Veteran’s Boulevard for the first two years of my life. It was there that I learned to walk and talk. Living in the house was entirely uneventful. There is videos from my first birthday that were filmed in this house. I was chubby and red faced and happy, sitting in my highchair not so patiently awaiting my birthday cake, the first i 'd ever had. I believe this cake was vanilla, ironic actually because now I cannot stand the taste, or even

time he was paid with no issues until the end of 2015. This is when he started receiving letters from the State of Idaho, where his ex-wife resides stating he that was behind in his child support. He stated he eventually connected with DHR in Jefferson County child support caseworker (CSW) Bonnie Campo, who sent information stating he was behind in his child support obligation $783.00 plus interest. He stated he obtained copies of his child support payment history from 2011 to April 2016. He stated

The Jefferson County Egan Murders are nothing of surprise to anyone. On the cold dark night of New Years in 1964 Gerald and Peter along with their sister Barbra Egan were found killed at the rest stop on Interstate 81 in Watertown NY. The murders were carried out very well leaving little evidence behind on the scene. The murder weapons were suspected to be a .38 and a .25 caliber handgun and possibly a semi-automatic rifle. The Egan’s were widely known in the area for robberies and burglaries that

In the book The Jefferson County Egan Murders a n actual murder took place on December 31st (January 1st ) 1964-1965. Suspect Joe Leone was in fact jailed in connection with the murders. Peter Egan (27), Barbara Egan (24) and Gerald Egan (19) planned on celebrating New Year’s Eve with friends at a local bowling alley, but before they did they went to do something illegal. But in the waning hours of 1964, the three were found dead, all with two bullets fired into their heads. Peter Egan was abusive