The current owners of seven of the nine historic homes featured in this column arrived in Shepherdstown with Washington, D.C. backgrounds. This influx of talents, interests and motivations have served Shepherdstown’s evolving personality and the preservation of the town’s historic homes. ...
Last summer, on my way to run in a 10K in New York, I stayed at the West Gate Inn in Nyack, N.Y. The little restaurant inside surprised me — its walls covered with framed photos of “Blue Ribbon Cheesecakes by Lisa,” featuring Lisa smiling beside celebrities, radiating the pride of someone ...
Adaptive reuse has long been a way to preserve historic buildings and use them for today’s needs. In Shepherdstown, we have had many such projects, including the iconic Fireman’s Hall at the corner of New and King streets. Construction began in 1912, the same year of a massive fire in ...
On November 5 the Jefferson County Planning Commission rejected a proposal from Sidewinder LLC, which proposes to build a water bottling plant near the historic village of Middleway, to settle Sidewinder’s lawsuit against the Planning Commission. Commissioner Cara Keys moved to refuse to ...
When I was asked to take over as editor of The Shepherdstown Chronicle nearly eight years ago, I was filled with excitement. Shepherdstown was a town that my family had long been connected with, both in the news world and otherwise. My great-great-something ancestor served as a reporter for ...
Last week was named Winter Weather Awareness Week by Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Emergency Management Division, in collaboration with the NOAA/National Weather Service and ReadyWV. With the approach of winter in the next few weeks, Justice's announcement was well-timed, ensuring ...
While warning bells are often rung over the rampant misuse of donations by major charities, the truth behind the validity of that concern may have never before been as clear as it has been made today. Results from a recently-released analysis of 2021 publicly available tax returns and 2021 ...
Among the angry mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was incoming West Virginia Del. Derrick Evans, R-Wayne, who posted a video online from the Capitol interior yelling, “We’re in! … Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” His illegal actions demanded a swift and severe ...
I did not like being called a liar by Marc Petitpierre. I did not like when he talked to me about what I didn’t want to listen to. His refusal to honor the police request, to stay off the street during rallies, annoyed everyone. But I know he raised money into five figures for UNICEF, ...
In Feb. 2025, I requested permission to hold a peaceful rally protesting national injustices at “The Wall” holding up McMurran Hall -- our town’s Union Square. Approval for a rally then took four weeks — now just two. Some townsfolk got talking to town council members and soon, the ...
I love quotations. I write down smart and wise ones from my reading or listening. And, as they used to say about learning a new word, use it a few times and it’s yours, like the phrases, “You can say that again,” or, “This sentence is false.” Right after the headlines in the ...
Why West Virginia? Why? It seems Governor Patrick Morrisey just isn’t interested in growth in West Virginia. Young people are leaving our state in record numbers to find work and careers elsewhere and businesses are closing. Farms and small businesses are impacted by taxes and tariffs from ...
As I have gotten older I have begin to notice how beautiful some things have become, such as watching the sun come up or standing in a field on a cold night just looking at the stars. Somehow it gives me a certain peace in my life that I have not felt before,The early Chinese teacher Confucius ...
Hello folks. I thought I'd drop a line or two just to fill you in on what's been happening and just to say hello.First, I want to say how much I have missed writing my column As I See It. As some of you have known I have been very ill.Last October I was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. ...
Christmas is almost here and I could think of a million things to write about the joyful time of year.For me, Christmas has seen many moods and many ways of celebrating the day of Christ's birth. Over the years I have written about some of the ways I have spent Christmas day.When I was young I ...
Well, old 73 has popped up and I have lived to see another birthday. First of all let me thank all of you who have sent me so many messages of kindness an the hope for many more years to come. I have always told friends that I would like to live to be 100 years old, but I have to admit that ...
The escalating rates of pediatric obesity constitute a pressing public health crisis, demanding a multifaceted approach to intervention. Recent research highlights the pivotal role of dietary factors, particularly hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance, in driving this epidemic among children ...
In an era inundated with information, it seems we’ve become paralyzed by fear – not of the news itself, but of its authenticity. The proliferation of misinformation and sensationalized reporting has sown seeds of doubt in our minds, making us question the credibility of every headline that ...
Jefferson County stands out with a diverse voter profile, where Democrats, Republicans and Independents each make up roughly a third of the electorate. As the political arena intensifies with numerous contested races, it’s crucial for registered Independent voters to actively participate in ...
As a writer born and raised where two rivers join, three states touch and several American centuries commingle, I was fated to a creative life of complex metaphors. The Shenandoah and Potomac rivers that converge at Harpers Ferry, I viewed early on as an unlucky wishbone. My mother was like the ...
