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The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will hold its 11th annual “This Race is for the Birds!” event the morning of Saturday, April 21, in Shepherdstown. The race will be held on the 538-acre campus of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center (NCTC). The race will include two professionally timed races: one [...]
Continue reading …The Shepherdstown Rotary Club’s annual Christmas Charity Ball, held Dec. 2 at the Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Department Hall, raised a total of $22,030 for 17 local nonprofit organizations. The event was entitled “Our Ball, Your Charity.” Each year, individual Rotarians help underwrite it by sponsoring tables and contributing funds toward the costs of food, beverages, [...]
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HARPERS FERRY — Martin Delaney was born in Charles Town, a free black man. John Brown died there, in custody following his raid at nearby Harpers Ferry. Both men were passionate about advancing the cause of abolition, but each had his own idea about how to achieve it. This month, the lives of both men [...]
Continue reading …BOLIVAR — It all started with a dream. Harpers Ferry chiropractor Alissa Harris keeps track of her nightly visions in a dream journal. Recently, she had a dream that inspired her to act. “From this dream, I figured out that part of my role is giving good food to people,” Harris said. What resulted is [...]
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SHEPHERDSTOWN – Blues lovers all over the East Coast are discovering guitarist/singer Paul Pfau, who started his music career three years ago as a college student here. Now 23, the Shepherd University graduate is putting his economics degree on hold to pursue music, recording his first solo album in Baltimore and lining up gigs in [...]
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Burning bridges can go both ways, but generally it’s the employee who is cautioned to bite his or her tongue when they want to tell the boss exactly what they think on their way out the door. But a recently resurfaced letter written in 1865 by a former slave to his old master basically telling [...]
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A snowstorm did not deter the ladies of the Shenandoah Garden Club from gathering at the home of Amy George for the February club meeting. Ms. George, assisted by co-hostess Jean Hartgroves, filled the kitchen counters with mini-quiches; a heaping tray of baked spanakopita; warm brie, goat cheese, Gouda and crackers; tiny Valentine’s Day cupcakes; [...]
Continue reading …The Shepherd University Wind Ensemble will perform a concert featuring international wind band music on Friday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Frank Center. A pre-concert lecture describing the works will begin at 7 p.m. The Wind Ensemble is comprised of Shepherd music majors and a few select non-majors. The ensemble has been invited [...]
Continue reading …Shepherd University’s campus radio station WSHC 89.7 FM began airing This I Believe essays by Shepherd students, staff, faculty, and Shepherdstown community members on Monday, Feb. 6. The essays will air Mondays through Fridays at 8:30 a.m. as part of the morning program ”Winners and Losers,” hosted by John Case, and again at 11:30 a.m. [...]
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SHENANDOAH JUNCTION— After holding only a one-point lead after three quarters, Jefferson ignited a scoring binge with a fullcourt press that sealed its 77-60 win over Musselman on February 7. In the fourth stanza, Jefferson was able to outscore the troubled Applemen by 16 points to salt away its second win in 11 days over [...]
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