Celebrate the season at these farm-fresh dinners. At some restaurants, the food is great while the ambience leaves much to be desired. Other places have a great feel while the cuisine is only so-so. But you can have it both ways. These farm dinners combine beautiful surroundings and delicious food made from fresh ingredients—creating meals you’ll never forget. Lost Creek…
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For two days in June, vintage speedboats take over the river in New Martinsville. It’s not every day that a 70-year-old speedboat whizzes down the Ohio River. But in New Martinsville—the birthplace of powerboat racing—history comes to life each summer. Celebrating its third year on June 15–16, 2019, the New Martinsville Vintage Regatta was founded ito pay homage to the…
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Berkeley County is an international destination for geocaching—a GPS-assisted treasure hunt game. Every kid grows up with fantasies of finding buried treasure. We dream of being like Indiana Jones or Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island. It’s so disappointing to discover grown-up life is mostly devoid of opportunities for derring–do. There are no treasure maps, quicksand pits, or Xs marking the…
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Fly Fishing Culture in West Virginia When I was 12 years old, my family and I traveled to Montana and Wyoming to visit Yellowstone and Glacier national parks. It was my first time out west, and I remember being overtaken by the wonder of the landscape, but what stood out to me most about that trip was casting my first…
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Planning your charitable giving and estate to do as much good, for the place you love the most, for as long as possible. Imagine being able to make your community a better place, forever, with one swipe of a pen. That kind of generosity might seem limited to people with last names like Benedum, Buffett, Ford, or Gates—but it isn’t….
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