Homelessness awareness week starts (The Martinsburg Journal)
November 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
MARTINSBURG - The numbers might vary from day to day, week to week and month to month, but on any given night, there are at least 200 people who do not have a place to call home in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties. That is according to an annual survey conducted by Telamon Corp. throughout the tri-county, explained Colleen Smith, a housing and family mentor with the organizatio.
Blessings, woes from dip (The Martinsburg Journal)
October 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Governor: Gaming issue is key (The Martinsburg Journal)
October 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Forum set on Jefferson County’s ‘mortgage crisis’ (The Martinsburg Journal)
September 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
CHARLES TOWN - As the economic downturn drags on, so to do problems related to foreclosure. Since 2007, documents show that foreclosure rates in Jefferson County have more than doubled. By 2008, the number of local homes that went up for a trustee sale stood at 579. This year, the number already has reached 529 homes, according to the Jefferson County Democratic Association.
Huntfield will be completed (The Martinsburg Journal)
August 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
CHARLES TOWN - Virginia-based development company Greenvest LC representatives say they will continue to move forward with plans to finish Huntfield, the 3,200-unit community in Charles Town. The project received approval nearly seven years ago. More than 300 homes have been built on the nearly 1,000 acres that the development occupies near Washington High School, officials said.
