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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

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

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In Print Dec 2022

Confusion on Plans for Water & Sewer at New Shepherdstown Elementary School

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Bondy Shay Gibson, In Print Dec 2022, Jefferson County Schools, Shepherdstown Elementary School, Shepherdstown Water & Sewer

future site of Shepherdstown Elementary School

Jefferson County Board of Education has many questions about plans to provide water and sewer utilities to the new Shepherdstown elementary school site. Read the Full Story >>

Casa Volunteers Provide Lifeline For Neglected Children

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: CASA-EP, foster care, In Print Dec 2022, volunteering, WVDHHR

swearing in CASA volunteers

CASA volunteers act in conjunction with the state’s caseworkers to help judges make decisions and to help the children in foster care receive appropriate services. Read the Full Story >>

Christ Reformed Congregation Celebrates 275 Years In Shepherdstown

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Christ Reformed UCC, church, In Print Dec 2022

Christ Reformed UCC church in Shepherdstown

The congregations of the German Reformed, Lutheran, and Presbyterian churches in the settlement of Mecklenburg (later Shepherdstown) date their origins to 1747, when they were meeting in local houses and long-forgotten buildings around town. Read the Full Story >>

Recovery Is Focus of Treatment Court Program

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: David Hammer, In Print Dec 2022, substance use disorder, treatment court

right and left arrows on pavement

Treatment Courts are authorized by West Virginia law and offered by circuit courts to adults as an alternative to incarceration in situations involving substance abuse. 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 >>

Howling Around Town With Coyotes

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: In Print Dec 2022, native species

coyote howling (illustration)

Over the past 20 years, coyotes have successfully repopulated in the eastern half of the United States.  Read the Full Story >>

Local Spirits Bright For The Holidays

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Christmas, editor's note, In Print Dec 2022, Jefferson County Community Ministries, shepherd university football, Shepherdstown Shares

Christmas tree in front of Jefferson County courthouse 2022

The holiday festivities seem particularly energetic this year. Perhaps it was the unseasonably warm weather for the parades — or that our pandemic-related anxieties of the past several years have cooled.  Read the Full Story >>

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