A tradition that has brought residents of the Tri-State Area together for nearly 50 years will be renewed this weekend.

It’s the 46th Wellsburg Applefest, which will run Friday through Sunday along several blocks of Charles Street and the Wellsburg Town Square.

The festival celebrates the town’s connection with the Golden Grimes apple, which was discovered in 1832 on a farm owned by Thomas Grimes that was located along Washington Pike. Seeds for the apple, which is related to the Golden Delicious, West Virginia’s state fruit, were first planted, legend has it, by Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman.

As always, visitors can expect to find all things apple — from pies and fritters and dumplings, to apple butter and cider.

One of the reasons the event has continued to be a staple of early autumn i

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