Each year, over 100 different individuals and families contribute books for our annual Shepherdstown Community Club (SCC) Book Sale, which is held in October. We are deeply appreciative of the many wonderful contributions of books, often items of meaningful interest to the families and now and ...
With freedom comes responsibility, including a responsibility to do no harm to others, and to make restitution when the improper exercise of a freedom injures someone. For example, we have the freedom of speech. However, if that freedom is abused and causes damage to someone else by lying, then ...
Renewable, or “green,” energy is clearly the future. From wind-generated power to solar farms. The technology continues to advance, making these options of energy production more viable and competitive with their fossil-fuel counterparts. However, how much do we really know about some of ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has a serious ethics problem, and the latest revelations about Clarence Thomas should be alarming to every American. For 20 years, Thomas has accepted high-end, luxury, all-expenses-paid vacations around the world from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. And he never ...
Fentanyl, also known as Actiq, Duragesic or Sublimaze in its prescription form, is a potent painkiller developed in the 1960s to treat extreme pain. Some strains of Fentanyl can be 50 times more potent than morphine. Because Fentanyl is so potent, drug dealers have been progressively increasing ...
The Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) would like to thank the community for its amazing support of the 23nd Annual “This Race is for the Birds!” Between sponsors, participants and volunteers, the race raised over $20,000 to support PVAS’s mission to “preserve, restore and enjoy the ...
The Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association (SBPA) would like to thank supporters of the Shepherdstown Battlefield for protecting the 122-acre Osbourn/Far Away Farm on Trough Road from development or further deterioration. With your help, we raised over $79,000 for the American ...
It’s March 17 when I write this, which means that the 31 days set aside for Women’s History Month are already half-way over. I prefer to call this Women’s Future Month, especially in these times. We need all the optimism and forward-thinking energy we can get about the future for women ...
When I learned of West Virginia House Bill 2459, which was introduced by Delegate Wayne Clark (Charles Town, wayne.clark@wvhouse.gov), I was outraged. He knowingly put forth a bill that would negate the local zoning ordinances that do not allow industrial solar facilities to be built anywhere, ...
If you happened to be up around 3:30 a.m. last Saturday morning, you might have seen what looked like a lunar eclipse in the night sky. It was, in fact, the soul of Jack Young passing up to heaven, ready to take up new challenges. Jack had passed away, after a short period of time in our local ...