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Turning over a new leaf

With the hope of an early spring, I’m committed to turning over a new leaf. My best laid plans will surely germinate in the plant world. Perhaps the calling will be to grow flowers from seed, launch an herb garden or try out a different propagation technique. Predict 2024 will be full of ...

Dale Manuel: A solid citizen

Jefferson County lost a truly fine citizen with the death of Dale Manuel a couple of weeks ago. I served with Dale for 12 years in the House of Delegates, from 1992 until 2004. We worked together on many ideas to make West Virginia and Jefferson County better, and brought some of them to ...

The scent of history

The scent of history seems to cling to the air, when a home gardener has boxwood planted in the landscape. Boxwood’s musky, pungent fragrance seems to be most pronounced after an evening rain shower and keeps deer at a distance. Its undulating form also adds green softness to any backdrop of ...

An exceptionally interesting county election?

This election year might prove to be an unusual one, at least for Jefferson County offices. We might have elections for four of our five county commissioners. County commissioners in West Virginia serve six-year terms. Most counties in our state have three commissioners, but Jefferson and ...

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Heeding the warning bells

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 ...

Evans finally made the right choice

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 ...

‘For the 95 that have died’

On Monday, Gov. Jim Justice announced his executive order mandating face coverings to be worn when a person is in a public indoor space where six feet of social distancing cannot be maintained. Children eight-and-under, people who are eating and people with trouble breathing or the inability to ...

Don’t relax yet

We are finishing week two of Gov. Jim Justice's six-week phased reopening plan for West Virginia.After spending over a month in social isolation, West Virginia's businesses certainly need to increase their cash flow, so they won't have to permanently close. As The Shepherdstown Chronicle ...

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Shepherdstown resident recognized for stellar safe driving record

I would like to thank all our customers for trusting us with another successful holiday season. Our entire team was prepared to consistently deliver our brand with a focus on safe driving throughout our communities. As the United States Postal Service enters the fourth year of the Delivering ...

Generosity appreciated from Shepherdstown community

Generosity throughout Shepherdstown contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child. Across the United States, the project collected 10 million shoebox gifts in 2023. Combined with those collected ...

Be wary of water overcharging

American Water took over service from Jefferson Utilities at the beginning of October. Immediately after this changeover, I began getting water bills that were much higher than normal. My average daily usage went from around 40 gallons to 141 gallons, according to my water bill. Note that I ...

Looking forward to future of new play

The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) celebrated its 12th new play commission on Dec. 8 at the Christ Reformed United Church of Christ building in Shepherdstown. The commission was supported by the Marellen J. Aherne New Play Commissioning Fund. Marellen Aherne is the current ...

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The beauty of the world around us

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 ...

The wnter has been a long one

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. ...

A time of joy

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 ...

A year older and still fighting

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 ...

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Coming apart where two rivers join

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 ...

People of faith calling for LGBTQ civil rights legislation

As a faith leader in Shepherdstown, I hope our U.S. senators, Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, will come together to find common ground, ensuring fairness and equality for all Americans. With both political parties now offering proposals to add LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections to the ...

Thankful for community support in flattening the curve

As we have waited with baited breath to see the flattening of the curve in relation to COVID-19, it is ironic to me that I, too, am flattening the curve in relation to my healthcare career. With 41 years working as a nurse at Jefferson Medical Center, my career has truly peaked, or one might ...