The Lawrence Crouse Workshop hand-builds wooden furniture using traditional techniques. Read the Full Story >>
Community
Shepherdstown Market House Looks To Past and Future
For the first time in over 220 years, the market house building in Shepherdstown finds itself vacant. The town recently surveyed residents to collect ideas on how this iconic building might continue to play a vital role at the center of the Shepherdstown community. Read the Full Story >>
Jason Barrett – 2022 WV Senate District 16 Candidate
West Virginia’s Senate District 16 covers all of Jefferson County and roughly half of Berkeley County. Jason Barrett is the Republican party candidate running in the 2022 election. Read the Full Story >>
Hannah Geffert – 2022 WV Senate District 16 Candidate
West Virginia’s Senate District 16 covers all of Jefferson County and roughly half of Berkeley County. Hannah Geffert is the incumbent and Democratic party candidate running for election in 2022. Read the Full Story >>
Jefferson County Shows Its Halloween Spirits
Local businesses & residences brighten the night with creative Halloween displays Read the Full Story >>
Am I Going to Mom’s Or Dad’s House?
Understand West Virginia’s child custody law - how divorcing parents can plan to share decision-making and custody of their children. Read the Full Story >>
Conversations About Local Growth
Share your thoughts and concerns on local growth with theStubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications at Shepherd University. Read the Full Story >>
Remembering An Important Slice Of Life In Shepherdstown
When what we might think of as history is still present in the minds of the living, the need for an emphatic rejection of groups that seek to instigate race-based fear and political violence seems to be self-evident — so that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are secured as rights of our common future, not just hollow words left behind, buried by the burden of a hidden past. Read the Full Story >>
Danielle Corsetto & Elephant Town
Corsetto’s current project is Elephant Town, a graphic novel that she updates on a biweekly (ish) schedule on its own website. “It’s a passion project,” she says, about the drama set in Shepherdstown. Read the Full Story >>
Bushel & Peck Celebrates Five Years
Todd Coyle, the chief executive of Jefferson G.A.P., describes Bushel & Peck when it opened in October 2017 as a “sustainable, locally focused grocery store in the heart of downtown Charles Town.” In a more recent conversation, he described a larger vision, with the grocery store as a “business incubator — the hub of a network of local businesses that need a way to connect with local consumers.” Read the Full Story >>
Battlefield Advances on Preservation
The ground around Jefferson County is littered with history. Literally. “I got a call a few weeks ago from a kayaker who was paddling along the shore in front of the cement kiln along the Potomac River downstream from Shepherdstown. Read the Full Story >>
Local Artists Open Studios in November
This year’s Over the Mountain Studio Tour is scheduled for November 12 & 13 (Sat & Sun). The tour route includes 8 local studios, with 17 of the Eastern Panhandle’s most passionate artisans participating to present (and sell) work. Read the Full Story >>
A Time Satire at Shepherd University Theater
The Thanksgiving Play, written by 2020 McArthur Fellow Larissa Fasthorse, is intended to be funny, edgy, and serious. A group of terminally “woke” actors struggle to create a play for a local elementary school that presents a balanced history of the first Thanksgiving, trying to include all perspectives but without offending anyone. Read the Full Story >>
Securing Life and Liberty for All
When what we might think of as history is still present in the minds of the living, the need for an emphatic rejection of groups that seek to instigate race-based fear and political violence seems to be self-evident — so that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are secured as rights of our common future, not just hollow words left behind, buried by the burden of a hidden past. Read the Full Story >>
Haunted by the Unresolved
The Wild Hunt, a debut novel by Emma Seckel, is a ghost story of the very best kind, reflecting our own experiences in which we never quite know if the ghosts are real or conjured up by ourselves in the throes of our own heartaches. Read the Full Story >>
