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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

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Reading Programs for All Ages at the Shepherdstown Library

January, 2021 Tagged With: online, reading, Shepherdstown Public Library

The Shepherdstown Public Library continues its regular weekly reading programs for all ages and adds a new program for teens this month. Visit the “events” tab on the Library’s Facebook page at 11 am on Tuesdays and 6 pm on Saturdays for live storytime presentations. You can view past storytime presentations under the “video” tab Read the Full Story >>

Speak Story Series hosts storyteller Elizabeth Rose with Online Event

November, 2020 Tagged With: Elizabeth Rose, ghost stories, online, Speak Stories, storytelling

Speak Story Series hosts storyteller Elizabeth Rose in an on-line performance. Elizabeth’s stories include a blend of traditional southern folklore, Appalachian tales, mountain ballads, ghost stories, songs and her own personal stories of growing up in small town East Tennessee. She is an educator, workshop leader, presenter, and professional storyteller.December 8, 2020, 7:30 pm Pre-registration Read the Full Story >>

Living with Racism as a Black Woman

October, 2020 Tagged With: Donna Washington, online, racism, Shepherdstown Speak Story Series, storytelling

Donna Washington.

Tune in from the comfort of home to be informed, entertained, and perhaps discomfited by, Donna Washington’s performance of “The Chairs in the Trees” presented by Speak Storytelling.  Read the Full Story >>

Music Performance Transposed for COVID-19

October, 2020 Tagged With: COVID-19, music, online, performance, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown School of Music

The Music School at Shepherd University makes a point to be a highly personalized experience for its students. In contrast to many programs at larger institutions, Shepherd is focused on undergraduates and emphasizes the opportunities for its students to study directly with faculty. Unfortunately, the very adjectives that one would use to describe music programs in general and Shepherd’s program specifically — intimate, group, performance, together — also describe the activities the health department advises against during the pandemic health crisis. Read the Full Story >>

Navigating A Difficult Road

October, 2020 Tagged With: Bondy Shay Gibson, COVID-19, Jefferson County Schools, online, online learning

looking down the school bus line at Shepherdstown Middle School

The Observer asked Stephen Willingham to explore how the local public school system is managing through the current public health crisis. The author interviewed the Superintendent and also spoke with teachers about their experiences in the classroom and online. Read the Full Story >>

Tuning In Virtually

September, 2020 Tagged With: COVID-19, Friends of Music, Jed Gaylin, online

two musicians play Tchaikovsky None but the Lonely Heart on piano and violin over a video stream.

With its regular concert activities on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the eastern panhandle's Friends of Music organization is experimenting with technology to produce virtual concerts they're calling "Musical Postcards," Read the Full Story >>

Online, Distant, Together, Ready

August, 2020 Tagged With: COVID-19, online, Shepherd University

A banner for the "Ram Ready" back to school effort posted outside McMurran Hall at Shepherd University

Shepherd University is moving forward with virtual and in-person instruction starting August 24, with an accelerated semester that reclaims Labor Day and Fall Break as instructional days and ends just before Thanksgiving. Read the Full Story >>

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