🌱 How to reserve your spot at Shepherdstown’s free community health fair

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In today's newsletter:

• How to reserve your spot at Shepherdstown's free community health fair
• When Renatum's powerful Civil War-inspired premiere arrives in Shepherdstown

Also on today's calendar: Sowing Sustainability and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Warm; an afternoon shower, temps: high: 87, low: 57.
• Saturday: Cooler with sunny spells, with a high of 68 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Free health fair in Shepherdstown to offer screenings, talks (heraldmailmedia.com) — A free community health fair is coming to Asbury United Methodist Church in Shepherdstown on Oct. 3, offering discounted lab tests, wellness screenings, and cancer-prevention resources. WVU Medicine providers, Bonnie's Bus mobile mammography unit, and multiple health presentations will be on-site, but you must register in advance for screenings and mammograms.
   

• 'The Witness: Incidents of the War of Rebellion' to have East Coast premiere (journal-news.net) — Shepherdstown will host the East Coast premiere of "The Witness: Incidents of the War of Rebellion" by Renatum Chamber Choir at the Frank Arts Center on Oct. 24 and 25. The production blends Civil War memoir, spirituals, and theatrical staging, with a post-show reception and talkback available opening night for an additional ticket price and free on-site parking.
   

📸 Around Shepherdstown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shepherdstown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Spicy Saints Candle Workshop →
  Four Seasons Books, 114 W German St, Shepherdstown
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday October 7
• Sowing Sustainability →
  Bavarian Inn, 164 Shepherd Grade Road, Shepherdstown
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Ridge on the Road - Shepherd University →
  Cumberland Room of the Student Center, 210 North King Street, Shepherdstown
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• 5th Annual Craft Beer Festival →
  Morgan's Grove Park, 4198 Kearneysville Pike, Shepherdstown
  3:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Shepherdstown Open III →
  Shepherd University Student Center, 210 N King St, Shepherdstown
Friday October 16
• America's British Reliability Run — Pennsylvania →
  Shepherdstown WV
  8:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Shepherdstown Open III →
  Shepherd University Student Center, 210 N King St, Shepherdstown
• Wellvis at Shepherdstown Opera House →
  Shepherdstown Opera House, Shepherdstown
  7:30 pm
• Wellvis →
  Shepherdstown WV
  7:30 pm
Tuesday October 20
• More Than a Crown: My Journey to Miss West Virginia 2026 →
  Bavarian Inn, 164 Shepherd Grade Road, Shepherdstown
  7:30 am
Wednesday October 21
• Getting to Know Matthew - A Classification Talk →
  Bavarian Inn, 164 Shepherd Grade Road, Shepherdstown
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Insurance Outfitters Fall Adopt-A-Highway October 24 →
  Insurance Outfitters, 7866 Martinsburg Pike, Shepherdstown
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kohl's posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate in Ranson. Apply here.
• Teleperformance USA posted a job opening for Payroll Tax Processor - Remote in Martinsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shepherdstown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Harpers Ferry

• If you think this election season is bad, remember 1876 (baltimoresun.com)
• 91-Year-Old Makes Appalachian Trail History (dogonews.com)
• Local historian chronicles Washington County's role in national civil rights gains (dcnewsnow.com)

Martinsburg

• 14th Annual Eastern West Virginia Juried Exhibition & Awards (wvnews.com)
• Derden inducted into IFDA Truck Driver Hall of Fame (emanuelcountylive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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