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The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

Clay County Golden Delicious Apple Festival 2025 is now in the annals of history

By Allen Hamrick The 2026 Clay Golden Delicious Festival is now a part of history, and thoughts will soon turn to next year’s event. The days were hot and muggy, and shade was at a premium – it could have been sold by the square foot. Nevertheless, the festival went off without…

The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

Heart of the County: A Walk Through the Golden Delicious Festival

By Amy Lane CLAY, W.Va. — Long before the first float turned onto Main Street, the energy in Clay was already building. Sidewalks quickly filled with lawn chairs, families staked out their favorite viewing spots, and the aroma of festival food drifted through the morning air as…

The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

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The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

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The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

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The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

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The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

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The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

Home Country

Slim Randles In a few days, all those rhymers who lived in Tin Pan Alley back when Gertie was a pup will be fulfilled once again. How’s that, you say? Was a love song ever written that didn’t have moon and in it? And the full moon will be here in a couple of days […]

The Clay County Free Press Published September 22

Angels

Angels Joe Mazzella A person once wrote me an e-mail and asked me if I believed in angels. I wrote her back and said: “Absolutely! Without angels I would have never survived my childhood.” I can still remember the time I fell out of a tree I was climbing and somehow landed on a…

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