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County Commission Plans For Growth With Purchase Of New Buildings

Bee Line March Anniversary Events In Shepherdstown Mark 250 Years Of History

No Kings Rally In Shepherdstown Gathers More Than 1,000 Participants

County Planning Commission To Look At Zoning, Solar & Data Centers

County Budget Shifts From Surplus To Deficit

County Commission Explains Funding Plan For New Buildings

Shepherdstown Celebrates Its First Pride Parade

County Commission Makes Early Revision to FY26 Budget

County Commission Plans To Change Impact Fees Again

City & County Struggle To Align On Downtown Charles Town Plans

Governor Celebrates Building Rehabilitation In Charles Town

Shepherdstown Banner Program Honors Veterans

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Events & Activities

Suicide Prevention Foundation Seeks Event Sponsors

April 1, 2023 Tagged With: Brian O’Neill Jr Foundation, In Print Apr 2023

The Brian ONeill Jr Foundation is a locally-based nonprofit organization focused on the fight against suicide. The foundation is seeking sponsors for its annual Stronger With Each Step 5K run to be held on May 21 at the Hedgesville High School Cross Country field. Read the Full Story >>

Earth Day Activities At Sam Michaels Park

April 1, 2023 Tagged With: Earth Day, In Print Apr 2023, Sam Michael's Park, The Amp

Elks Run WaterFaire is organizing an Earth Day 2023 event on Saturday, April 22 at Sam Michaels Park from 10 am to 2 pm. Activities will include bird and nature walks, a rain barrel workshop, a rain garden planting at the park, and food trucks. This will be a family friendly event with activities for kids and adults to explore the wonder of nature in their own backyard. Read the Full Story >>

Rabies Vaccine Clinic & Bark in the Park

April 1, 2023 Tagged With: Animal Welfare Society of Jefferson County, Bark in the Park, In Print Apr 2023, vaccine clinic

The Animal Welfare Society of Jefferson County will hold a Rabies Clinic for dogs and cats on April 1 (Sat), at the Loyal Order of the Moose Pavilion, 77 Universal Forest Product Rd., Ranson, 8 to 10 am Read the Full Story >>

Easter Egg Hunt & Market

April 1, 2023 Tagged With: Easter, egg hunt, FlowHippie, holiday market, In Print Apr 2023

Things are going to be hopping in Shepherdstown on Saturday, April 8. Festivities kick off at 10 am with FlowHippie performing artists on McMurran lawn (corner of German & King Streets), followed by the egg hunt with timed starts beginning at 10:30. The annual Easter Market. Read the Full Story >>

American Conservation Film Festival 2023

February 7, 2023 Tagged With: American Conservation Film Festival, conservation, In Print Feb 2023, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown Opera House

movie poster

The 2023 American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) will light up the screen at the intimate and historic Shepherdstown Opera House for three days, (March 10, 11 & 12 — Fri, Sat & Sun) and will spotlight short films that are 40 minutes or less. From among the 300 films submitted from 44 countries, the ACFF Read the Full Story >>

Small-Scale Agriculture Workshops

February 7, 2023 Tagged With: agriculture, community supported agriculture, In Print Feb 2023, Shepherd University, Tabler Farm

green house

Shepherd University has partnered with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture Veterans & Heroes to Agriculture program to offer a monthly series of workshops that will focus on small-scale, intensive vegetable production techniques.  Read the Full Story >>

Speak Storytelling Announces 2023 Season

February 7, 2023 Tagged With: In Print Feb 2023, Speak Stories, storytelling

Priscilla Howe storyteller

Story artist Priscilla Howe is the first performer in the 2023 Speak Story Series, presented by Speak Storytelling, Inc. of Shepherdstown. Read the Full Story >>

Jefferson Security Bank Spreads Joy With Holiday Bears

December 23, 2022 Tagged With: Holiday Bear Fair, In Print Feb 2023, Jefferson Security Bank

JSB bear contest

Jefferson Security Bank sponsored a bear decorating contest to celebrate the holiday season. Read the Full Story >>

Steeples With History

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Christ Reformed UCC, historic churches, Historic Shepherdstown Museum, In Print Dec 2022, New Street Unitied Methodist Church, Shepherdstown Opera House, Shepherdstown Presyterian Church, St. Agnes Cathoic Church, St. Peter Lutheran Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, War Memorial Building

trinity episcopal church tower

The public is invited to tour the interiors of several historic churches in Shepherdstown on December 26 (Monday) 2022 between 4 and 7 pm. Read the Full Story >>

Appalachian Chamber Music Festival Presents Winter Concerts

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Appalachian Chamber Music Festival, chamber music, In Print Dec 2022, music

chamber musicians playing

Ring in the new year with a series of three concerts organized by the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival (ACMF) on December 29, 30, and 31. Read the Full Story >>

Holiday Lights 2022

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Charles Town, Christmas, Christmas Lights, Harpers Ferry Olde Tyme Christmas, Ranson

christmas lights on house in Harpers Ferry 2020

Enjoy some seasonal light shows in and nearby Jefferson County. Read the Full Story >>

Jefferson County Shows Its Halloween Spirits

October 28, 2022 Tagged With: Halloween

Local businesses & residences brighten the night with creative Halloween displays Read the Full Story >>

A Time Satire at Shepherd University Theater

October 1, 2022 Tagged With: In Print Oct 2022, Shepherd University, The Thanksgiving Play, theater

The Thanksgiving Play, written by 2020 McArthur Fellow Larissa Fasthorse, is intended to be funny, edgy, and serious. A group of terminally “woke” actors struggle to create a play for a local elementary school that presents a balanced history of the first Thanksgiving, trying to include all perspectives but without offending anyone. Read the Full Story >>

Barbara Kingsolver Talks About Being A Writer

September 29, 2022 Tagged With: Kingsolver, Shepherd University’s Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver will speak at the 2022 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence award ceremony at Shepherd University. Read the Full Story >>

Appalachian Heritage Festival at Shepherd University

September 1, 2022 Tagged With: Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Project, Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities, In Print Sep 2022, Shepherd University

band - The State Birds

“Celebrating Women’s Voices in Appalachia” is the theme of the 2022 Appalachian Heritage Festival (Sep 25) on the Shepherd University campus. Read the Full Story >>

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