‘And all that jazz’
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Ian Livingston, of Shepherdstown, plays jazz tunes on the trumpet to passersby of McMurran Hall's lawn on Saturday afternoon.
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The Bodice Project: Exhibit features entire collection of breast cancer-inspired sculptures
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- In 2014, Shepherdstown artist Cynthia Fraula-Hahn decided that after helping with the Identity Crisis fundraiser for four years, she wanted to increase community awareness of it and its beneficiary organization, Breast Cancer Awareness-Cumberland Valley, by placing breast ...
Crushing it: Local man begins free glass recycling program
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Last October, Shepherd University Facilities Management Director Jim King received a $17,305 Recycling Assistance Grant from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan. The grant covered the cost of starting a new ...
Going virtual: Lifelong Learning shares virtual course schedule for fall semester
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- On Monday afternoon, Shepherd University's Lifelong Learning program presented its fall course schedule on Zoom. After the COVID-19 Pandemic reached Shepherdstown in the spring, Lifelong Learning was forced to take its courses online. According to Lifelong Learning Director ...
Ready or not, school is coming
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION -- Teachers have returned to their school buildings, as the opening of live and virtual classes is set to begin on Tuesday. Parents have selected one of the two options -- to place their children in regular or virtual classrooms during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- and must now ...
Suttenfield exhibit scheduled for September
CHARLES TOWN — The Jefferson Arts Council announced this week that a September exhibition will feature the paintings of Shepherdstown artist Diana Suttenfield. The paintings will be on exhibit the entire month, with public hours on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to ...
Just for the record
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Bryan and Simone Heaston, of Hagerstown, shop Admiral Analog's clearance record section on Saturday afternoon.
Freedom’s Run canceled for 2020
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- It is with sorrow that the organizers of Freedom’s Run have announced the cancellation of the annual event that had been scheduled for Oct. 3. “It is sad, because we as a team have overcome many obstacles in our 12 years, including a government shutdown and rerouting four ...
‘Why I Stand’: Local activists contribute personal experiences with discrimination to anthology
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- As this summer's surge in Black Lives Matter movement activity has begun to peter out, local activists have banded together with activists across the continent to compile an anthology on their related personal experiences. Teresa Holmes, of Shepherdstown, came up with the ...
Soaking up the sun
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Celosias bloom along Princess Street on Saturday afternoon.