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Days of service: Community comes out to to celebrate presidential inauguration By Tabitha Johnston - Chronicle Staff | Jan 22, 2021 Community members parade around Canterbury Center on Saturday afternoon. Tabitha Johnston SHEPHERDSTOWN — Over the weekend, Shepherdstown was a flurry of activity, as community members gathered together to celebrate the upcoming presidential inauguration with acts of service. John Meeker, of Shepherdstown, spearheaded the organization of two Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service events, which were the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s recommended replacemen...

Pappy Van Winkle auction remembers founder, raises funds By Tabitha Johnston - Chronicle Staff | Jan 1, 2021 From left, library Director Hali Taylor holds out the raffle ticket container for Mayor Jim Auxer to draw the winning ticket from, as Shepherdstown Liquors co-owner Peggah Sadeghzadeh looks on, Tuesday evening. Tabitha Johnston SHEPHERDSTOWN — One of Shepherdstown’s great tragedies this past summer, was the loss of Shepherdstown Liquors owner Mohsen Sadeghzadeh, resulting from injuries sustained in a car accident. For the six weeks after his death, his business was run by its manag...

Happy Howlidays: Shepherd University hosts community dog parade By Tabitha Johnston - Chronicle Staff | Dec 18, 2020 The Howliday Dog Parade winners stand together in front of Erma Ora Byrd Hall on Saturday. From left, third place winner Charles Town Middle School student Lillian Angel with two-year-old German Shepherd "Santa's Reindeer" Xadyn, first place winner Shepherd University Provost Scott Beard with 10-year-old pug "Santa's Reindeer" Murphy and second place winner Erin Short, of Sharpsburg, stands with 10-year-old Golden Retriever rescue "Present" Henry. Tabitha Johnston SHEPHERDSTOWN...

Coal House Forge: Jefferson High School student opens blacksmithing business By Tabitha Johnston - Chronicle Staff | Dec 18, 2020 Jefferson High School senior Justin Butcher stands in front of the new sign for his blacksmithing business, Coal House Forge, in the War Memorial Building on Saturday afternoon. Tabitha Johnston SHEPHERDSTOWN — Back in the fifth grade, Jefferson High School senior Justin Butcher was having fun playing the video game Skyrim, when he experienced an aha moment. The video game features a number of trade crafts, which Justin assumed were no longer practiced. However, ...

Developer requests rezoning for new Sheetz station in Shepherdstown By Tabitha Johnston - Chronicle Staff | Dec 11, 2020 The location of Shepherdstown's current Sheetz station is leased. Tabitha Johnston SHEPHERDSTOWN — Shepherdstown may be getting a new Sheetz service station in the future, if a zoning map amendment is passed by the Jefferson County Commission. During the JCC’s regular session meeting on Dec. 3, via the GoToWebinar platform, the JCC discussed the rezoning request, which was recommended by the Jefferson County Planning Commission. “The role of the Planning Commission i...