We did it! Dec. 1 marked the historic day when the Far Away Farm became forever protected from development! The Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association was able to contribute substantially to this effort, by raising $77,000 in its Far Away Farm fund for the American Battlefield ...
Here in the Eastern Panhandle, we’re seeing a boom in industrial development. Meanwhile, other West Virginians are living through the “bust” that comes after a “boom.” While walking on the North Bend Rail Trail a few years ago, I noticed the smell of gas in the air. Recently I ...
State Senator Charles Trump has, commendably, brought public attention to the shortage of foster care workers and resources. But despite the sincere concerns of Senator Trump, I doubt that his fellow Republican legislators will take any meaningful steps to cure the problem she has noted. The ...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Shepherdstown community! I want to thank everyone who provided the effort to make our town’s Christmas celebration and parade a great success. Eric Sevareid once said, “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to ...
A journalist and social reformer, Lincoln Steffens once visited an old country made new by a revolution. You can Google this if you want, but the trip is irrelevant to this letter, except for one famous quote from Steffens, which came to me as I left the special town meeting on the evening of ...
As someone whose name is part of the Bookmark the Park initiative, I was surprised and very pleased to read The Shepherdstown Chronicle’s Boots on the Ground story of the new Little Free Libraries in our bookish town. Wonderful! These are the first in our town parks but not, sans ...
John Doyle, of Shepherdstown, is finishing his 26th year in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and was West Virginia Deputy Secretary of Revenue from 2014 to 2017. Dale Manuel, of Charles Town, served 16 years in the House of Delegates and 12 years on the Jefferson County Commission. They ...
Recently, I attended the annual meeting and dinner of the Shepherdstown Community Club. It was the perfect antidote to the divisiveness of the last election. The event’s mood was one of gratitude and optimism for our town’s future. Throughout the evening, I heard about all of the events ...
I want to take a moment of your time and provide you with one military retiree’s observations of Senator Hannah Geffert. After 37 years of service in both the West Virginia Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force, I have learned to gauge a person’s character based on the three Air Force ...
New Street United Methodist Church presented a Handbell Concert hosted by Asbury United Methodist Church in Charles Town, on Oct. 8. The concert benefited two local food pantries: Jefferson County Community Ministries and Shepherdstown Shares. The concert included bell choirs from Asbury ...