SHEPHERDSTOWN -- A crowd of a hundred clapped, as Miss West Virginia 2023 Karrington Childress cut the ribbon for Jefferson County's own Almost Heaven Swing in the middle of James Rumsey Monument & Park on Saturday morning. The idea for the swing was inspired by a speech given by Childress ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- The scent of chili filled the room on the second floor of the War Memorial Building on Friday night. A total of 10 different chili varieties -- red lentil, bison, vegetarian, beef at three different spice levels, venison at two different spice levels and chicken at two ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- "I came here for Small Business Saturday," said Elaine Michael, of Boonsboro, Md., as she shopped in downtown Shepherdstown on Saturday afternoon. For Michael, participating in the annual shopping day has become a tradition for her, which she observes both in her home town and ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — After their home in Kearneysville was burned down this past September, the Welsh family found themselves being embraced by the community. That could easily be seen on the day after the fire, when a crew of 80 community members showed up to help clean up the location or when, ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Oil paintings of cupcakes, handmade cards and glazed pottery pumpkins caught the eyes of many who visited Evolve over the weekend. This was the second year that the pop-up show, the Art Market, had been held in the space by a group of Shepherd University alumni. Previous to ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Roving Peregrine Theatre Company hosted a Fall Youth Theatre Festival in its performance space, the Black Box Arts Center, on Saturday afternoon. The festival, which featured a number of carnival games, crafts and snacks, was created this year to help local families plan ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — This will be the last Christmas in Shepherdstown overseen by the Shepherd family and its matriarch, Judy Shepherd, after three decades at the reigns. It will be quite a change for the town, as it will mean that next year will be the first ever in which a Christmas in ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- The banquet hall by the Rumsey Tavern was bustling with life on Saturday morning, as local residents gathered together to participate in the first ever Shepherdstown Sports & Trading Card Game Expo. The expo was created by two Eastern Panhandle businesses, VaultTrove in ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- The Veterans Day Art Show returned for its second year to the War Memorial Building this past week, featuring the creative abilities of multiple military veterans in the Eastern Panhandle. For its host, the Shepherdstown Community Club (SCC), the show served as a platform to ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Earlier this year, Badgerhound Studio & Gallery co-owner Emily Vaughn noted the appearance of two empty magazine kiosks in the alley beside her and her husband’s gallery. It soon became clear that their landlady had allowed them to be placed there, after the kiosks ...
