HARPERS FERRY — On March 2, Harpers Ferry Middle School hosted the first annual Eastern West Virginia MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition.
Seven schools registered to compete, including homeschools and public schools as far away as Keyser.
“Students have been working together in afterschool ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Jefferson County Restaurant Week came to a close on Sunday, with a mixture of successful and not-so-successful results, related to the post-pandemic inflation spike.
Thirty-two restaurants from across Jefferson County took part in the event, by offering menu specials or ...
MIDDLEWAY — Natalie Grantham Friend grew up in Jefferson County, attending Jefferson High School and Shepherd College.
Throughout her life, she has developed an interest in local politics, because, she said, her father was always interested.
“You don’t get more local than me,” laughed ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Corporation of Shepherdstown’s February town council meeting kicked off last Tuesday night with an update on the Jefferson County Hazard Mitigation Plan led by Dick Myers.
Myers, who is deputy director of Jefferson County Homeland Security and Emergency Management, ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Miss Jefferson County’s Teen 2024 Isabelle Smith-Pounds may already be preparing for her next round of competition on the state level — the Miss West Virginia’s Teen Competition in June — but that hasn’t kept her from devoting her time to doing good in her ...
KEARNEYSVILLE – Patt Welsh, a Kearneysville resident since 1962, has recently published her first collection of poetry, “My Little Book of Poems from the Heart.”
Her poetry has been presented to and evaluated by various writers-in-residence through Shepherd University’s Appalachian ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — At the end of this month, 23 local middle and high school students will be traveling to Charleston, after being selected to join the West Virginia All State Orchestra.
The students are all members of the Fellowship Bible Church Youth Orchestra, a 15-year-old not-for-profit ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Three weeks ago, Shepherd University Assistant Professor of Business Administration James Dovel proposed an opportunity for students in his New Venture Creation class to create and run a small business during Frosty Fest, to give them some real-world business experience.
On ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Frosty Fest returned to Jefferson County for its second year-in-a-row this past weekend. While some attendees had come to the first festival on the last weekend of Jan. 2023, a good number were trying out Frosty Fest for the first time, including Shepherdstown resident Tom ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — What could have easily cost $10,000 ended up being a fraction of that amount, thanks to Frosty Fest’s organizers choosing to install an alternative to an ice skating rink over the weekend, rather than the real thing.
For USA Synthetic Rinks President and CEO Marc Kohn, ...