Harpers Ferry News and Updates

Dark Skies Committee survey

The Corporation of Harpers Ferry is exploring adopting a new ordinance to reduce light pollution, promote responsible lighting, and preserve the night sky while continuing to serve the community's lighting and safety needs. We need your input! Please take a few minutes to complete the survey located at https://bit.ly/hflighting  (or click on the QR code in the image to the left) before Friday, 18 April. Thank you! Click the image at left for the QR code.

Informational Meeting on High Street Improvements Project

The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) will hold a public informational meeting 17 April 2025 for the proposed project on High Street to improve pedestrian safety extending from Hog Alley to Public Way. The scope of work includes shifting the roadway alignment between Hog Alley and Public Way two feet to the south and widening the existing sidewalk equivalently. The scheduled public meeting is from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Camp Hill-Wesley United Methodist Church, 645 Washington Street. The public will be afforded the opportunity to ask questions and give written comments on the project throughout the meeting. Click here for more information.

2025 Harpers Ferry Arbor Day Celebration

The Harpers Ferry Tree Commission invites you to come celebrate Arbor Day at 12:00 noon on Saturday, 26 April 2025. Join the Commission in planting a tree on the 1200 block of West Ridge Street. Tools will be provided. Rain or shine! Click the image at left for the full announcement flyer.

Volunteers still needed!

Updated 5 Nov 2024

Thank you to our community members who have stepped up to the plate to join our various commissions and committees. There are still open opportunities to serve on the following:

• Board of Zoning Appeals (two alternates)
• Human Rights Commission (three seats)
• Tree Commission

Send a letter of interest to clerk@harpersferrywv.us or to the Corporation of Harpers Ferry, PO Box 217, Harpers Ferry WV  25425. All applicants must reside within the corporate limits of Harpers Ferry.

Please consider helping your community. Thank you!

Harpers Ferry designated a Source Water Community

WV Rivers Coalition has recognized Harpers Ferry with a Source Water Community award. Harpers Ferry and Marlinton are the first two communities in WV to receive this award. A water utility earns the designation as a Source Water Community if they take an active role in protecting the waters that serve as their drinking water source. To receive the designation of a Source Water Community, a water utility must partner with the community on source water protection projects and issue a Proclamation celebrating Drinking Water Week during the first week of May. Read more here.

Information on paid parking in Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry has instituted three paid parking zones to improve safety and better regulate the very limited parking within the Corporation. Two of the zones, 7510 and 7520, are on Washington Street (Alt. U.S. 340). The third is on Potomac Street in Lower Town. The cost for parking is $2.00 per hour in Zones 7510 and 7520, and $3.00 per hour in Zone 7515. Parking may be purchased in half-hour segments. Payment may be made using the Parkmobile cell phone app. To use Parkmobile, open the app, enter zone number, select amount of time desired, and pay by major credit card or PayPal. Visitors may find it easier to download the app to their cell phones before visiting Harpers Ferry to simplify their parking experience at the following link: http://us.parkmobile.com/mobile-apps.

Paid parking is strictly enforced in all zones between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Sunday through Saturday. Violators may be fined and / or towed. Parking is free in all paid parking zones after 6:00 p.m. and before 8:00 a.m. Sunday through Saturday.

All side streets within the Corporation of Harpers Ferry are parking by residential permit only. Violators may be fined and / or towed. Permits for residents and their guests may be purchased at Town Hall.