Shepherdstown Town Election – Tuesday, July 21 Staff Contributor July 18, 2020 Community The Observer asked all candidates to respond to a series of questions about their experience and priorities. Select candidate's names to read their re...
WVU Medicine Lands Facility in Shepherdstown Robin Murphy February 5, 2020 Community, Health & Wellness WVU Medicine plans to build a 10,700-square-foot medical office building (MOB) located on Route 45 west of downtown Shepherdstown near Sheetz, which w...
Holiday Blessing: Shepherdstown Boasts Tour of Historic Churches Claire Stuart November 18, 2019 Community Bells will be ringing in Shepherdstown on the day after Christmas. Jerry Bock and Bruce Massey of the Historic Shepherdstown Commission announce the S...
I Am the Light Lady Carol Williams January 24, 2019 Politics — There’s still a free press out there. Two days after the 2018 midterm election, a nationwide call was sent out by a coalition of political organ...
Shepherdstown Debates the Emergence of Transient Lodging Mike Chalmers January 8, 2019 Features, Society Arguably the oldest town in West Virginia, Shepherdstown remains surprisingly on trend within an assortment of social, political, and even municipal c...
The Yellow House: Quietly One of Shepherdstown’s Oldest Homes Robin Murphy December 14, 2018 Community Shepherdstown is often designated the oldest town in West Virginia—some thirty-odd years older than the nation itself. High Street is considered to be...
Pride Festival Celebrates LGBTQ+ Community with Appalachian Flair Pandora Affemann June 5, 2018 Society When Eastern Panhandle Pride began organizing Shepherdstown’s annual Pride celebration, founder Mark Harding had a few fresh ideas. “We wanted to b...
Shepherdstown Library Expansion Effort Hits Important Benchmark H.S. Leigh Koonce October 28, 2017 Community Plans for the relocation and expansion of the Shepherdstown Public Library are entering the homestretch, but opportunities are still available to cont...
A Fond Farewell Pandora Affemann October 28, 2017 Business, Features — For one local business owner, a productive chapter ends, while an inspiring one begins. You know the place. Maybe it’s in your hometown, or on ca...
Love Equals Success for Local School Victoria Kidd February 7, 2017 Education — A non-traditional approach values ‘goodness’ above all else. Founded in 2004, Shepherdstown’s Morgan Academy is an innovative K-8 private school ...
