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City & County Struggle To Align On Downtown Charles Town Plans

Governor Celebrates Building Rehabilitation In Charles Town

Shepherdstown Banner Program Honors Veterans

Shepherd University Breaks Ground For Multi-Purpose Facility

County Commission Plans To Finance New HQ With $16 Million Bond

AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Hit Jefferson County

County Commission Seeks Impact Fees To Help Cover Costs of New Offices

West Virginia Humanities Council Suspends All Grants

Birdhill Subdivison Stormwater Management Plan Reviewed by WV DEP

WVU Medicine Will Invest In Berkeley and Jefferson Counties

Sidewinder Files Lawsuit Against Jefferson County Planning Commission

Mobile Food Pantry Serves Growing Need In WV’s Eastern Panhandle

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Column: History

Middleway Values History & Community

November 20, 2024 Tagged With: In Print Dec 2024, Jeffersono County Historic Landmarks Commission, MIddleway Day Festival

Queen Street looking north from Grace Street (2024)

Middleway traces its history to a land grant of 420 acres from the Governor of Virginia to John Smith in 1734  Read the Full Story >>

Tribute Hall Honors Page-Jackson High School

August 1, 2024 Tagged With: In Print Aug 2024, Jefferson County African-American Cultural and Heritage Festival, Jefferson County Schools, Page-Jackson High School

Page-Jackson tribute hall dedication

Delores Foster, president of the Page-Jackson Alumni Association, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd gathered on July 27, 2024 to dedicate the newly redesigned Page-Jackson Tribute Hall.  Read the Full Story >>

Grandparents Day Has West Virginia Roots

August 31, 2023 Tagged With: In Print Sep 2023, Shepherdstown Public Library

Marian McQuade prepares cards with children. Read the Full Story >>

Historic Designation For Fairview Cemetery

February 7, 2023 Tagged With: Cemetery, Charles Town, Fairview Cemetery, Gibsontown, In Print Feb 2023

Fairview cemetery

Fairview Cemetery of Gibsontown, established 150 years ago, is the largest black cemetery in Jefferson County and was recently designated a county historic landmark. Read the Full Story >>

Battlefield Advances on Preservation

October 1, 2022 Tagged With: American Battlefield Trust, Far Away Farm, In Print Oct 2022, Shepherdstown Battlefield Protection Association

The ground around Jefferson County is littered with history. Literally. “I got a call a few weeks ago from a kayaker who was paddling along the shore in front of the cement kiln along the Potomac River downstream from Shepherdstown. Read the Full Story >>

Volunteers Preserve Shepherdstown Battlefield

June 1, 2022 Tagged With: historic preservation, In Print June 2022, Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association

River Road, east of Shepherdstown is a sleepy part of Jefferson County today. In September 1862 it was a pretty busy place, with an estimated 1,700 Union troops crossing the Potomac River from Maryland to engage 3,000 Confederate troops positioned on the south bank and cliffs above. One hundred and sixty years later, you need to look closely to see any signs of the two-day battle, other than a roadside marker. Read the Full Story >>

Building The Shepherdstown Opera House

May 1, 2022 Tagged With: historic preservation, Historic Shepherdstown Commission, Opera House, Shepherdstown Opera House, theater

Shepherdstown Opera House January 2020

Construction of the Shepherdstown Opera House began in December 1909 and the theater opened its doors for its first show in June of 1910. Read the Full Story >>

Remembering & Maintaining Fairview Cemetery

February 27, 2022 Tagged With: Fairview Cemetery, historic preservation, In Print Mar 2022, Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission

a headstone at Fairview Cemetary.

Cemeteries not only serve as resting places for our loved ones but also offer windows into our history. Old family graveyards are often a lasting mark of the wealthy landowners of the 19th century. Cemeteries established to bury the Civil War dead, like Elmwood, Edge Hill, and Pine Grove, remind us of the true cost of war. Church cemeteries are monuments to the congregations and community who once prayed together within their walls. Read the Full Story >>

Preserving the Past, Enriching the Future

February 1, 2022 Tagged With: historic preservation, In Print Feb 2022, Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission, Peter Burr Property

the peter burr house.

The Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission first met on March 18, 1974. From that first meeting through today, their goals continue to focus on heritage education, historic resource development, and research, in addition to preserving the county’s invaluable historic resources. Read the Full Story >>

The Significance of a Local Community

January 1, 2022 Tagged With: Hartstown, In Print Jan 2022, St Paul Baptist Church In Print January 2022

The historic structure of St. Paul Baptist Church continues to serve an active congregation..

St. Paul Baptist Church has a rich history of quarry and mill pond baptisms, bush meetings, concerts, revivals, weddings, funerals, family reunions, and other community events. Families have remained dedicated to St. Paul through generations, and it remains a place that draws people home. Read the Full Story >>

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