🌱 Which Ranson business owner just landed a key statewide workforce role?

Morning Ranson! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Which Ranson business owner just landed a key statewide workforce role?
• How Ranson Police helped dismantle a major Eastern Panhandle drug ring

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mainly cloudy; windy, colder, with a high of 34 and low of 25 degrees.
• Friday: Turning cloudy and cold, temps: high: 34, low: 26.
• Saturday: Cloudy and breezy, with a high of 38 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Governor Morrisey Announces New Appointments to State Boards - West Virginia Daily News (wvdn.com) — A Ranson entrepreneur, Andy Colandrea, has been appointed to the West Virginia Workforce Development Board, bringing experience from running several local businesses including Brother’s Pizza and Inferno Brewery. He joins other appointees named by Governor Morrisey to key state boards that help shape workforce training, higher education governance, and public employee insurance across West Virginia.
   

• Baltimore Man Sentenced for Role in Eastern Panhandle Drug Trafficking Organization (einpresswire.com) — Ranson residents should know that their local police department helped investigate a large drug trafficking ring that brought fentanyl, meth, and cocaine into Berkeley and Jefferson counties. A Baltimore man has now been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, and all 82 people charged in the case have been convicted, signaling a major regional crackdown on organized drug activity.
   

📸 Around Ranson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ranson

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Pizza with Santa
  Lance-Slusher Park, 216 N Mildred St, Ranson
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 15

• Jefferson County Board of Education Meeting
  Auditorium , 300 Washington Patriots Dr , Charles Town
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Volunteer Foraging Workday - Invasive vines
  Cool Spring Preserve , 1469 Lloyd Road , Charles Town
  1:00 pm
• Feral Love | Between Two Kings by Lindsay Straube
  Four Seasons Books , 114 W German St , Shepherdstown
  7:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Holiday Light Show
  408 Alstadts Hill Rd , Harpers Ferry
  5:30 pm
• Book Bedazzling
  Four Seasons Books , 114 W German St , Shepherdstown
  6:00 pm
• The 42nd Annual A Very Peregrine Christmas Spectacular!
  The Roving Peregrine Theatre Company , 113 S Princess St , Shepherdstown
  8:00 pm
• Jack Dunlap Trio
  The Barn of Harpers Ferry , 1062 W Washington St , Harpers Ferry
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Nature Center Open House
  Case Nature Center , 1469 Lloyd Road , Charles Town
  9:30 am
• EcoCraft Workshop: Holiday Wreaths with Invasive Species
  Case Nature Center , 1469 Lloyd Road , Charles Town
  10:00 am

Sunday December 14

• Shepherdstown Farmers Market
  Shepherdstown Farmers Market , S King St , Shepherdstown
  9:00 am
• Holiday Dessert Theatre Show 4
  Jefferson High School , 4141 Flowing Springs Rd , Shenandoah Junction
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 4 fresh chickens are ready today to be picked up never frozen located on summit point road
  Pet baby bunnies are ready also Dutch rabbits ususually 35.00 they are $25.00 for the abundance we have Limited quantity of fresh chickens (Nextdoor Ranson)
• We have 2 fresh chickens left never frozen processed last nite about 7 pm if anyone wants fresh ....
  located in summit point also have pet rabbits as well (Nextdoor Ranson)

• GIANT Food Stores posted a job opening for PT Deli Associate - 6102 in Charles Town. Apply here.
• Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Shepherdstown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ranson here.

🗞 Nearby News

Charles Town

• Martinsburg girls basketball opens season with win (journal-news.net)

Harpers Ferry

• 'Tim has Pooled a Jussie Smollett': Internet reacts to Tim Pool shooting allegations as sheriff allegedly states no record of incident (primetimer.com)

Shepherdstown

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-- The Patch AM Team

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