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Parish House Announcements, Buckhannon On the parish calendar: Sisters group meets at 9 a.m. Tuesdays at Irons Chapel, Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, for all ladies who wish to grow in their Christian walk. Pam Walling serves as facilitator. Study Group will be 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays in Godwin Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. Pastor Steve Meadows leads a discussion of Max Lucado’s “Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Need.” All are welcome to join the conversation The Clothes Closet, located behind the Parish House at 47 Sedgewick St., welcomes ...

Supporting A Space For Children

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ELKINS - State representatives announced more than $40,000 in funding for the Interact Children's Museum, and toured the facility this week, as the museum still plans to open this fall. State Senator Bill Hamilton, state Senator Robbie Morris and Delegate Jonathan Kyle presented a check for ...

Elkins City Hall News

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ELKINS - Mountain State Forest Festival week will bring changes to trash collection, City Hall hours, traffic, and parking. The regularly scheduled Oct. 1 meeting of Elkins City Council has been canceled. Trash collection will operate on its regular schedule Monday, Sept. 28, through Thursday, Oct. 1. Customers whose regular collection day is Friday will instead have their trash collected beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. Friday-route customers should have their trash out by 6 a.m. Thursday. City offices will be closed Friday, Oct. 2, for the Mountain State Forest Festival. The ...

Preparations intensify on eve of Festival

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ELKINS - Residents should expect changes to street access, parking and city operations during the 88th Mountain State Forest Festival, officials state. City of Elkins departments "are busy preparing" for the 2026 Mountain State Forest Festival, which begins Saturday, officials said. With thousands of visitors coming to celebrate, residents can expect changes to city services, street closures, altered traffic and parking patterns, and "increased demands" on city, county and state resources. "Preparing for the Forest Festival requires work from multiple city and utility departments, as ...

Elkins to use city properties as loan collateral

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ELKINS — Elkins City Council has approved the final reading of an ordinance approving the use of the City Hall parking lot and the Elkins Fire Department as collateral to finance the City Hall renovation project. During City Council's most recent meeting, the nine present council members voted in favor of the final reading of Ordinance 353, which deals with “the transfer of real property” made up of the City Hall parking lot and the Elkins Fire Department to the Elkins Municipal Building Commission. Fifth Ward Council member Burley Woods was absent from the meeting. The first ...

Farley to paint the forest as MSFF's Woodly

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ELKINS – The 2026 Mountain State Forest Festival's Woodly the Elf, Pierslyn Farley, will be painting the forest around Festival City wearing a multi-layer dress inspired by the classic pinafore. A fitted bodice of moss green velvet is accented by a custom embroidered leaf design in ...