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Shepherdstown Community Club

Legendary Book Sale — Oct 14 to 17

August, 2021 Tagged With: legendary books sale, Shepherdstown Community Club

The Shepherdstown Community Club will be hosting its annual book sale on October 14-17 at the War Memorial Building (102 East German St, Shepherdstown, WV).  Read the Full Story >>

Movie In The Park: Ratatouille — Sep 11

August, 2021 Tagged With: Morgan’s Grove Park, movie night, Shepherdstown Community Club

t Morgan’s Grove Park (4198 Kearneysville Pike, Shepherdstown, WV), showing the 2007 film Ratatouille.  Read the Full Story >>

Stepping Up & Stepping Out To Serve The Community

March, 2021 Tagged With: Morgan’s Grove Park, Shepherdstown Community Club

A cheery playground in the distance at Morgan's Grove Park near Shepherdstown.

With spring in the air, and their steps, the volunteers of the Shepherdstown Community Club are turning their eyes to Morgan’s Grove Park, where even during the pandemic it was lively in the fields, along the stream, and under the magnificent trees.  Read the Full Story >>

Handmade Gifts at Shepherdstown Community Club Ho-Ho Holiday Market

November, 2020 Tagged With: handmade goods, Ho-ho-holiday market, holiday market, Shepherdstown Community Club

The Shepherdstown Community Club hosts local and regional artists, artisans and designers for a charming shopping experience at the War Memorial Building in historic downtown Shepherdstown. Discover handmade artful items, including fine art, pottery, wood, stained and fused glass, home & garden decor, specialty foods, jewelry, wearables and accessories. The vendor selection will each weekend. Read the Full Story >>

Shepherdstown Community Club Moves Forward on Strength of 75-Year History

February, 2020 Tagged With: Morgan’s Grove Park, Shepherdstown Community Club, War Memorial Building

Front entrance to the was memorial building, a two-story red brick building, that houses the Shepherdstown Community Club.

There is a sense of community in Shepherdstown that exists in a swirling pattern focusing first on the vibrant heart of the city’s German Street before moving outward to neighborhoods both old and new. The city’s heartbeat plays its rhythm softly in the background for times gone by, and ever more strongly today.  Read the Full Story >>

Holiday Blessing: Shepherdstown Boasts Tour of Historic Churches

November, 2019 Tagged With: Christmas, historic churches, Historic Shepherdstown Commission, Shepherdstown, Shepherdstown Community Club, Shepherdstown Visitors Center

Bells will be ringing in Shepherdstown on the day after Christmas. Jerry Bock and Bruce Massey of the Historic Shepherdstown Commission announce the Second-Annual “Shepherdstown Tour of Historic Churches.” Read the Full Story >>

Shepherdstown Community Club Takes Over Morgan’s Grove

November, 2019 Tagged With: Morgan’s Grove Park, Shepherdstown Community Club

Morgan's Grove Park

What has walking trails, athletic fields, and history? The answer is the 25-acre Morgan’s Grove Park in Shepherdstown—owned by the Shepherdstown Community Club. Read the Full Story >>

Ash Trees Continue to Receive Life-Saving Treatment

June, 2018 Tagged With: Ash Trees, conservation, Morgan’s Grove Park, Shepherdstown Community Club

The last standing grove of mature green ash trees in the Eastern Panhandle is the subject of an ongoing preservation project organized by the Shepherdstown Community Club (SCC). Read the Full Story >>

Love a good story? You’re in luck.

October, 2017 Tagged With: Adam Booth, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown Community Club, Shepherdstown Speak Story Series, storytelling, West Virginia Liars’ Contest

A words-artist and musician by profession, Booth is the founder of the Speak Story Series, a community-based and organized concert series that brings recognized storytellers from across the world to listeners in Shepherdstown (WV). The series presents stories about diverse cultures and beliefs, helping people, as Booth describes, “bond over deep emotional experiences.” Read the Full Story >>

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