SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Last May, the Friends of the Byrd Center realized that the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education would be running out of funds in Sept. 2021. Without general funds, employee salaries and operations not-covered by grant funding would be left unpaid, ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- A row of hay bales rest alongside Scrabble Road on Friday afternoon.
CHARLES TOWN — Each year, the Old Opera House hosts an annual autumn auction to help raise funds to cover its year-round operations. The auction is continuing to be held this fall, with a few COVID-19 Pandemic cognizant tweaks. The auction will be a combination of both live and virtual ...
CHARLES TOWN — The newest offering by the West Virginia University Extension office is a virtual class about soil testing. Soil testing is vital to any crop or plant, and determines if the nutrients in a specific soil are at an adequate level for the growth of various plants. Nutritional ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Six years ago, pastry chef Alisha Hanlin began searching for a local storefront to house her burgeoning bakery business, Pressed Flour. Up to that point, she had been operating her bakery out of various commercial kitchens that she rented. Along with selling her baked goods to ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- A jack-o'-lantern perches on top of a lantern post on Shepherd University's campus on Friday afternoon.
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- This summer, Domestic became the second restaurant in Shepherdstown to close this year. However, its reason for closing had nothing to do with financial struggles related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. According to owner Doug Vaira, the business' closure was a necessary step, in ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Last fall, IngramSpark Director Robin Cutler spoke at a writer's conference at Shepherd University. As the head of the self-publishing branch of Ingram Content Group, which is a distributor of Four Seasons Books, Cutler was excited to meet Four Seasons Books owner Kendra ...
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — Black Dog Coffee Company, a popular coffee spot in Shenandoah Junction, received criticism on social media last week, after posting a photograph of United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos at their establishment, when she visited Jefferson County last ...
BAKERTON — Bakerton Volunteer Fire Department has received a $5,000 Shenandoah-Potomac Garden Council grant, to help plant trees around its station house. BVFD member Ashlee Young applied for the grant, after she became aware of the availability of funds through the Dolley Madison Garden ...
