SHEPHERDSTOWN -- On Jan. 30, Shepherd University students and faculty members gathered in the Robert C. Byrd Center auditorium to watch the human-trafficking documentary, "I Am Jane Doe," in honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Month.The event was sponsored by the Eastern Panhandle Empowerment ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Town council member Mark Everhart has served the Corporation of Shepherdstown for two consecutive terms, and announced his plan to not run for reelection in the upcoming primary elections.In an interview on Friday, Everhart said he wants to focus his campaigning on winning the ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- The monthly town council meeting was held on Jan. 14, with the majority of the town council members present. Town council members Mark Everhart and David Springer were both absent from the meeting.Mayor Jim Auxer began the meeting, by announcing the addition of two employees to ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- On Dec. 11, 2019, Linda Spatig announced at the Corporation of Shepherdstown's monthly town council meeting that the town had been given AARP's designation as a member of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.One year later, Spatig is leading the Age-Friendly ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Shepherd University's Center for Regional Innovation, Shepherdstown-based KRM Associates, Inc., and the Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" Interoperability and Cybersecurity Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., have signed memoranda of understanding with the ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- "Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies," wrote Antoine de Saint-Exupry in The Little Prince. While the beauty of caterpillars is certainly less captivating than what it will be when they turn into butterflies, ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Shepherdstown Music and Dance kicked off the year with its first Upper Potomac Music Weekend over the weekend, with the organization's annual Fiddle Retreat.The Fiddle Retreat, which is one of three traditional music weekends held at the beginning of every year by Shepherdstown ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- On New Year's Eve, community members and visitors alike put on their party clothes and dancing shoes, before heading out to welcome the New Year at parties throughout the area.While some of the celebrants attended private parties at homes of friends and family, others joined in ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- The Second Annual Shepherdstown Historic Church Tour was once again met with great attendance, with more than 150 guests taking the walking tour on Dec. 26.The tour was presented by the Historic Shepherdstown Commission and Museum.The number of locations increased for this ...