Over the course of the past 3 months, we've worked hard to add value to the advertising packages available on inthepanhandle.com by adding features which benefit not only the businesses that take advantage of them but also the eastern panhandle community in general.

Today, we have decided to add some previously Premium Package only features to the Free, Basic and Advanced advertising packages. We think that by allowing all businesses to take advantage of these features, on a limited... More about: Features added to Free, Basic and Advanced Listings

The Movie Showtimes page on inthepanhandle.com has always been a great resource - but in the past only displayed current movie listings for the Regal Cinema in Martinsburg. This was always a problem because most of us, when looking for a movie, are willing to travel to Hagerstown or Winchester to see the movie we want.

Well, we've solved that.

The new... More about: Movie Showtimes - New and Improved!

Matthew Umstead of the Hagerstown Morning Herald has reported in an article on the Herald-Mail Online that "Teachers across the state, including those at Eastern Panhandle schools, are being asked by union leaders whether they would support a possible strike, West Virginia Education Association Executive Director David A. Haney said Monday... More about: POLL: Would you support a strike by WV teachers?

inthepanhandle.com sponsored a Youth Rally at Berkeley Baptist Church this past weekend. We provided an iPod Shuffle which was given away as part of the festivities.

The youth rally was attended by between 75 and 100 people. Events included a 3-on-3 baskeball tournament that included 14 teams, a praise band, pizza, a competition to see how many youth could fit in a Volvo (a lot!) and many other activites.

Congratulations to Matthew Stevens, the winner of the iPod Shuffle (pictured... More about: inthepanhandle.com Sponsors Youth Rally

One of our goals for 2007 was to make inthepanhandle.com more user-friendly. One way we hoped to achieve that goal was to provide better support.

Today, we've taken a step in that direction by adding Live Chat Support to the site. Visitors can now chat with inthepanhandle.com support by visiting the Live Chat page. (note - Live Chat is currently available only through this blog... More about: Live Chat Support now available

We've had an ouch video of the day before but this one is sure to make you grimace.

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It seems that head shaving is becoming popular among the elite - a trend that I feel like I was way ahead of the curve on - what with Britney shaving her head and Vince McMahon challenging Donald Trump to a death-match by proxy and all (full article: Donald Bets Dome On Bout - NYPost.com).

Apparently, buzz cuts aren't just for rednecks, statement-making pop stars... More about: POLL: Who would you like to see shave their head?

inthepanhandle.com has added a new feature for owners of local websites which will allow them to provide their visitors with an easy way to find any of the over 900 businesses found in inthepanhandle.com.

We call this Local Search. Local Search is a bit of code which webmasters can copy/paste into the code of their website to add a small inthepanhandle.com search box to their webpage. This search box allows visitors to search the entire directory by keyword.

Businesses like... More about: Add Local Search To Your Website

inthepanhandle.com has added an easy way to remember you favorite business listings using del.icio.us and Yahoo! MyWeb. Del.icio.us and Yahoo! MyWeb are both online tools for keeping track of your links (or bookmarks).

What is del.icio.us? del.icio.us is a collection of favorites - yours and everyone else's. Use del.icio.us to:
• Keep links to your favorite articles, blogs, music, restaurant reviews, and more on del.icio.us and... More about: Del.icio.us and Yahoo! MyWeb Links Added

In an effort to provide more functionality to users and visitors of inthepanhandle.com, we have just launched the FREE inthepanhandle.com Classifieds page.

The inthepanhandle.com Classifieds are currently in Beta (meaning - we are still testing it out and there may be some minor bugs here and there) but we should have all of the bugs worked out within the next two weeks.

In the mean time, feel free to post... More about: Free Classifieds Launched