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.
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 ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Ever since the Turners moved back to Shepherdstown in 2015, they noticed the need for a souvenir shop in town. Since most tourist towns have successful shops dedicated to selling souvenirs of some kind, husband-and-wife Jim and Kris knew it was a niche waiting to be ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- “Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past,” American author Jack London once said. Local residents who want to depict their own experiences in tattoo art, need no longer look further than downtown Shepherdstown. Last week, German Street ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- The Shepherdstown Community Club will hold its annual book sale this year, with a few COVID-19-related modifications. All those hoping to find their favorite books or some new treasures will be required to wear masks when entering the War Memorial Building. The book tables ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- On Saturday afternoon, community members gathered together in a socially-distanced group under Morgan's Grove Park's pavilion, for the pre-release launch of the anthology, "Why I Stand: Boots on the Ground Against Racism." The launch featured a number of the anthology's ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- On Sept. 17, the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education hosted the 16th Annual Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture on the U.S. Constitution on Zoom. The event, which is held every year on Constitution Day, was founded in honor of the late Tom E. Moses, a ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Brown’s Tire, Towing & Auto Care Center will be participating in the national Brakes for Breasts campaign -- the only repair shop in the Mountain State to do so. The locally owned-and-operated shop in Shepherdstown has been a supporter of the campaign for several years, ...
