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County Commission Returns To Work

Shepherd University Trims Services and Adjusts Academic Priorities

Police Officer Austin Simms of Shepherdstown Receives Award

Filing Window For Local Candidates To Run In 2024 Elections Is January 8 — 27

Chamber Musicians Bring Holiday Cheer

Happy Retreat Hosts Jazz Concert

Try Dancing — It’s Good For You

Hot Chocolate Competition Heats Up Downtown Charles Town

A New Twist On An Old Play In Shepherdstown

Witness The Winter Waterfowl

New High-Voltage Transmission Line Proposed To Cross Jefferson County

November 30 Deadline for Public Comment On Ranson Planning Map

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Just Lookin' Gallery

Perspectives On America In 2020

February, 2021 Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Charly Palmer, COVID-19, Eileen Berger, Just Lookin' Gallery, Michael Escoffery, Michael Gibson, Robin Holder

Charly Palmer, Eileen Berger, and Michael Gibson.

The Observer asked Eileen Berger, owner of Just Lookin’ Gallery, to recommend some artists who have been addressing the issues that have riveted our collective attention over the past year.  Read the Full Story >>

Learning To Remember

February, 2021 Tagged With: editor's note, Johnston, Just Lookin' Gallery, Mt. Zion Church

The Mount Zion Freewill Baptist Church.

The railroads we see around Jefferson County never cease to fascinate me and Harriet (and our dogs). While there is a sense of permanence in these structures of steel, stone and wood, many of these buildings have evolved or been transformed through time. Read the Full Story >>

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