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Wilted to perfection

SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Shepherdstown resident Josh A. uses a propane-fueled torch to remove weeds from the sidewalk by his home last week. Flame weeding is a long-lasting, chemical-free method of removing weeds, which uses heat — not fire — to kill weeds, by heating their cells so hot that they ...

West Virginia Irish Road Bowling brings ancient sport back to Shepherdstown

SHEPHERDSTOWN — Around 90 people gathered together on the grounds of Printz Farm in Shepherdstown on Sunday, eager to compete in West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association’s (WVIRBA) annual Shepherdstown Pack Horse Ford Event. Out of the attendees, a total of 19 four-person-teams ...

Constitution Day celebrants to see additions to annual Shepherdstown event

SHEPHERDSTOWN — For the past 20 years, Constitution Day has been celebrated in Shepherdstown, with a guest speaker presenting a Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture in the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History & Education. Established by Moses’ children in 2005, the annual lecture ...

George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War welcomes new director

SHEPHERDSTOWN — George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War introduced its new director to the public, with a lecture in the Shepherdstown Opera House and reception at the George Tyler Moore Center on Aug. 28. Jennifer Murray, who is a native of western Maryland, comes to the ...

Organist wows audience at first Trinity Episcopal concert

SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Every pew was full in Trinity Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon, as James Newsome made his way to the front and bowed. He then kicked off his first Community Organ Recital at the church, with Johann GottFried Walther's Concerto del Signor Telemann, appropriato all'Organo. ...